VISITING WRITERS

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.…

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…

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,…

Hussein describes himself as a late starter who began writing in 1999 by request, on accounts of experiences in the remote back country and the…

Daniel Wynne is an Australian writer whose short fiction has appeared in publications like Griffith Review, Voiceworks and 100 Stories for Queensland. Originally from Frankston, Victoria, he’s spent the…

Paolo is an award-winning Italo-Kiwi artist working in Film, Television and Theatre in New Zealand for twenty years as a writer, actor and director. In…

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…

Christine Hayvice is a Kiwi who has lived in Canada for many years, but these days spends part of the year living in New Zealand.…

Zoë Meager is from Christchurch, New Zealand. She studied a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Auckland in 2012, and in 2013 won…

Irene grew up in Central Otago and now lives in Ireland, where her short stories have been published and broadcast. She was nominated for a…