RESIDENCY ALUMNI

The Grimmelings – Rachael King 2024

The Grimmelings – Rachael King 2024 341 527 Michael King Writers Centre

We welcomed Rachael not only as our final writer-in-residence for 2020 but also, by wonderful coincidence as the 100th writer to take up a residency…

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Tehnuka Ilanko: 2024
Emerging Writers Residency

Tehnuka Ilanko: 2024
Emerging Writers Residency
1561 1561 Michael King Writers Centre

Tehnuka (she/they) is a Tamil tauiwi volcanologist born and raised in Ōtautahi, and living in Kirikiriroa. She has over thirty short stories, poems, and essays…

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Sonya Wilson: 2024
Emerging Writers Residency

Sonya Wilson: 2024
Emerging Writers Residency
876 876 Michael King Writers Centre

Sonya is an award-winning writer, reporter and producer and is the founder and Executive Director of the children’s charity Kiwi Christmas Books. She was a broadcast…

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Guy Langford: 2024
New Year Residency

Guy Langford: 2024
New Year Residency
1706 1706 Michael King Writers Centre

Guy is a writer, composer, actor, producer and teacher. He trained at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School and international theatre school École Philippe Gaulier,…

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Rose Lu: 2024
Emerging Writers Residency

Rose Lu: 2024
Emerging Writers Residency
1706 1706 Michael King Writers Centre

We have welcomed Rose, a Wellington based writer, as our first writer-in-residence for 2024. Rose gained her Masters of Creative Writing at the International Institute…

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Ruby Porter: 2023
Emerging Writers Residency

Ruby Porter: 2023
Emerging Writers Residency
1706 1706 Michael King Writers Centre

Our final writer-in-residence for the year, Ruby is a prose-writer, poet and artist. She tutors creative writing at the University of Auckland, and in high…

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Joan Fleming: 2023
Early Summer Residency

Joan Fleming: 2023
Early Summer Residency
1841 1842 Michael King Writers Centre

Joan’s latest book is Song of Less (Cordite Books, 2022), a verse novel exploring ritual, taboo, and the limits of individualism in the ruins of ecological…

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Sherryl Clark: 2023
Late Spring Residency

Sherryl Clark: 2023
Late Spring Residency
579 579 Michael King Writers Centre

Sherryl began her writing career with short stories and poetry, many of which were published in journals and magazines. Two collections of poems were published…

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Mary-Anne Scott: 2023
Spring Residency

Mary-Anne Scott: 2023
Spring Residency
959 959 Michael King Writers Centre

Mary-anne is a musician and writer of children’s fiction and she lives in Havelock North. She found inspiration for her first two books, Snakes and…

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Atakohu Middleton: 2023
Emerging Māori Writers Residency

Atakohu Middleton: 2023
Emerging Māori Writers Residency
461 461 Michael King Writers Centre

Our 14th writer-in-residence, Atakohu (Ngāti Māhanga) is an Auckland-based journalist who has worked for national and international print media, including Mana magazine, the New Zealand…

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