Poet Anne-Marie Te Whiu Secures Cove Park International Fellowship
Anne-Marie will be presenting at Wigtown Book Festival this year
We are delighted to welcome Anne-Marie, winner of the 2026 Cove Park International Fellowship, to present at Wigtown Book Festival this year.
A Sydney-based freelance poet, editor, cultural producer and weaver, Anne-Marie has programmed festivals for over 20 years, including Queensland Poetry Festival.
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Her writing has been published in anthologies, journals, magazines and exhibitions across Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand) and focuses on the amplification of Indigenous and POC artists. In 2025 Anne-Marie completed a Master of Social Change Leadership at University of Melbourne. Mettle is her debut poetry collection published with University of Queensland Press.
Life-changing gift
Anne-Marie said, "recently being awarded the 2026 Cove Park Fellowship is nothing short of a life-changing gift. My poetry practice thrives when I’m able to write, reflect, connect and reside on lands that are new to me.
I have learned through my aunties and cousins that our family ancestry also connects us to Scotland, which is a thread of my residency that I am extremely excited to delve deeper in to.
I cannot wait to meet local writers, readers and audiences, particularly those passionate about poetry like I am.
I have heard nothing but wonderful things about Wigtown Book Festival and it’s a dream come true that I’m going to be a part of the programme this year."
Unique rural residency
Cove Park is a unique residency in rural Scotland for national and international artists, creative practitioners, researchers, and the local community in Argyll and Bute. Anne-Marie takes up her residency at Cove Park from 1 October - 1 November.
Wigtown Book Festival runs from 25 September - 4 October 2026.