International guest writers
Introduction
Each year between 2007 and 2019, the International Institute of Modern Letters invited leading international writers across a range of genres to teach masterclasses for current students of the MA in Creative Writing, and appear in public events in Wellington. We also hosted sessions from visiting publishers and editors.
A sample of our international guests includes Guillermo Arriaga, Stephen Burt, Santo Cilauro, Teju Cole, Richard Ford, Jonathan Galassi, Janice Galloway, Vona Groarke, Lee Gutkind, Jen Hadfield, Joy Harjo, Michael Hofmann, Michael Hulse, Michelle de Kretser, Ben Lewin, Kei Miller, Andrew Motion, Andrew O'Hagan, Mal Peet, Ron Rash, Richard Powers, Robin Robertson, Mary Ruefle, Michael Schmidt, Robert Shearman, Karen Solie, Francis Spufford, Jeet Thayill, Scarlett Thomas, Eliot Weinberger, and Charlotte Wood.
You can read more about our guest writers, from 2010 onwards, at the links below.
Our guest writer programme ceased in 2020, initially due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then to loss of funding.
- International guest writers 2019
- International guest writers 2018
- International guest writers 2017
- International guest writers 2016
- International guest writers 2015
- International guest writers 2014
- International guest writers 2013
- International guest writers 2012
- International guest writers 2011
- International guest writers 2010
- International guest writers 2009: Andrew Bovell, Brian Castro and Christopher Reid
- International guest writers 2008: Michael Palmer and Richard Powers
- International guest writers 2007: Richard Ford, Lavinia Greenlaw, Eliot Weinerger