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Joanne Drayton: 2019
University of Auckland Residency 4
Joanne Drayton: 2019
University of Auckland Residency 4 3090 3092 Michael King Writers Centre

Jo is an acclaimed New Zealand author whose output has been globally recognised. Her book The Search for Anne Perry was numbered in the top…

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In Celebration of Friendship – a recollection by Graeme Lay
In Celebration of Friendship – a recollection by Graeme Lay 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Michael and I served together for many years on the Frank Sargeson Trust. We had both known, and revered, Frank, whose biography Michael had written.…

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Chinese Writer selected for Residency at MKWC
Chinese Writer selected for Residency at MKWC 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Media Release 10 September 2019 Michael King Writers Centre New Zealand China Friendship Society – Rewi Alley Fellowship Sun Wei travels to Aotearoa for residency…

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Sun Wei – MKWC 2019
Sun Wei – MKWC 2019 1751 1751 Michael King Writers Centre

Shanghai born and bred, Sun Wei is a former journalist, documentary filmmaker, and corporate general manager. She has published 23 books including novels, a novella…

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Murray Edmond: 2019
Spring Writers Residency
Murray Edmond: 2019
Spring Writers Residency 800 800 Michael King Writers Centre

Murray takes up our 17th residency to work on an essay that takes a small section of Auckland and reads its monuments for their historical,…

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Applications for 2020 Residencies Open
Applications for 2020 Residencies Open 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Media Release 19 August 2019  New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2020 Writers in Residence Programme. The Michael King Writers Centre is pleased to…

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Jo Randerson: 2019
University of Auckland Residency 3
Jo Randerson: 2019
University of Auckland Residency 3 2565 2567 Michael King Writers Centre

A writer and theatre-maker Jo is the founder and artistic director of Barbarian Productions (theatre company). Recent theatre works include Sing It To My Face,…

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Spirited generosity – a recollection by Wensley Wilcox
Spirited generosity – a recollection by Wensley Wilcox 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Who knows about the UK-based Arvon Foundation Writing workshops? Who now remembers that Michael King was one of the key facilitators of a series of…

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Kirsten McDougall: 2019
Winter Writers Residency
Kirsten McDougall: 2019
Winter Writers Residency 2002 2000 Michael King Writers Centre

Kirsten is our 15th writer-in-residence for the year and is the author of two books of fiction, Tess (2017) and The Invisible Rider (2012). In…

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Rijula Das: 2019
Emerging Writers Residency
Rijula Das: 2019
Emerging Writers Residency 475 475 Michael King Writers Centre

Our 14th residency for the year is held by Rijula who lives and works in Wellington.  Rijula holds a PhD in Creative Writing and was…

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