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    • New Patron joins Randell Cottage
      • The Randell Cottage Writers Trust is delighted to announce that H.E. François Decoster, newly arrived French Ambassador to New Zealand, has agreed to become a Trust Patron. He joins our much-respected founding trustee, Dame Fiona Kidman and takes the place of his predecessor, Mme Laurence Beau. Ambassador Decoster met with Trustees and colleagues from the French […]

    • Adieu, Mme Beau et bienvenu, M. Decoster
      • We say a sad farewell and thanks to Her Excellency Mme Laurence Beau, French Ambassador and Trust Patron, on her return to Paris. During her four year posting in Wellington, Mme Beau ensured the Embassy kept a warm and collaborative relationship with Randell Cottage as we hosted successive French residents in our heritage cottage. To […]

    • Adieu, Mme Beau et bienvenu, M. Decoster
      • We say a sad farewell and thanks to Her Excellency Mme Laurence Beau, French Ambassador and Trust Patron, on her return to Paris. During her four year posting in Wellington, Mme Beau ensured the Embassy kept a warm and collaborative relationship with Randell Cottage as we hosted successive French residents in our heritage cottage. To […]

    • Menton celebrations!
      • Our 2014 writer-in-residence, Tina Makereti, has been awarded the prestigious 2026 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship. The announcement was made in Wellington on 10 September by the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship Committee in conjunction with The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi and Craig Investment Partners. Tina will head to France in early 2027.

    • Menton celebrations!
      • Our 2014 writer-in-residence, Tina Makereti, has been awarded the prestigious 2026 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship. The announcement was made in Wellington on 10 September by the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship Committee in conjunction with The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi and Craig Investment Partners. Tina will head to France in early 2027.

    • Applications open for 2027 Randell Cottage Residency
      • We’re delighted to announce that applications open on 1 September for our sought-after New Zealand residency at Randell Cottage. Apply to join us in the 25th anniversary year of our writing Fellowship or pass the news on to your contacts. We offer a stay of six months from July to December 2027 in our two-bedroom, […]

    • Applications open for 2027 Randell Cottage Residency
      • We’re delighted to announce that applications open on 1 September for our sought-after New Zealand residency at Randell Cottage. Apply to join us in the 25th anniversary year of our writing Fellowship or pass the news on to your contacts. We offer a stay of six months from July to December 2027 in our two-bedroom, […]

    • Lili Sohn – 2027
      • Lili Sohn is the fiftieth Randell Cottage resident, and the first graphic novelist to be selected for the residency. Her works have appeared with leading French and Franco-Belgian publishers such as Casterman and Delcourt. Her project is an exciting, challenging and sensitive one: centring on the complexities surrounding the restitution of a tattooed head or toi […]

    • Lili Sohn – 2027
      • Lili Sohn is the fiftieth Randell Cottage resident, and the first graphic novelist to be selected for the residency. Her works have appeared with leading French and Franco-Belgian publishers such as Casterman and Delcourt. Her project is an exciting, challenging and sensitive one: centring on the complexities surrounding the restitution of a tattooed head or toi […]

    • Twenty-fifth anniversary French laureate announced
      • We are delighted to announce, in conjunction with the French Embassy, that Lili Sohn will be the 2027 French writer-in-residence at Randell Cottage. She was chosen from among 28 applicants by a French and NZ selection panel. Lili’s arrival will mark the beginning of our twenty-fifth anniversary year. She will be the fiftieth Randell Cottage resident, dating from […]

    • Twenty-fifth anniversary French laureate announced
      • We are delighted to announce, in conjunction with the French Embassy, that Lili Sohn will be the 2027 French writer-in-residence at Randell Cottage. She was chosen from among 28 applicants by a French and NZ selection panel. Lili’s arrival will mark the beginning of our twenty-fifth anniversary year. She will be the fiftieth Randell Cottage resident, dating from […]

    • Randell Cottage – Dates to hold
      • As we move past the shortest day of the year and look optimistically towards Spring and Summer, here are two dates for your calendars: Annual Open Day Sunday 25 October from 1 to 4 pm: Annual Open Day at Randell Cottage, 14 St Mary Street, as part of the Wellington Heritage Festival. Come along on the […]

    • Randell Cottage – Dates to hold
      • As we move past the shortest day of the year and look optimistically towards Spring and Summer, here are two dates for your calendars: Annual Open Day Sunday 25 October from 1 to 4 pm: Annual Open Day at Randell Cottage, 14 St Mary Street, as part of the Wellington Heritage Festival. Come along on the […]

    • Saraid de Silva reflects on Randell Cottage residency
      • Author of the celebrated novel Amma, Saraid de Silva has spent a six-month residency at Randell Cottage working on her much-anticipated second work. In this new video she reflects on her personal style, the working environment of the Cottage and the value of a dedicated, uninterrupted time for creative writing. We acknowledge the many generous […]

    • Saraid de Silva reflects on Randell Cottage residency
      • Author of the celebrated novel Amma, Saraid de Silva has spent a six-month residency at Randell Cottage working on her much-anticipated second work. In this new video she reflects on her personal style, the working environment of the Cottage and the value of a dedicated, uninterrupted time for creative writing. We acknowledge the many generous […]

    • Notice of the Annual General Meeting on 26 May 2026
      • You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Friends of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust to be held on: Tuesday 26 May, 2026, at 11.00 am in Room 3 of the Alliance Française, Level 3, Dominion Building, Victoria St. Please RSVP to info@randellcottage.co.nz or call Robyn on (04) 4764823 (evenings only) by 23 May, 2026, […]

    • Notice of the Annual General Meeting on 26 May 2026
      • You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Friends of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust to be held on: Tuesday 26 May, 2026, at 11.00 am in Room 3 of the Alliance Française, Level 3, Dominion Building, Victoria St. Please RSVP to info@randellcottage.co.nz or call Robyn on (04) 4764823 (evenings only) by 23 May, 2026, […]

    • Applications open for French writer in residence
      • The French Embassy, in partnership with the Randell Cottage Writers Trust, invites applications for next year’s residency in Randell Cottage, due to run from January to June 2027. It is open to published writers who are French nationals or those who have at least five years’ residence qualifications. The residency comes with a monthly stipend and reimbursement of […]

    • Katia speaks at Alliance Française event
      • March is Francophonie month at the Alliance Française in Wellington. The Randell Cottage resident writer, Katia Astafieiff, helped launch the celebratory month when she featured at a full-house event on 6 March, in conversation with the French Embassy's Noémie Clarke.

    • Francophonie 2026 – Talk with Katia Astafieff French Author
      • Immerse yourself in literature this March for Le Mois de la Francophonie, a month-long celebration of French-speaking culture! Join us for a captivating evening celebrating Francophonie with a special talk by Katia Astafieff, the new resident writer at Randell Cottage. “For her special project during the residency, Katia plans to explore the story of Marianne North, an […]

    • Katia Astafieff explores the world of 19th century botanical artists
      • Randell Cottage welcomes its newest resident, traveller and writer, Katia Astafieff. Katia loves popularising science, especially botany. She also has a particular interest in the great explorers and has brought these two topics together in her book L’Aventure extraordinaire des plantes voyageuses, (The Extraordinary Adventure of the Travelling Plants, Dunod, 2018), in which she tells […]

    • Titaua Peu’s video launched
      • A video recording Tahitian writer Titaua Peu‘s stay in Wellington was launched on 3 December. Titaua describes the explorations she undertook during her residency in Randell Cottage on the historical and cosmological links between Indigenous peoples of Polynesia. She foreshadows her planned dystopian trilogy, beginning with the forthcoming novel Disruptive – a tantalising prospect. French […]

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