Alumni Created Works

Whiti has twice held a MKWC Residency, (2012/2017) and joined the Michael King Writers Centre Trust in June 2019. Kurangaituku is Whiti’s fourth novel and…

Lana was our our fourth writer-in-residence for 2021 and worked on this book, her second manuscript – a work that seeks to build a speculative…

This is the novel Josh worked on when he was our third resident for 2020 and was here in January – before the pandemic changed…

This work of creative non- fiction profiling 10 contemporary navigators from across Polynesia who use traditional non-instrument techniques to guide their voyaging canoes is Jeff’s…

Megan held our seventh residency for 2020 and worked on this, her second book about all of the things she learned at art school and…

Fifi started writing this sketch diary for her Facebook page during the pandemic lockdown in March 2020 and carried on with it throughout the following…

Vincent held a residency in 2009 to work on this important biography. He faced significant obstacles in the writing of it which saw it temporarily…

Rose held the first residency of 2020 and completed the revision of this manuscript in collaboration with her editors. The book was subsequently published in…

Rachel held a residency in 2010 to work on her biography of Maurice Gee.

Eleanor completed the final draft of The Luminaries during her residency in 2012. The book went on to win The Booker prize in 2013 and…