This residency of up to three months offers an established international writer the opportunity to develop their current project whilst in the company of other artists from across the artforms. Previous International Writers include Yang Lian, Christos Tsiolkas and Caine Prize winner Olufemi Terry. Our International writer in 2013 is Chika Unigwe.

Chika was born in Enugu,Enugu State. She has degrees from the university of Nigeria and the KU Leuven. She holds a PhD from the University of Leiden in Holland.

She  is the author of three novels , including On Black Sisters Street (2009, 2011 Jonathan Cape, UK and Random House NY) and Night Dancer (Jonathan Cape, 2012). Her writing awards include a Rockefeller Foundation award, a UNESCO-Aschberg Fellowship and a Ledig House, NY Fellowship. She is the most recent winner of the Nigeria Literature Award. She has been published extensively in literary journals and newspapers. She lives in Turnhout, Belgium.