Cello Forrester is a musician and writer.

Based in Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland, and shaped by an upbringing spent between rural Australia, the American Midwest, and Pōneke, their work is often focused on queer experience, hidden inner worlds, and the quiet passing of daily life.

During their residency they are working on their first novel.

Kirsty has published two novels – part historical novels and part contemporary and has published short stories and poems in anthologies. She won the 2020 New Zealand Book Lovers Award for best adult fiction.Whilst on her residency Kirsty is delighted

Tina, our sixth writer-in-residence for the year,  is a novelist, short story writer and editor. Tina has received many awards for her work, including the CNZ Berlin Writers Residency, the University of Waikato Writer-In-Residence and the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship in Auckland. She won the 2

Hazel, our eighth Writer-in-residence for the year, is the author of three books: Solo: Backcountry adventuring in Aotearoa New Zealand (MUP, 2022); Wild Westie (Penguin, 2014), a biography of Sir Bob Harvey; and Sell! (Penguin, 2013), a history of the advertising industry. She holds an MA in Media

Our seventh resident for the year, Michele has been a writer, producer and dancer across the globe. Her fiction and non-fiction has been published widely across many mediums and broadcast for radio both in New Zealand and the UK.She was New Zealand’s 2010 Robert Burns Fellow, and as a screenwriter

Jared is an archivist, historian and writer based in Wellington. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Overland, History Workshop Journal, The Spinoff, Newsroom and other publications, while his recent book Dead Letters (Otago University Press, 2019) won the Bert Roth Award for Labour History and w

Because of the Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions, Albert started his residency from home and was able to take up residence as we moved to Level 2. He is our 10th residency recipient for the year.Albert began his career as an actor before writing for stage and screen.  An award-winning international pl

Elspeth has published eight novels, two collections of short stories and written numerous plays for radio (RNZ and BBC) and television. Her stage plays have been performed in England, the United States and New Zealand. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the ONZM for services to

Roger Horrocks was founder and head of the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at Auckland University, the largest department of its kind in New Zealand, and is Emeritus Professor. Ten years ago he retired early to write full time. He has written on many aspects of film, television, lit

Philip Braithwaite has been writing plays since 1999. In 2000 he won the New Zealand Young Playwrights’ Award. Amongst his other credits are the BBC World Service/British Council International Radio Playwriting Award 2001, and the Adam NZ Play Award 2013, for his play The Mercy Clause.Phil’s work