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The Michael King Writers’ Centre is calling for applications
from New Zealand writers for four supported residencies in 2014, with
stipends ranging from $8,000 to $30,000.
The residencies are at the Michael King Writers’ Centre which
is based in the Signalman’s House, a heritage villa on Takarunga Mt Victoria
in Devonport.
The residency programme aims to support New Zealand writers
and promote the development of high-quality New Zealand writing. Previous resident
writers include Eleanor Catton who wrote the final draft of her novel The Luminaries at the
centre last year. The novel is on the longlist for the prestigious Man Booker
Award.
Writers who are selected for the 2014 residencies will receive
free accommodation at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in Devonport, use of
the writer’s studio and a stipend:
The eight-week residencies are open to emerging or established
writers, while the six-month residency offered in partnership with The
University of Auckland is for an established author who may benefit from an
academic environment. Writers must be working on a specific project in
fiction, poetry, drama, creative non-fiction or non-fiction. Writers who live
in Auckland are welcome to apply. The residencies are offered with the
assistance of Creative New Zealand.
Application forms and further information are available on the centre’s web site
or from the centre.
Applications close on Friday
4 October 2013,
and the selections are expected to be made in November.
Twenty-six New Zealand writers have held residencies at the
centre since 2005. The current writer in residence is novelist Sarah Laing.
Writers who do not qualify for the supported residency programme are able to
apply to be a visiting writer on a paying basis.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Michael King Writers’ Centre residencies in 2014 – applications open
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