Trustees, advisers and supporters of the Michael King Writers’ Centre gathered for a celebration of the Michael King Writers' Centre alumni in the beautifully restored garden of the old Signalman’s House on Takarunga, Mount Victoria, in Devonport. Attendees, including alumni of the Centre talked books and writing ahead of the formal business of the day. Current holder of the University of Auckland Residency at the Centre, Victor Rodger was among those attending, as well as Geoff Chapple ONZM, the inaugural writer in residence in 2005.