September 2018/
EARTHSKIN CREATIVE RESIDENCY Welcome to Kathryn van Beek
Dunedin-based writer Kathryn van Beek completed a Master’s degree at Victoria University’s Institute of Modern Letters and the Fiction Writing Course at The Creative Hub. Her short stories have appeared in Headland, Hue and Cry, Pot Roast and Aerodrome, and she won the 2015 Headland Prize. She has also published several zines, and she won ‘Best of the Fest’ at Auckland Zinefest 2015. In February this year Kathryn published Bruce Finds A Home, an illustrated children’s book about her famous cat. Kathryn’s articles, essays and reviews have appeared in The Spinoff, The Sunday Star Times, The New Zealand Herald and more.
Kathryn is the inaugural recipient of the Earthskin-Creative Hub residency. While in Muriwai Kathryn will work on short stories and personal essays, and continue to develop the second in her series of Bruce the Cat books.
Please don’t hesitate to contact her: info@kathrynvanbeek.co.nz
Everyone is welcome to join our monthly Sunday at Earthskin, September 16 at 2pm with Kathryn van Beek. More info…