RESIDENCY ALUMNI

Judith Bryers-Holloway: 2013
Māori Writers Residency
Judith Bryers-Holloway: 2013
Māori Writers Residency 238 238 Michael King Writers Centre

Judith Bryers Holloway has Ngapuhi, French, Norwegian and Irish/English ancestry, was brought up in King Country and Whanganui. She has lived most of adult life…

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The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton 2013
The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton 2013 308 475 Michael King Writers Centre

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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Eleanor Catton: 2012
University of Auckland Writers Residency
Eleanor Catton: 2012
University of Auckland Writers Residency 223 226 Michael King Writers Centre

Eleanor Catton, winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Literature, held the 2012 University of Auckland Residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre. She…

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Dead People’s Music – Sarah Laing 2009
Dead People’s Music – Sarah Laing 2009 262 402 Michael King Writers Centre

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: 2008
Sarah Laing: 2008 200 200 Michael King Writers Centre

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: 2008
Professor Richard Corballis: 2008 740 740 Michael King Writers Centre

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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Chris Price: 2008
Chris Price: 2008 297 297 Michael King Writers Centre

Chris Price plans to complete a new collection of poems, The Blind Singer, and lay the groundwork for another major project – a full-length work of…

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Margaret Hayward: 2007
Margaret Hayward: 2007 200 145 Michael King Writers Centre

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: 2006
Gerry Evans: 2006 187 187 Michael King Writers Centre

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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Here Comes Another Vital Moment – Diane Brown 2006
Here Comes Another Vital Moment – Diane Brown 2006 250 382 Michael King Writers Centre

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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