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…
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Sarah has held two residencies with MKWC and this book was the result of her first residency in 2008.
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Sarah Laing, from Auckland, will use her residency to complete her latest work, a novel which explores aspects of cultural identity. Titled Dead People’s Music, it will…
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Professor Richard Corballis from Palmerston North, researched and wrote a major biography of leading New Zealand playwright, Bruce Mason while in residence at the Michael…
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Margaret Hayward was the 2007 resident at the Michael King Writers’ Centre. During her period in residence, she worked on her book on Prime Ministerial leadership in New…
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Gerry Evans is the author of Where Giants Dwell (1999), Good Morning USA (2004) and Shipping Out (2006) and was the Resident for seven months in 2006. Born in west…
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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…
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Geoff Chapple O.N.Z.M was the first resident at the centre when it opened in 2005. His play Hatch, written at the house, was a major success…
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Dunedin novelist, poet and memoirist, Dianne Brown wrote Here Comes Another Vital Moment while she was a Resident at the Centre for three months in 2005. Born…
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