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Shanghai-New Zealand Writers’ Exchange
Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 12:21 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
The first significant literary exchange between New Zealand and China continues in 2014 with an opportunity for a New Zealand writer to hold a two-month residency in Shanghai. More >>
Always My Sister – reading and book launch
Monday, 4 November 2013, 11:49 am | Michael King Writers'Centre
Always My Sister, a new play by Michelanne Forster, is based on a murder that took place in Devonport in the 1840s and explores domestic violence. More >>
Writing the Arts: The Explanatory Word
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 11:41 am | Michael King Writers'Centre
Applications are now open for the fifth Michael King Writers’ Centre Residential Workshop, this year focusing on Writing the Arts. More >>
Chinese Writer Wins Inaugural New Zealand Literary Award
Friday, 19 April 2013, 12:02 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
Chinese Writer Wins Inaugural New Zealand Literary Award A 23-year-old Chinese writer will take up the first Rewi Alley Writing Fellowship in New Zealand. Ms Huo Yan, a Ph.D student at Beijing Normal University, arrives in Auckland on April 29 for ... More >>
Halfway Up.... ..... Mt Victoria Don McGlashan in Devonport
Saturday, 2 March 2013, 1:56 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
Songwriter, singer, musician, composer, poetical lyricist….Don McGlashan has provided the sound track for a generation of New Zealanders. More >>
From song lyrics to graphic novel
Wednesday, 28 November 2012, 6:10 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
Writers working on a diverse and innovative range of projects, from song lyrics and memoir to a graphic novel, have been selected for residences at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in Devonport next year. More >>
The Devonport Arts Festival is back!
Friday, 16 November 2012, 5:49 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
Celebrate the revival of the popular Devonport Arts Festival in the coming week, with a host of events. Full details are available on the festival web site: http://www.devonportartsfestival.co.nz/wp/ More >>
Playing Miss Havisham
Friday, 2 November 2012, 9:43 am | Michael King Writers'Centre
Claudia lives in Canterbury. Her husband is a farm accountant and her son Ben plays in a band. When an eccentric Irish film-maker comes to New Zealand to make a film of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, Claudia is keen to audition for the role ... More >>
Playwright Arthur Meek wins major arts award
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 10:46 am | Michael King Writers'Centre
Arthur Meek, author of On the Upside Down of the World, , won a major arts award last evening. He won the $80,000 Harriet Friedlander New York Residency at the Macquarie Private Wealth New Zealand Arts Awards last evening. Details here. Arthur held a ... More >>
One Night Only for Arthur Meek play in Devonport
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 10:01 am | Michael King Writers'Centre
For one night only Monday 8 October 2012 This beautiful and moving play by former Michael King Writers' Centre resident Arthur Meek has been described as "superbly moving, exquisitely staged and wonderful"....and Laurel Devenie's performance ... More >>
Michael King Writers' Centre calls for applications
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 3:15 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
The Michael King Writers’ Centre is calling for applications from New Zealand writers for four supported residencies in 2013. More >>
Playwright awarded writer’s residency
Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 1:16 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
Playwright Michelanne Forster has been selected for The University of Auckland/Creative New Zealand residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre from July this year. More >>
Arthur Meek and Nelson Wattie for residencies
Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 3:15 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
Authors of two radically different projects have been selected for the Summer and Autumn Residencies at the Michael King Writers’ Centre early next year. More >>
Michael King Writers’ Centre Opportunitity
Thursday, 19 August 2010, 1:24 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
The Michael King Writers’ Centre is pleased to announce its 2011 residency programme and applications timetable. More >>
A Million Poems at the Library
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 1:24 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
Students from Auckland schools will join a line-up of leading New Zealand poets for an event at the Auckland City Library on Friday, as part of National Poetry Day. More >>
Matariki sparks an innovative poetry project
Monday, 21 June 2010, 2:16 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
Prominent Auckland poets are helping to lead an innovative community poetry project, which will start this week during Matariki, the Maori New Year. More >>
Matariki: A celebration of Maori story-telling
Friday, 11 June 2010, 2:02 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
Three Maori writers will come together in Devonport to celebrate Maori story-telling as a part of Matariki this month. More >>
First Maori writer’s residency announced
Friday, 11 December 2009, 4:12 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
The Michael King Writers’ Centre is calling for applications for the first Maori writer’s residency at the centre in 2010. More >>
Top writers selected for residencies
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 12:00 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
Two of New Zealand’s award-winning writers have been chosen for residencies at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in Devonport in early 2010. Biographer Rachel Barrowman will hold the first of two eight-week residencies from January. Martin ... More >>
Walking the Seaward Road: Robin Hyde's North Shore
Tuesday, 6 October 2009, 4:06 pm | Michael King Writers'Centre
Organised by The Michael King Writers’Centre. Sunday October 11, 2 pm Holy Trinity Church Hall, Church St, Devonport Tickets: $5 door sales only Robin Hyde was the author of the renowned novel The Godwits Fly and a prolific poet, journalist, travel ... More >>
