VISITING WRITERS Archives - Michael King Writers Centre

Frances Turner: 2024

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Frances (Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, European) is a proud mother of two divine daughters, an arts leader with…

Amanda Wenger: 2023

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Amanda, (she/her) is a Houston-based writer and performer with a background in critical care nursing. She has designed and facilitated writing workshops for health professionals…

Michael Botur: 2023 + 2022

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Michael is a fiction writer and poet who lives in Whangārei. He is the author of thirteen books and has received numerous fiction writing awards. He…

Chris Sanguin: 2023

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Chris joined the University of Edinburgh in 2015 as Professor of Technology Enhanced Science Education. His learning and teaching interests include (i) automatic assessment of…

Philip Palios: 2022 + 2023

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Philip is a writer and community publishing advocate from the Coast Salish region of North America. His first novel, Electric Love (2016) explores an activist’s…

Majella Cullinane: 2021

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We welcomed Majella as the recipient of the 2021 NZSA Auckland Museum Research Grant which included four weeks of residency time at MKWC. Majella writes…

Chris Maclean: 2021

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Chris is a Waikanae based writer and publisher with a keen interest in the outdoors. An early career as a stained-glass artist led to his…

Suzette Jackson: 2021

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Suzette recently completed her MSW thesis titled: Career Pathways of Social Workers with Criminal Convictions: Gifted Healers and Misunderstood Misfits. She used her week at…

Cassandra Tse: 2020

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Cassandra is a playwright, director and performer, as well as the Artistic Director of Red Scare Theatre Company. Her previous writing for theatre includes The…

Christopher Keene: 2020

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CHRIS is a LitRPG, Fantasy and Sci-fi writer. He is published in New Zealand and in America under Future House Publishing and is known for…