2022 RA

Vana Manasiadis: 2022
Early Summer Residency

Vana Manasiadis: 2022
Early Summer Residency
576 575 Michael King Writers Centre

Vana is a Greek-New Zealand poet who has been moving between Aotearoa and Kirihi Greece, and has now settled in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Her most recent…

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Madison Hamill:2022
Emerging Writers Residency

Madison Hamill:2022
Emerging Writers Residency
1707 1708 Michael King Writers Centre

Madison is a Wellington-based editor and works for the Air Force. Her hobbies include painting and chronically reinventing herself. She holds a Master of Creative…

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Erik Kennedy: 2022
Spring Residency

Erik Kennedy: 2022
Spring Residency
1201 1200 Michael King Writers Centre

Erik is the author of the poetry collections There’s No Place Like the Internet in Springtime (2018) and Another Beautiful Day Indoors (2022), both with Victoria University Press.…

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Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith: 2022
Established Pasifika Writers Residency

Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith: 2022
Established Pasifika Writers Residency
1333 1335 Michael King Writers Centre

Pauline is an author and educationalist of Samoan, Tuvaluan, Scottish and Irish heritage.  Her first book Dawn Raid: My New Zealand Story received Best New…

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Craig Gamble: 2022
Emerging Writers Residency

Craig Gamble: 2022
Emerging Writers Residency
1920 1920 Michael King Writers Centre

Craig is a Wellington-based writer who works as Publishing Manager at Te Herenga Waka University Press and is our 14th writer-in-residence for the year. His…

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Emma Espiner: 2022
Established Māori Writers Residency

Emma Espiner: 2022
Established Māori Writers Residency
853 854 Michael King Writers Centre

Emma (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) is a junior doctor at Middlemore Hospital. Emma hosts the RNZ podcast on Māori health equity, Getting Better, which won…

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Shriya Bhagwat: 2022
Emerging Writers Residency

Shriya Bhagwat: 2022
Emerging Writers Residency
691 652 Michael King Writers Centre

We have welcomed our 12th resident for the year Shriya – her creative practice (plays, film scripts, short stories, and poems) focuses on people’s daily…

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Clare Moleta: 2022
Winter Residency 2

Clare Moleta: 2022
Winter Residency 2
1707 1708 Michael King Writers Centre

Clare was born in Aotearoa, raised on Whadjuk Noongar Country in Western Australia and has lived in Pōneke since 2005. Her first novel, Unsheltered (Scribner,…

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Gillian Candler: 2022
Winter Residency

Gillian Candler: 2022
Winter Residency
774 774 Michael King Writers Centre

Our tenth writer-in-residence for the year, Gillian is an award-winning children’s author. Her books include the popular “Explore and Discover” series about nature habitats. Her…

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Sinead Overbye: 2022
Emerging Māori Writers Residency

Sinead Overbye: 2022
Emerging Māori Writers Residency
1539 1541 Michael King Writers Centre

Our ninth resident for the year, Sinead (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou) is a kairangahau and writer who lives in Wellington. Her work has been…

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