Andi C. Buchanan (photo by Ross Giblin(Stuff)
Toi Pōneke is pleased to announce that writer Andi C. Buchanan has been awarded the d/Deaf and/or Disabled Artist Development Residency for 2026. Andi will be on residency for 8 weeks from February to April and will be working on a draft novel set in Wellington. During this time, they will be mentored by NZ writer Karen Healey.
Andi C. Buchanan is a writer of mostly speculative fiction, living in Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai / Lower Hutt.
Winner of Sir Julius Vogel Awards for From a Shadow Grave (Paper Road Press, 2019) and their short story “Girls Who Do Not Drown” (Apex, 2018), their fiction is also published in Fireside, Mermaids Monthly, Cossmass Infinities, and more. Their novel Sanctuary (Robot Dinosaur Press, 2022) tells the story of a queer, neurodivergent found-family who live in a haunted house.
Andi has an MA in English from Victoria University of Wellington. In 2024 they curated and performed in the LitCrawl event "I'm disabled...so of course I'm a villain!". Their non-fiction has been published in Pantograph Punch and the Otherhood anthology from Massey University Press. They also write contemporary fantasy / sapphic romance as Andi R. Christopher.
You can find Andi's various online presences at:
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