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
Majella Cullinane: 2021, 2025
Majella writes poetry, fiction and essays. Her 2018 debut novel The Life of De’Ath was shortlisted for the NZSA Heritage Book Awards and longlisted for the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Fiction. She has published two poetry collections Guarding the Flame, Salmon Poetry, Ireland 2011 and Whisper of a Crow’s Wing, Salmon Poetry and Otago University Press, 2018. The latter was chosen as The NZ Listener’s Top Ten Poetry Books of 2018.