VISITING WRITERS

Kristina Belich, a bloggette, stand-up comic sort of thing from New York City, travels the world, and seeks ultimate truth. As a personal note: I…

Originally coming from Ukraine, Nataliya is a Christchurch based academic, actress, street performer and an emerging playwright. With a PhD in Russian studies and particular…

John Downie has been a visiting writer at the Michael King Writers’ Centre twice, first in 2013 and again in 2014. In 2014 he worked on…

Artist, potter, conservationist and railway enthusiast Barry Brickell has been a visiting writer at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and…

Sarah Stonich is an American writer and editor based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a visiting writer at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in early 2015,…

Author Jaspreet Singh was a visiting writer at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in March 2015. It was the second time he was resident at…

In the summer of 2016, I was staying in an AirBnB in Devonport and a friend drove me to the top of Mount Victoria to…

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…

Joan Norlev Taylor stayed at the centre as the recipient of the NZSA/Auckland Museum Research Grant, (awarded in 2017 and taken up in 2018). During…

Margaret Brosnahan, from Northland, first stayed as a visiting writer  for several weeks during the first half of 2015. She returned in 2018 but this…