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The Randell Cottage Writers Trust was established in September 2001 to promote and foster the development of literature by establishing a writers’ residency scheme and by awarding literary scholarships.The Randell Cottage is located in the central city suburb of Thorndon, Wellington, within easy walking distance of Victoria University and the National and Turnbull Libraries.

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Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)

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- Randell Cottage Open Day – Cancelled
  - 15 Oct 2021
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  - It is with regret that we have made the decision to cancel the Randell Cottage Open Day that was planned for 31 October as a part of Wellington Heritage Week 2021.
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- New Zealand Residency applications are now open
  - 7 Sep 2021
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  - Applications are now open for the 2022 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship.
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- Randell Cottage Writers Trust’s 2020 Annual Report is now available
  - 6 Sep 2021
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  - The Annual Report and Randell Cottage Writers Trust’s 2020 Annual Report is now available. You can read them here.
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- Friends of Randell Cottage hold AGM
  - 11 Aug 2021
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  - The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust was held at the rooms of the Alliance Franҫaise, Wellington, on 27 July 2021.
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- Randell Friends visit the Cottage’s collection at Te Papa
  - 2 Aug 2021
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  - Recently, some of the Friends visited Te Papa to view the objects discovered when the Cottage was renovated back in the mid-1990s.
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- Agenda for the Friends of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust AGM, 27 July
  - 5 Jul 2021
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  - You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Friends of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust to be held at 11.30 am, Tuesday 27 July 2021.
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- Save The Date
  - 22 Jun 2021
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  - The AGM of the Friends of the Randell Cottage will be held at: 11:30 am Tuesday 27 July Alliance Francaise Level 3 78 Victoria Street Wellington After the AGM the current writer in residence, Lynn Davidson, will talk about her work. Refreshments will be served.
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- Caroline Laurent, Randell Cottage 2021 Laureate
  - 1 May 2021
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  - Caroline Laurent will join the Randell Cottage writer residency programme as the 2021 French artist in residence.
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- A conversation with Randell descendants
  - 1 May 2021
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  - In the last week of April 2021, we celebrated the launch of Saving Randell Cottage. A short film talking with descendants of William and Sarah Randell about how the historic Randell Cottage saved from demolition, restored and donated to become a residence for New Zealand and French writers. Listen to Beverley Randell Price and her […]
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- Saving Randell Cottage: Video Screening and Website Launch
  - 11 Apr 2021
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  - Join members of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust, the Friends of Randell Cottage and the Friends of the Turnbull for a special screening of Saving Randell Cottage at the National Library on Friday, 30 April at 5:30 for 6:00 pm.
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- Randell Cottage Trustee emerita, Dame Fiona Kidman, receives inaugural Irish Writing Fellowship
  - 1 Mar 2021
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  - Warmest congratulations to Dame Fiona, who has been awarded the inaugural Fellowship offered by the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Otago.
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- Congratulations to Amaury da Cunha on the publication of his Randell Cottage book!
  - 24 Feb 2021
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  - On 19 February, Editions Plein Jour in Paris published Baby Farmer by the 2020 French writer at Randell Cottage, Amaury da Cunha.
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- 2021 Wellington Heritage Week
  - 17 Feb 2021
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  - The 2021 Wellington Heritage Week will take place from 25 October to 31 October. Watch this space for details of Randell Cottage’s annual Open Day.
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- A pioneer’s centenary: marking 100 years since the death of Sarah Randell
  - 14 Feb 2021
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  - It is a century since the death of Sarah Randell (née Gillard), one of the pioneering Randell couple whose Thorndon cottage is now held in trust as a writer’s residence.
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- Applications open for Michael King Writer’s Fellowship
  - 8 Feb 2021
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  - Creative New Zealand is calling for applications from established New Zealand writers for the Michael King Writer's Fellowship, valued at $100,000. The fellowship is awarded every two years to authors of any literary genre, who...
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- Passing of Nadine Ribault
  - 4 Feb 2021
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  - We record with great sadness the death of Nadine Ribault the first French writer to take up a residency at Randell Cottage nearly twenty years ago. Nadine Ribault died on 17 January 2021. She would have turned 57 on the 20th of January. Our deepest condolences go out to Nadine’s husband Thierry and daughter Blanche. In the Livre […]
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- Congratulations to Michalia Arathimos
  - 1 Feb 2021
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  - Congratulations to Michalia Arathimos who is University of Waikato‘s 2021 Writer in Residence. Her publication history is diverse, ranging from books and novels to short stories, reviews, non-fiction and poetry. While she is in Hamilton she will work on her third novel Sojourn, which is set in the Waikato. During 2020 Michalia was the Writer […]
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- Lynn Davidson – 2021
  - 4 Jan 2021
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  - Lynn Davidson is a poet and novelist. Davidson’s most recent publication is the poetry collection Islander. She won the Poetry New Zealand’s 2020 poetry Award and holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Massey University. Davidson will be using her time at Randell Cottage to write a memoir of her move to Scotland in 2016 […]
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- Michalia Arathimos on Standing Room Only, RNZ
  - 14 Dec 2020
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  - Our 2020 New Zealand resident Michalia Arathimos is nearing the end of her stay at Randell Cottage – and we’ll be very sad to see her go. Last week she spoke to Lynn Freeman of Radio New Zealand’s Standing Room Only about returning to Wellington, life in the cottage and its impact on her project, […]
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- Lynn Davidson selected as 2021 Randell Cottage Writer in Residence
  - 6 Dec 2020
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  - Newly returned to Aotearoa New Zealand after four years teaching and writing in Edinburgh, Lynn Davidson is to be the 2021 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellow.
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- Michalia Arathimos – 2020
  - 6 Dec 2020
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  - Michalia Arathimos has just returned from Australia, where she lived in Melbourne and other places. She has published work in The Lifted Brow, Westerly, Overland, Landfall, Headland, JAAM, Sport, Turbine, and elsewhere. She won the Sunday Star Times Short Story Prize in 2016. Her first novel, Aukati, was published by Mākaro Press and launched at Melbourne Writers Festival. Arathimos is working […]
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- Caroline Laurent is the Randell Cottage French resident, 2021
  - 14 Sep 2020
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  - Caroline Laurent will join the Randell Cottage writer residency programme as the 2021 French artist in residence. Born in 1988 and of French-Mauritian origins, Caroline grew up between French Polynesia, Bordeaux, Italy and Paris, where she currently resides. She still travels regularly to Mauritius to visit her maternal family. Caroline is a graduate of modern […]
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- Applications Invited For 2021 Randell Cottage Writers Residency
  - 13 Sep 2020
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  - Applications are now open for the 2021 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship.
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- 1 Nov – Thorndon Open Day: Literature, Music & Art
  - 26 Aug 2020
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  - Combined Open Days at Randell Cottage, Lilburn House and the Rita Angus Cottage – the homes of New Zealand writers, composers, and artists. Join us on Sunday 1 November for an afternoon celebrating art, music and literature at three historic Thorndon creative residencies. Randell Cottage, Lilburn House and Rita Angus Cottage will be open to […]
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- Save the Date! Annual Open Day Sunday 1 November 2020
  - 13 Aug 2020
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  - Once again, the Randell Cottage and garden will be open to visitors for a once-a-year opportunity on Sunday 1 November as part of the annual Wellington Heritage Week.We will join forces with our fellow Thorndon creative residencies, Lilburn and Rita Angus trusts.Watch this site for details of our programme of readings and refreshments.We look forward to welcoming you.
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- Michalia Arathimos arrives at the cottage
  - 25 Jul 2020
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  - In late June, we were delighted to be able to welcome our 2020 resident Michalia Arathimos, her partner and two young children to Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.
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- On kindness, on ignorance: A frightful passage
  - 25 Jul 2020
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  - CNZ RCWT 2020 Writing Fellow Michalia Arathimos began 2020 in Melbourne Australia where the threat of bushfires would shortly be replaced by the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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- Paddy Richardson on place-setting
  - 10 Mar 2020
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  - Paddy Richardson, the 2019 CNZ Randell Cottage Writing Fellow, says she loves research but there is no substitute for actually treading the same ground as the characters she’s writing about.
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- Michalia Arathimos selected as 2020 Randell Cottage Writer in Residence
  - 17 Dec 2019
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  - Michalia Arathimos Melbourne-based but Wellington-born, writer, reviewer and editor Michalia Arathimos will be returning to her home city next year as the 2020 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellow.
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- Paddy Richardson interviewed by RNZ National
  - 16 Dec 2019
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  - Photo credit: Caroline Davies With just a couple of weeks of her residency left to run, Paddy Richardson took time out to chat with RNZ National’s Lynn Freeman of Standing Room Only.
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