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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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Applications for MKWC 2025 Residency Programme Open
Applications for MKWC 2025 Residency Programme Open 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Media Release 27 June 2024  Aotearoa New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2025 Writers in Residence Programme The Michael King Writers Centre is pleased…

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Recipients of International Exchange with Australia Announced
Recipients of International Exchange with Australia Announced 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Media Release 18 June 2024  The Michael King Writers Centre announces recipients of International Exchange with Australia New Zealand writer Dominic Hoey and Australian writer…

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Kathryn Heyman: 2024 Australian Residency Exchange – to MKWC
Kathryn Heyman: 2024 Australian Residency Exchange – to MKWC 1660 1660 Michael King Writers Centre

Dr Kathryn Heyman is the author of six novels and the acclaimed memoir, Fury, which was shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and…

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Dominic Hoey: 2024 Australian Residency Exchange – to Varuna
Dominic Hoey: 2024 Australian Residency Exchange – to Varuna 1604 1604 Michael King Writers Centre

Dominic is a Tāmaki Makaurau based poet, author and playwright. His two novels, Iceland and Poor People With Money were New Zealand bestsellers. Iceland was…

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Dr Darryn Joseph: 2024
Established Māori Writers Residency
Dr Darryn Joseph: 2024
Established Māori Writers Residency 1080 1080 Michael King Writers Centre

Darryn (Ngāti Maniapoto) is a Palmerston North-based academic, writer and pāpā of three. He has written in te reo Māori short stories, board books, picture…

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Craig Cliff: 2024
Late Autumn Residency
Craig Cliff: 2024
Late Autumn Residency 2046 2048 Michael King Writers Centre

Craig, our tenth writer-in-residence, is the author of the novels Nailing Down the Saint and The Mannequin Makers, and the story collection A Man Melting, which won the 2011…

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Frances Turner: 2024
Frances Turner: 2024 480 502 Michael King Writers Centre

Frances (Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, European) is a proud mother of two divine daughters, an arts leader with…

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