Sojourn, which is set in the Waikato. Michalia Arathimos This position is jointly funded by the University of Waikato and Creative New Zealand and the sole purpose is to give the writer the freedom to write. ‘For a mid-career writer like myself, with a young whānau, I cannot emphasise enough what a supported opportunity like this means. For some writers, it can mean the difference between the next work taking five years, or one, to write,’ says Michalia. Sojourn is a story of uneasy leavings and returnings, and of uncomfortable histories. The main character, Andrianni, has suddenly returned to Hamilton from Melbourne with her Te