Graduates online

View an A–Z list of our graduates online.

This database is maintained and added to periodically by the IIML. It is not a complete list of our graduates, by any means, but offers a window into the publications and productions of a range of our former students.

If you would like to correct any of the links on this page, or if you are a graduate of our MA or PhD programme who would like to send us a link to your work online, please contact us. (Note that personal websites will be considered if they contain strong links to written work.)

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Pip Adam
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Johanna Aitchison
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Michele Amas
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Barbara Anderson
NZ Book Council author page

Angela Andrews
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Michalia Arathimos
Mākaro Press: Aukati

Tusiata Avia
NZ Book Council author page

Morgan Bach
Te Herenga Waka University Press
Sweet Mammalian online journal

Hinemoana Baker
Hinemoana's website
NZ Book Council author page

Claire Baylis
Allen and Unwin: Dice
Claire's website

Ann Beaglehole
NZ Book Council author page

Airini Beautrais
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Paola Bilbrough
NZ Book Council author page

Jenny Bornholdt
NZ Book Council author page
Te Herenga Waka University Press
nzepc - new zealand electronic poetry centre

Nikki-Lee Birdsey
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Gemma Bowker-Wright
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Philip Braithwaite
The War Play: Theatreview

William Brandt
NZ Book Council author page

Helena Wiśniewska Brow
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Amy Brown
Te Herenga Waka University Press

James Brown
NZ Book Council Writers Page
Interview, published on Turbine

Gay Buckingham
The Grand Electrification of the South (Mary Egan Publishing)

Rachel Bush
NZ Book Council author page

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Sharron Came
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Kate Camp
NZ Book Council author page

Eleanor Catton
Te Herenga Waka University Press
NZ Book Council author page
Man Booker Prize winner 2013 announcement

Lynda Chanwai-Earle
Playmarket profile

Catherine Chidgey
NZ Book Council author page

Joanna Cho
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Craig Cliff
Penguin Books author page
The Mannequin Makers (New York Times review, 28 January 2018)

Linda Collins
Ethos Books: Loss Adjustment
Awa Press: Loss Adjustment
Linda Collins interviewed on Nine to Noon, RNZ, 16 November 2020
Math Paper Press: Sign Language for the Death of Reason

Fifi Colston
NZ Book Council author page

Tim Corballis
Te Herenga Waka University Press
NZ Book Council author page

David Coventry
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Lynn Davidson
NZ Book Council author page

Jackie Davis
NZ Book Council author page

Uther Dean
My Accomplice theatre collective
The Witching Hours podcast series

Natasha Dennerstein
Norfolk Press author page

Doug Dillaman
NZ On Screen | Iwi Whitiāhua profile
The Pantograph Punch writer page

romesh dissanayake
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Emily Dobson
NZ Book Council author page

Kerry Donovan-Brown
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Avi Duckor-Jones
Swim (Seizure)

Sam Duckor-Jones
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Kate Duignan
NZ Book Council author page

Breton Dukes
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Ken Duncum
IIML staff page
NZ Book Council author page Playmarket Inc. profile

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Barbara Else
NZ Book Council author page

Tracy Farr
NZ Book Council author page
Tracy's website

Laurence Fearnley
NZ Book Council author page

Cliff Fell
NZ Book Council author page

Gigi Fenster
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Joan Fleming
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Matasila Freshwater
NZ On Screen | Iwi Whitiāhua profile

Desirée Gezentsvey
Desirée's website
About Nuclear Family

Anahera Gildea
Seraph Press book page

Briar Grace-Smith
IIML staff page
NZ Book Council writer page
Playmarket profile
Arts Foundation profile

David Geary
NZ Book Council author page
Playmarket Inc. profile

Miria George
Playmarket profile

Josh Greenberg
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Kirsty Gunn
NZ Book Council author page
Contemporary Writers (British Council)

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Rob Hack
Escalator Press: Everything Is Here

Mandy Hager
NZ Book Council author page

Fleur Hamill
Barnes and Noble: The Bread Runner

Jessica Hansell (a.k.a Coco Solid)
Arts Foundation Laureate profile
NZ Onscreen profile
Aroha Bridge animated series

Caleb Harris
Lobo Blanco Editores: The Māori Jesus and Other Poems / El Jesús Maorí y otros poemas (Spanish-English parallel edition)

Dinah Hawken
NZ Book Council author page

Rebecca Hawkes
Auckland University Press: Meat Lovers

Amy Head
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Helen Heath
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Chessie Henry
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Whiti Hereaka
NZ Book Council author page
Huia Press author profile
Playmarket profile

Kerry Hines
Auckland University Press: Young Country

Ingrid Horrocks
NZ Book Council author page

Caoilinn Hughes
Gathering Evidence (Carcanet) 
Orchid and the Wasp (Penguin Random House) 
The Wild Laughter (Bloomsbury)

Eirlys Hunter
NZ Book Council author page

Adrienne Jansen
NZ Book Council author page

Jac Jenkins
Pavlova Press: Scoria - Short prose from the cinder cone (co-authored by Kathy Derrick)

Lynn Jenner
Auckland University Press: Dear Sweet Harry
Auckland University Press: Lost and Gone Away
Victoria Research Archive - 'Opportunity and Uncertainty: supervisors, examiners and graduates describe the Critical/Creative Nexus in practice in the Creative Writing PhD at the International Institute of Modern Letters (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)'
Australasian Association of Writing Programs - 'Opportunity, fixed points and the space in-between: the creative writing PhD at the International Institute of Modern Letters' (available online in the Critical Papers section of the proceedings of the 2016 Conference)

Annaleese Jochems
Te Herenga Waka University Press
Baby reviewed in the Guardian (15 August 2019)

Tim Jones
NZ Book Council author page
Headworx author page

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Gregory Kan
Auckland University Press: This Paper Boat
Gregory reads 'There is a house that we are in' for BNZP 2017

Kapka Kassabova
Kapka's website
NZ Book Council author page
Links to poetry, published on Clive James' site

Sam Kelly
Flying fish listing and clips
IMDB listing
Savage: new film depicts the brutality of New Zealand gang life (RNZ, 6 September 2020)

Eli Kent
Playmarket profile
Coming Home in the Dark reviewed (Variety, 5 February 2021)

Rachel Kerr
Mākaro Press: Victory Park
Victory Park reviewed (The Spinoff, 10 October 2020)

Kelly Kilgour
NZ Film Commission profile

Emma Kinane
Playmarket profile
Anahera staged at Circa 2017
Anahera staged in Vibrant 2018 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights (UK)

Rachael King
NZ Book Council author page
Rachael's website

Brent Kininmont
Te Herenga Waka University Press
NZETC work online

Elizabeth Knox
NZ Book Council author page

Johanna Knox
Allen & Unwin: A Forager's Treasury
Bateman Publishing: Guardians of Aotearoa - Protecting New Zealand's Legacies (NZ Booklovers review)
Hinterlands NZ: The Flypaper Series

Sarah Laing
NZ Book Council writer page
Random House NZ author page

Sharon Lam
Lawrence and Gibson: Lonely Asian Woman
Lonely Asian Woman reviewed (Stuff, 19 May 2019)

Chloe Lane
Hue&Cry Press
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Anthony Lapwood
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Hera Lindsay Bird
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Therese Lloyd
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Anna Livesey
Te Herenga Waka University Press
NZ Book Council author page

Rose Lu
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Isla Macleod
Oddly Even (TVNZ OnDemand webseries)

Mary Macpherson
The Cuba Press: Social Media

Rupa Maitra
Steele Roberts: Prophecies

Tina Makereti
NZ Book Council author page
Tina's website
Penguin Random House NZ: Black Marks on the White Page (with Witi Ihimaera)

Vana Manasiadis
NZ Book Council author page
Seraph Press: The Grief Almanac - a Sequel

Eamonn Marra
Te Herenga Waka University Press
I, Will Jones (Pantograph Punch Theatre review, 22 September 2017)
The Wireless contributor page

Emma Martin
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Mary McCallum
NZ Book Council author page
Mākaro Press (publisher)
Mākaro Press: XYZ of Happiness

Anthony McCarten
NZ Book Council author page
Playmarket Inc. profile

Kirsten McDougall
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Danyl McLauchlan
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Aorewa McLeod
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Gavin McGibbon
Playmarket profile

Victoria McHalick
NZ Book Council author page

Stuart McKenzie
Playmarket profile

Hannah McKie
Playmarket profile
Page Left

Frankie McMillan
NZ Book Council author page
Canterbury University Press book page

Maria McMillan
Te Herenga Waka University Press

James McNaughton
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Emma Martin
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Hannah Mettner
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Alice Miller
Auckland University Press: The Limits
Shearsman Books: The Limits
Alice's website

Clare Moleta
Simon & Schuster: Unsheltered

Stephanie de Montalk
NZ Book Council author page
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Paula Morris
NZ Book Council author page
Paula's website
Trendy but Casual blog

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Emma Neale
NZ Book Council author page

Bill Nelson
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Julian Novitz
NZ Book Council author page

Olive Nuttal
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Mikaela Nyman
Te Herenga Waka University Press
När vändkrets läggs mot vändkrets (poetry collection published in Swedish by Ellips)

Lucy O'Brien
Playmarket profile

Claire Orchard
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Chris Orsman
NZ Book Council author page

Lorae Parry
NZ Book Council author page

Lawrence Patchett
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Jenny Pattrick
NZ Book Council author page

Susan Pearce
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Emily Perkins
IIML staff page
NZ Book Council author page

Vivienne Plumb
NZ Book Council author page Playmarket profile

Nina Powles
Seraph Press: Girls of the Drift
Seraph Press: Luminescent

Rebecca Priestley
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Chris Price
IIML staff page
NZ Book Council author page

Sarah Quigley
NZ Book Council author page

Pat Quinn
NZ Book Council author page

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Sudha Rao
The Cuba Press: On Elephant's Shoulders

Radio New Zealand Page Numbers series:
Page Numbers 2017
Page Numbers 2018
Page Numbers 2019

Maraea Rakuraku
Playmarket Profile 

Jo Randerson
Playmarket profile
Barbarian Productions website

Evangeline Riddiford Graham
Enjoy Store listing: Look out, Fred!
La Belle Dame Avec Les Mains Vertes (Compound Press)

Vanessa Rhodes
Where Are You My Only One? (Theatre Review)

Katy Robinson
Interview, published in Salient

Freya Daly Sadgrove
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Duncan Sarkies
NZ Book Council author page
Playmarket profile

Maria Samuela
Te Herenga Waka University Press 

Frances Samuels
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Anna Sanderson
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Matthew J Saville
NZ On Screen | Iwi Whitiāhua profile

Brandy Scott
Harper Collins: Not Bad People

Kerrin P. Sharpe
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Carl Shuker
Carl's website
MySpace Page
The Complete Review: listing

John Sinclair
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Anna Smaill
Te Herenga Waka University Press
Sceptre: The Chimes
Anna's website

Marty Smith
Te Herenga Waka University Press
Marty's website

Ruby Solly
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Laura Southgate
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Tusi Tamasese
IMDb listing
NZ On Screen | Iwi Whitiāhua profile

Anna Taylor
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Jo Thorpe
NZ Book Council author page

Tayi Tibble
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Steven Toussaint
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Bridget van der Zijpp
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Louise Wallace
Te Herenga Waka University Press
Starling literary journal

Louise Wareham Leonard
NZ Book Council author page
Akashic Books Page

Jean Watson
NZ Book Council author page

Virginia Were
NZ Book Council author page

Keith Westwater
Makaro Press: Felt Intensity and No one Home

Pat White
NZ Book Council author page
Te Herenga Waka University Press

Amy Leigh Wicks
Auckland University Press: The Dangerous Country of Love and Marriage

Alison Wong
NZ Book Council author page

Tim Worrall
NZ Onscreen | Iwi Whitiāhua profile

The Road to Whakahaere (watch online)
Tits on a Bull : 'A film made from the grassroots up' (NZ Herald, 24 Feb, 2015)
Head High review: 'the best and most complex NZ drama in years' (The Spinoff, 28 June 2020)

Ashleigh Young
Te Herenga Waka University Press
eyelashroaming blog

Redmer Yska
Otago University Press: A Strange Beautiful Excitement: Katherine Mansfield's Wellington

Bianca Zander
Michael King Writers' Centre profile