2018 RA

Serie Barford: 2018
Established Pasifika Writers Residency

Serie Barford: 2018
Established Pasifika Writers Residency
1179 1179 Michael King Writers Centre

We have welcomed Serie as our fourteenth and last resident for the year. Serie was born in Aotearoa to a migrant German-Samoan mother and a Palagi…

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Pala Molisa: 2018
Emerging Pasifika Writers Residency

Pala Molisa: 2018
Emerging Pasifika Writers Residency
165 165 Michael King Writers Centre

Pala Molisa is a Ni-Vanuatu academic who has recently finished teaching at Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Accounting and Commercial Law. His PhD looked…

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Trevor Bentley: 2018
Established Pasifika Writers Residency

Trevor Bentley: 2018
Established Pasifika Writers Residency
871 872 Michael King Writers Centre

Trevor was educated at the Auckland and Waikato Universities and has a special interest in researching, teaching and writing about the interaction of Māori and…

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Karyn Hay: 2018
Late Spring Residency (2)

Karyn Hay: 2018
Late Spring Residency (2)
2497 2499 Michael King Writers Centre

Karyn Hay is an award-winning novelist and broadcaster: her debut novel Emerald Budgies won the New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book…

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Mark Broatch: 2018
Late Spring Residency (1)

Mark Broatch: 2018
Late Spring Residency (1)
377 377 Michael King Writers Centre

Mark Broatch is the author of several non-fiction books, short fiction and poetry. He was deputy editor at the NZ Listener and culture editor at…

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Tracy Farr: 2018
Spring Residency

Tracy Farr: 2018
Spring Residency
711 711 Michael King Writers Centre

We are delighted to welcome Tracy back to the centre for a residency – she was a visiting writer in 2009 and worked on her…

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Kelly Joseph: 2018
Emerging Māori Writers Residency

Kelly Joseph: 2018
Emerging Māori Writers Residency
2507 2507 Michael King Writers Centre

Kelly Joseph (Ngāti Maniapoto) is a writer and artist currently living in Westland with her two daughters and husband. She has previously had stories published…

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Jacquie McRae: 2018
Māori Writers Residency

Jacquie McRae: 2018
Māori Writers Residency
1927 1927 Michael King Writers Centre

Jacquie McRae (Tainui and Ngāti Koata) is working on a project that is a fictional novel based on facts about the colourful history of the…

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Victor Rodger: 2018
University of Auckland Residency

Victor Rodger: 2018
University of Auckland Residency
360 356 Michael King Writers Centre

Victor holds the University of Auckland Residency which he started on the 19th of February and is our fourth residency for the year. He will…

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Rosetta Allan: 2018
Emerging Writers Residency

Rosetta Allan: 2018
Emerging Writers Residency
360 356 Michael King Writers Centre

Our second residency for the year is held by Rosetta and she is working on her second novel. Rosetta spent her formative writing years developing…

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