Writers are able to stay at the centre for short-term visits either to write or to carry out research. Unlike the funded Writers in Residence programme, these stays are self-booked at the standard accommodation rate, open to both international and New Zealand writers. The minimum length of stay is one week, with a maximum of two months. Visit the accommodation page for the current rates and terms and conditions.
Visiting Writers
Sue Perkins: 2011
Sue Perkins has been a regular visiting writer to the MKWC since 2008. Originally from Devon, England, she emigrated with a young family and now lives on a lifestyle block north of Blenheim. She works as a graphic designer and writes romance, fantasy
Louise Deans: 2011
Louise Deans was one of four Christchurch writers offered a free week at the Michael King Writers' Centre as a respite from the Canterbury earthquakes. Louise stayed in September 2011. Born, bred and educated in Timaru, she has always been an avid re
Deborah Heath: 2011
Deborah is from Brighton, England. She completed her MA at Sussex University, where she now works. Deborah fell in love with New Zealand when she came to visit friends and extended her stay to three months so that she could travel from the South Isla
Caren Wilton: 2011
Caren Wilton is a Wellington-based writer, editor, oral historian and wannabe documentary filmmaker. The author of short-story collection The Heart Sutra (University of Otago Press, 2003), and of assorted journalism, fiction and book reviews, she is