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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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St. Mary St, Thorndon, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa

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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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- Three Days on Somes Island
  - 6 Dec 2019
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  - 2019 New Zealand writer in residence Paddy Richardson has been using her time in the capital to visit Matiu Somes Island, the major setting of her novel in progress, The Green of the Spring.
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- Open Day 2019 was a brilliant success!
  - 10 Nov 2019
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  - On a gloriously sunny day, under the auspices of Wellington Heritage Week, the three Thorndon Arts Residencies – the Lilburn Residence, the Rita Angus Cottage and the Randell Cottage – opened their doors to well over a hundred visitors who enjoyed readings from Randell writers (and writers we consider friends!), music and art. (Photos: Tim Gruar – unless otherwise stated)
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- Thorndon Open Day: art, literature and music
  - 3 Oct 2019
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  - Combined Open Days at the Randell Cottage, the Lilburn Residency and the Rita Angus Residency – the homes of New Zealand writers, composers, and artists.
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- Dame Fiona Kidman awarded Acorn Foundation Prize for Fiction
  - 15 May 2019
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  - Randell Cottage writers were strongly represented in the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards: three of our ‘family’ –Tina Makereti, Vincent O’Sullivan and Fiona Kidman – had novels included in the long list for the Acorn Foundation Prize for Fiction.
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- An evening with Karin Serres
  - 3 Apr 2019
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  - The evening of 27 March may well have been a dark and stormy night but the atmosphere inside the National was warm and welcoming, as current resident Karin Serres gave her audience an insight into her creative process, her information gathering (and magpie tendencies) and her journey from theatre to literature.
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- An Evening with Karin Serres
  - 16 Mar 2019
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  - A scenographer by training, the Randell Cottage’s 2019 French resident is Karin Serres whose work traverses many genres – novels, picture books, plays, for stage and radio, and translation.
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- Peter Wells
  - 20 Feb 2019
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  - Peter Wells Photo by Liz Marsh We were deeply saddened this week by the death of Peter Wells, the first writer to live and work in the Randell Cottage as the CNZ fellow.
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- “Chevening” apartment block gifted to Heritage New Zealand
  - 19 Feb 2019
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  - In a remarkable yet typical act of generosity, Susan Price, who with her parents Beverley and the late Hugh Price, gifted the Randell Cottage for use as a writer’s residence has now donated “Chevening”, the Kelburn apartment block she recently restored, to Heritage New Zealand.
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- RCWT ‘family’ well represented in Ockham long list
  - 31 Jan 2019
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  - Oh! We don’t envy the judges of this year’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards – but we are delighted to see three members of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust family included in the longlist for best novels.
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