We’re happy announce that the Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence for the first half of 2025 will be Sarah Quigley.
Sarah is an internationally recognised award-wining author who works across a range of forms, from non-fiction and editorial work, to novels, poetry and short fiction. She is originally from Ōtautahi – she did her masters with the English department, before going on to do a doctorate in literature at Oxford – and she recently returned home after a long period based in Berlin. She’s been awarded a number of prestigious prizes, including the Commonwealth Short Story Award and the Sunday Star Times Short Story Award, and her work has been longlisted for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and shortlisted for the French literary prize Prix Femina. Sarah is going to be working on a fascinating multi-modal project that that explores correspondence, and that looks in part to Bethell’s legacy and love of gardens.
We’re so excited she’ll be joining us in the English Department in late January, when she will take over from current resident Pip Adam. We look forward to welcoming her. You can find out more about her work here: https://sarahvquigley.com/
