Verb Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-tara, Aotearoa New Zealand) and Moniack Mhor (Highlands, Scotland) have partnered to create a residency exchange in 2024. The purpose is to offer writers paid time to explore a new geography, a fresh environment to inspire their creative work; and to strengthen the relationship between our respective literatures and acknowledge the close ties that both countries have both historically and in a contemporary context.

The residents for the Island to Island residency exchange have officially been announced as essa may ranapiri and Jenni Fagan.