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Things I Learned At Art School – Megan Dunn 2021

Things I Learned At Art School – Megan Dunn 2021 https://writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Things-I-Learned-At-Art-School-Megan-Dunn-2021.jpg 257 400 Michael King Writers Centre Michael King Writers Centre //writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Michael-King-Writers-Centre-Logo.png June 8, 2021 June 8, 2022

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…

Lockdown Sketch Mind – Fifi Colston 2020

Lockdown Sketch Mind – Fifi Colston 2020 https://writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lockdown-Sketch-Mind-2020.jpeg 282 400 Michael King Writers Centre Michael King Writers Centre //writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Michael-King-Writers-Centre-Logo.png January 25, 2021 June 8, 2022

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…

The Dark is Light Enough: Ralph Hotere – Vincent O’Sullivan 2020

The Dark is Light Enough: Ralph Hotere – Vincent O’Sullivan 2020 https://writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Dark-is-Light-Enough-Oct-2020.jpeg 262 400 Michael King Writers Centre Michael King Writers Centre //writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Michael-King-Writers-Centre-Logo.png December 2, 2020 May 28, 2024

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…

The Girl In The Mirror – Rose Carlyle 2020

The Girl In The Mirror – Rose Carlyle 2020 https://writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Girl-in-the-Mirror-2020.jpg 345 527 Michael King Writers Centre Michael King Writers Centre //writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Michael-King-Writers-Centre-Logo.png November 2, 2020 December 2, 2020

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…

Maurice Gee Life and Work – Rachel Barrowman 2015

Maurice Gee Life and Work – Rachel Barrowman 2015 https://writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Maurice-Gee-Life-and-Work-2015.jpg 318 468 Michael King Writers Centre Michael King Writers Centre //writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Michael-King-Writers-Centre-Logo.png June 1, 2018 June 8, 2022

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

The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton 2013

The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton 2013 https://writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Theluminaries-2013.jpg 308 475 Michael King Writers Centre Michael King Writers Centre //writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Michael-King-Writers-Centre-Logo.png June 15, 2013 June 8, 2022

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…

Dead People’s Music – Sarah Laing 2009

Dead People’s Music – Sarah Laing 2009 https://writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dead-Peoples-Music-2009-e1627432337696.jpg 262 402 Michael King Writers Centre Michael King Writers Centre //writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Michael-King-Writers-Centre-Logo.png July 28, 2009 July 28, 2021

Sarah has held two residencies with MKWC and this book was the result of her first residency in 2008.

Here Comes Another Vital Moment – Diane Brown 2006

Here Comes Another Vital Moment – Diane Brown 2006 https://writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Here-Comes-Another-Vital-Moment-2006.jpeg 250 382 Michael King Writers Centre Michael King Writers Centre //writerscentre.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Michael-King-Writers-Centre-Logo.png May 28, 2006 June 8, 2022

In 2005 Diane and Geoff Chapple were jointly the first writers to hold a residency at the centre. During her stay Diane completed the final…