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Applications for Shanghai Residency Open

Applications for Shanghai Residency Open 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Media Release                                    11 March 2025 New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2025 International Residency with China The Michael King Writers Centre in association with…

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Applications for 2025 Australian Residency Exchange Open

Applications for 2025 Australian Residency Exchange Open 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Media Release 11 March 2025  New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2025 International Residency with Australia The Michael King Writers Centre in association with…

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MKWC Celebrates 20 Years

MKWC Celebrates 20 Years 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Danyan Chen – MKWC 2024

Danyan Chen – MKWC 2024 1930 1930 Michael King Writers Centre

Danyan is a renowned author known for her impactful contributions to both fiction and non-fiction, particularly focusing on youth and urban narratives in China and…

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Sue Reidy: 2025
Late Summer Residency

Sue Reidy: 2025
Late Summer Residency
2086 2086 Michael King Writers Centre

We have welcomed Sue as our fourth writer-in-residence for the year and is working on a new novel – she has a masters in creative…

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Sam Orchard: 2025
Emerging Writers Residency

Sam Orchard: 2025
Emerging Writers Residency
853 853 Michael King Writers Centre

Sam is the Assistant Curator of the New Zealand Cartoons and Comics Archive at the National Library of New Zealand, and a working comic artist.…

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Emma Neale: 2025
Summer Writers Residency

Emma Neale: 2025
Summer Writers Residency
1660 1610 Michael King Writers Centre

Emma is the author of six novels, seven collections of poetry, and a collection of short stories. Her sixth novel, Billy Bird (2016) was short-listed…

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Kirsteen Ure: 2025
Emerging Writers Residency

Kirsteen Ure: 2025
Emerging Writers Residency
580 548 Michael King Writers Centre

Kirsteen holds our first residency for the year. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau, she has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Auckland and…

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Dr Hinekura Smith: 2024 Emerging Māori Writers Residency

Dr Hinekura Smith: 2024 Emerging Māori Writers Residency 1706 1706 Michael King Writers Centre

Hinekura is a Māori woman, educator, weaver, researcher and mother who descends from the Far North iwi of Te Rarawa and Nga Puhi in Aotearoa…

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Sam Duckor-Jones: 2024
Spring Residency

Sam Duckor-Jones: 2024
Spring Residency
1920 1920 Michael King Writers Centre

Sam is an artist and writer from Te Whanganui-a-Tara, now at home in Māwhera.  He has published two collections of poetry with Te Herenga Waka…

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