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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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 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 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 holds our first residency for the year. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau, she has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Auckland and…
read moreHinekura 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 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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Joy, our 13th resident for the year, lives in Pōneke. Her debut collection of short fiction Dream Girl was published by Te Herenga Waka University Press in 2023. She completed her…
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While at the Michael King writers centre Barbara will be working on the final draft of The Mystifications, a slightly true novel about a mystery…
read moreThe Mires is the novel Tina worked on during her 2020 residency. It was shortlisted for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
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