RESIDENCY ALUMNI

Don McGlashan is one of New Zealand’s most popular and celebrated songwriters and performers, whose music provides the soundtrack to our most significant national occasions…

Deborah Shepard has written a blog about her residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre. Deborah Shepard held the Autumn Residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre.…

Peter Wells is a distinguished writer and film-maker. As a writer, he won the 1992 NZ Book Award for Fiction for his first book of…

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…

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…

Lawrence holds our third residency for the year and is working on a literary novel of communities in turmoil, set on a future Kāpiti Coast.…

Helen Waaka (Ngāti Whaatua, Ngā Puhi) has joined us for the fifth residency of the year. Helen completed a Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing at…

Nadine Hura is of Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi and Pākehā whakapapa. She grew up in South Auckland but has spent much of her adult life living…

Allan is our first writer in residence for 2018 and is working on some contemporary short fiction. Allan recently completed his PhD in creative writing…