This is to share the good news that MIT’s Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing) was recently approved by the NZQA. We are currently taking enrolment applications for the Creative Writing, Performing Arts and Visual Arts specialisations. Contact Julie Wright at (09)9688760 for more information.
As well as meeting a range of publishers this year, such as Harriet Allan from Random House, Margaret Samuels who is head of Marketing at Hachette Publishers, and Robyn Bargh who is director of Huia Publishing, our students met a wide range of writers in class: Margaret Pope who wrote about David Lange’s time in government; former chief editor of the Listener and Metro Paul Little who has many books on diverse New Zealanders including Paul Henry, Willie Apiata VC, Temuera Morrison, and who self-publishes his partner Wendyl Nissen’s books; and distinguished American poet Joy Harjo with the support of the International Institute of Modern Letters. Next March we look forward to a visit from New York Times best-selling author Nalini Singh.
Students formed a performance collective called The Naked Voices of Pacific Literature who featured in the recent Southside Arts Festival at the Mangere Arts Centre.
The students are now looking forward to being published in MIT’s new creative writing journal Ika which will come out next May.
Our lecturers include novelist Witi Ihimaera, short fiction specialist Sue Orr, and myself, while author Albert Wendt lectures on Pacific literature.
I welcome your enquiries. My phone number is 9688765 ext. 8439.
Best wishes
Robert
Robert Sullivan (Nga Puhi, Kai Tahu, Galway Irish)
Head of School, Creative Writing
Faculty of Creative Arts
