RESIDENCY ALUMNI

Tania Roxborogh: 2020
Winter Residency 2

Tania Roxborogh: 2020
Winter Residency 2
922 922 Michael King Writers Centre

Ko Māori me Airihi me Kōtarina ngā iwi o ōku tīpuna. I whakahautia ahau e ngā ngahere o Houtū I amoamohia ahau e ngā wai…

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Tina Makereti: 2020
Winter Residency

Tina Makereti: 2020
Winter Residency
1708 1707 Michael King Writers Centre

We welcome our 12th resident for the year – Tina writes essays, novels and short fiction. Her latest novel is The Imaginary Lives of James…

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Aroha Awarau: 2020
Emerging Māori Writers Residency

Aroha Awarau: 2020
Emerging Māori Writers Residency
431 431 Michael King Writers Centre

Aroha is the first resident since the interruption of Covid-19, to be able to enjoy his full residency with us – he is our 11th…

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Albert Belz: 2020
Autumn Residency

Albert Belz: 2020
Autumn Residency
408 408 Michael King Writers Centre

Because of the Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions, Albert started his residency from home and was able to take up residence as we moved to Level…

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Fifi Colston: 2020
Easter Residency

Fifi Colston: 2020
Easter Residency
1761 2560 Michael King Writers Centre

Fifi is our ninth resident for the year and the first to be affected by Aotearoa’s Level 4 Alert status for Covid-19. This means Fifi…

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Penelope Jackson: 2020
MKWC/University of Auckland Residency

Penelope Jackson: 2020
MKWC/University of Auckland Residency
1000 1001 Michael King Writers Centre

Penny joins us for our eighth residency – she is an Art Historian having held roles in public art galleries in New Zealand. The author…

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Megan Dunn: 2020
Emerging Writers Residency

Megan Dunn: 2020
Emerging Writers Residency
1667 2500 Michael King Writers Centre

Megan is co-editor of The Spinoff art section. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, where she graduated with…

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Hera Lindsay Bird: 2020
Late Summer Residency

Hera Lindsay Bird: 2020
Late Summer Residency
1437 1440 Michael King Writers Centre

We have welcomed Hera to the centre as our sixth resident for the year. She has published two books, ‘Hera Lindsay Bird’ with Victoria University…

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Jeff Evans: 2020
Summer Residency 2

Jeff Evans: 2020
Summer Residency 2
1750 2560 Michael King Writers Centre

Jeff is our fifth resident for the year and is the author of five books. His interest in Māori and Polynesian cultures has produced the…

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David Eggleton: 2020
Summer Residency 1

David Eggleton: 2020
Summer Residency 1
1920 2560 Michael King Writers Centre

David edited Landfall  and Landfall Review Online between 2010 and 2018. He is a recent recipient of a Janet Frame Literary Trust Award, an Ockham…

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