M. Kay Flavell

Born in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand in 1943, I grew up as a farm girl on the windy hills above the south Pacific town of Dunedin. Studied English, German and Anthropology at the University of Otago, sailed away in 1964. Studied and taught at University College London and universities in Saarbrücken, Liverpool, Melbourne and Davis, California until 2001. Launched a Pacific Bridges Project in 1990, and New Pacific Studio as a non-profit artist residency and community outreach program in 2000. Post-university publishing under the name of Kay Flavell.

Most recent publication is a USA reprint of my poetry volume Moon over the Pacific. A poet's travel diary.ISBN 9798218341923.

Other books : People of the Lane. Living in and around Lark Lane, 1880-2020. An oral history. (New Pacific Studio, 2021)ISBN 9780578709345. Based on taped interviews with residents and shopkeepers, and updated to include stories of living under lockdown. Includes supplement Lark Lane Memories. (New Pacific Studio, 2023).

George Grosz. A Biography ( Yale University Press,1988). Books published in New Zealand include: Moon over the Pacific. A poet's travel diary(Steele Roberts, 2005) : Living in Kaiparoro. Stories of a Tararua Community and its ANZAC Memorial Bridge, 2008 ; Rainbows over Mauriceville. Early Days in a Scandinavian-Kiwi Community, edited for Friends of Mauriceville, 2013.

Sketchbooks: Views of Vallejo and Beyond. A Summer Sketchbook.(25pp. New Pacific Studio Vallejo, 2018).

Views of Lark Lane and Beyond ( New Pacific Studio Vallejo, 2021.)Sketches included in People of the Lane.