Press Releases

Media Release 14 July 2021  The Michael King Writers Centre Announces An International Exchange With Australia Kate Mildenhall has been announced as the recipient of the inaugural New Zealand-Australia residency exchange, an international residency program held by Varuna, the Australian National Writers House in collaboration with the Michael King Writers Centre in Auckland and the…

Media Release 9 December 2019  Signals 2019 Launched The Michael King Writers Centre launched the eighth issue of Signals, its literary journal for young writers, on Saturday 7 December at the National Library in Parnell. The journal features the work of senior secondary students who took part in this year’s Young Writers Programme, as well…

Media Release 4 November 2019  The Michael King Writers Centre announces its Residencies for 2020 This year’s Michael King Writers Centre Residency Selection Panel had their work cut out with a significant 40% increase in the number of applications received for the 20 residencies planned across 2020. There were a record-breaking 127 applicants, totalling 487…

Media Release 10 September 2019 Michael King Writers Centre New Zealand China Friendship Society – Rewi Alley Fellowship Sun Wei travels to Aotearoa for residency Sun Wei has been selected as the fourth Chinese writer to travel to Aotearoa for an eight week residency at the Michael King Writers Centre. Shanghai born and bred, Sun…

Media Release 19 August 2019  New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2020 Writers in Residence Programme. The Michael King Writers Centre is pleased to announce that next year’s programme of residencies at the historic Signalman’s House on Takarunga Mt Victoria in Devonport, Auckland, is now open for applications. Writers awarded a residency can look…