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Tutor - Bernadette Hall
Bernadette Hall is a nationally recognised award-winning writer, best known for her poetry. Her sixth collection, ‘Settler Dreaming’ was short-listed for the Tasmania Pacific Poetry Award in 2003. In 2007 she spent 6 months in Ireland on the Rathcoola
Fellowship. ‘The Lustre Jug’, a collection of poems arising
from this experience, came out in 2009. She has also established a strong reputation as an editor and as a writer of essays, short fiction and critical reviews. Over the years she has mentored many emerging writers and has built up an impressive track record as a teacher of creative writing. In 2004 she won an Artist’s Award which book her to Antarctica. In 2006 she was astaff member of the International Institute of Modern Letters as Writer inResidence at Victoria University.
Tutor - Frankie McMillan
Frankie McMillan is an award-winning fiction writer and poet.
Her publications include ‘The Bag Lady’s Picnic and other stories’ and a forthcoming collection of poetry, ‘Dressing for
the Cannibals’. Recent short stories have been selected for
Best New Zealand Fiction, Vintage, 2008 and 2009. She has
an MA in Creative Writing from the International institute of
Modern Letters and a Certificate in Adult Teaching. In 2005 she was the recipient of the CNZ Todd Bursary. She is currently writing a second collection of short stories. Frankie is an enthusiastic tutor with over ten years
of teaching experience.