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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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Joy Holley: 2024
Emerging Writers Residency

Joy Holley: 2024
Emerging Writers Residency
563 563 Michael King Writers Centre

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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Barbara Sumner: 2024
Winter Residency

Barbara Sumner: 2024
Winter Residency
2560 2560 Michael King Writers Centre

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…

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The Mires – Tina Makereti 2024

The Mires – Tina Makereti 2024 344 527 Michael King Writers Centre

The 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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