Staff

Read about the International Institute of Modern Letters’ staff, including roles, publications, research areas and contact details.

Director
Academic Staff
Writer in Residence
Workshop Convenors
Administrators

Director

Prof Damien Wilkins
Director
International Institute of Modern Letters
- damien.wilkins@vuw.ac.nz
WR16 302, 16 Waiteata Road (Bill Manhire House)

Academic staff

Kate Duignan
Lecturer in Creative Writing
International Institute of Modern Letters
- kate.duignan@vuw.ac.nz
Ken Duncum
Associate Professor
International Institute of Modern Letters
- ken.duncum@vuw.ac.nz

Tina Makereti
Senior Lecturer
Institute of Modern Letters
- tina.makereti@vuw.ac.nz
- +64 4 463 5815
WR16 301, 16 Waiteata Road (Bill Manhire House)

Chris Price
Senior Lecturer
International Institute of Modern Letters
- chris.price@vuw.ac.nz
WR16 201, 16 Waiteata Road (Bill Manhire House)

Ingrid Horrocks

2026 and 2027 Teaching Fellow
International Institute of Modern Letters
ingrid.horrocks@vuw.ac.nz

Multi-genre writer, teacher, 2026 MA workshop convenor, and 2026 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction winner Ingrid Horrocks will again be a member of our academic teaching staff in 2027.

Writer in Residence

Tusiata Avia

Award-winning poet, writer and performer, and 2026 Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) and Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence.

modernletters@vuw.ac.nz 04 463 6854
Room 402, Bill Manhire House, 16 Waiteata Road

Workshop convenors

Dave Armstrong
Workshop Convenor
International Institute of Modern Letters
- modernletters@vuw.ac.nz
- 04 463 6854
Room 402, Bill Manhire House, 16 Waiteata Road

James Brown
Workshop Convenor
International Institute of Modern Letters
- modernletters@vuw.ac.nz
- 04 463 6854
Room 402, Bill Manhire House, 16 Waiteata Road

Craig Gamble
Workshop Convenor
International Institute of Modern Letters
- modernletters@vuw.ac.nz
- 04 463 6854
Room 402, Bill Manhire House, 16 Waiteata Road

Gary Henderson
Workshop Convenor
International Institute of Modern Letters
- modernletters@vuw.ac.nz
- 04 463 6854
Room 402, Bill Manhire House, 16 Waiteata Road

Elizabeth Knox
Workshop Convenor
International Institute of Modern Letters
- modernletters@vuw.ac.nz
- 04 463 6854
Room 402, Bill Manhire House, 16 Waiteata Road

Anthony Lapwood
Workshop Convenor
International Institute of Modern Letters
- modernletters@vuw.ac.nz
- 04 463 6854
Room 402, Bill Manhire House, 16 Waiteata Road

Sue Orr
Workshop convenor
International Institute of Modern Letters
- modernletters@vuw.ac.nz
- 04 463 6854
Room 402, Bill Manhire House, 16 Waiteata Road

Harry Ricketts
Workshop Convenor
International Institute of Modern Letters
- modernletters@vuw.ac.nz
- 04 463 6854
Room 402, Bill Manhire House, 16 Waiteata Road

Victor Rodger
Workshop Convenor
International Institute of Modern Letters
- modernletters@vuw.ac.nz
- 04 463 6854
Room 402, Bill Manhire House, 16 Waiteata Road

Ruby Solly
Workshop Convenor
International Institute of Modern Letters
- modernletters@vuw.ac.nz
- 04 463 6854
Room 402, Bill Manhire House, 16 Waiteata Road

Administrators

Katie Hardwick-Smith
Administrator
International Institute of Modern Letters
- katie.hardwick-smith@vuw.ac.nz
- 04 463 6854
Clare Moleta
Administrator
International Institute of Modern Letters
- clare.moleta@vuw.ac.nz