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Carin Ardelius (2019)
Also (2017) (2015) (2014)

Carin Ardelius (2019)
Also (2017) (2015) (2014)
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Carin Svensson (formerly Ardelius) started writing in the 1980s while living in New Zealand. She had her first poems and short stories published in Islands and Landfall.…

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Suzanne Weinert (2019) (2018) (2017) (2022) (2023)

Suzanne Weinert (2019) (2018) (2017) (2022) (2023) 799 800 Michael King Writers Centre

Last summer (2016), I was staying in an Airbnb in Devonport and a friend drove me to the top of Mount Victoria to see the…

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Laurence Fearnley ( 2017)

Laurence Fearnley ( 2017) 181 181 Michael King Writers Centre

Dunedin writer Laurence Fearnley was awarded the 2016 NZSA/Auckland Museum Research Grant (taken up in 2017). Laurence’s project focuses on landscape and scent and is…

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Jenny Howarth (2018)
(2017) (2015) (2014) (2013)

Jenny Howarth (2018)
(2017) (2015) (2014) (2013)
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Jenny Haworth is well-known as both publisher and writer. She is a regular visitor to the centre and  in 2014  was awarded the NZ Society…

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Warwick Pudney (2017)
(2016) (2015)

Warwick Pudney (2017)
(2016) (2015)
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Warwick Pudney has been a regular visiting writer, spending time at the centre most years to devote time to his writing . He is senior…

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Brigid Lowry (2017)

Brigid Lowry (2017) 704 703 Michael King Writers Centre

Brigid Lowry has an MA in Creative Writing.  Auckland-born, she now lives in Western Australia but spends as much time in Aotearoa as she can.…

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Kathy Derrick (2017)

Kathy Derrick (2017) 250 247 Michael King Writers Centre

Katharine Derrick lives in Kerikeri and writes mainly for children and young adults. She once had a fifty-word story published in Brian Edwards’ Book of…

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Donna Blaber (2017)

Donna Blaber (2017) 188 187 Michael King Writers Centre

Donna Blaber writes fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She is an experienced journalist, magazine editor and author. Her first book, New Zealand Driving Holidays,…

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Dorothy-Howie

Dorothy Howie (2018)
(2017) (2016)

Dorothy Howie (2018)
(2017) (2016)
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Dorothy Howie is a New Zealander who is a visiting writer staying at the Centre for the first time. She shares her time between her…

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