Michael is a fiction writer and poet who lives in Whangārei. He is the author of thirteen books and has received numerous fiction writing awards. He…
read moreChris joined the University of Edinburgh in 2015 as Professor of Technology Enhanced Science Education. His learning and teaching interests include (i) automatic assessment of…
read morePhilip is a writer and community publishing advocate from the Coast Salish region of North America. His first novel, Electric Love (2016) explores an activist’s…
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Claire is the founder of literary organisations Verb Wellington and LitCrawl Wellington. She is co-curator of the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts’ writers…
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Hazel, our eighth Writer-in-residence for the year, is the author of three books: Solo: Backcountry adventuring in Aotearoa New Zealand (MUP, 2022); Wild Westie (Penguin,…
read moreSharon is the author of several books of nonfiction, poetry, and fiction, including Vanished Gardens: Finding Nature in Philadelphia, winner of the AWP award in…
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Fijian writer Daren Kamali is a poet, writer and musician, creative arts youth worker and mentor. He cofounded the South Auckland Poets Collective in 2008.…
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Vasanti writes, illustrates and designs books for ages, four to forever. Her picture books have sold around the world and won numerous awards. Vasanti is…
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Dani, our fifth writer-in-residence for 2024 is a wellington-based writer of poetry, essays, scripts and short fiction. They completed their Masters of Creative Writing at…
read moreWe welcomed Rachael not only as our final writer-in-residence for 2020 but also, by wonderful coincidence as the 100th writer to take up a residency…
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