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• • Rose Lu – 2022

    • 1 Aug 2022
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    • Michalia Arathimos has just returned from Australia, where she lived in Melbourne and other places.
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• • And Other Stories with Rose Lu

    • 28 Jul 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • This year is the centenary of the publication of Katherine Mansfield’s third collection of short stories, The Garden Party and Other Stories. The collection includes some of Mansfield’s best-known and most-loved stories, such as ‘At the Bay’, ‘The Garden Party’ and ‘Miss Brill’. But what about the other twelve? Current Randell Cottage resident Rose Lu will […]
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• • Rose Lu shares writing experiences at the Friends AGM

    • 14 Jun 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • At the conclusion of the Friends of Randell Cottage AGM on Wednesday 25 May, President Leslie Brown welcomed Rose Lu, the current writer-in-residence at the Cottage, and directed the conversation with some probing questions. Her project while at the Cottage is her debut novel with NZ Chinese characters in an intergenerational situation set in a […]
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• • A rich and ongoing connection: French residency 2023 opens for applications

    • 18 May 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • At last, we can celebrate the return of our French writers in residence! After a two-year break because of Covid-19 border restrictions, Randell Cottage looks forward to welcoming a new French writer in 2023. Check out the application details and criteria here. Applications close on 10 July 2022. Founding trustee and Trustee Emerita, Dame Fiona […]
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• • Former Randell Cottage resident wins top prize at Ockham Book Awards

    • 12 May 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • Congratulations to Whiti Hereaka, who has won the $60,000 2022 Ockham Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction announced on 11 May. Her novel Kurangaituku is described by the judges as an epic poem of a novel, resonant of Māori oral traditions that gives a voice, form and name to the bird-woman from the myth ‘Hatupatu and the […]
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• • Friends of Randell Cottage AGM on 25 May

    • 9 May 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Randell Cottage will take place on Wednesday 25 May from 11 am at the Alliance Française, 3rd floor Dominion Building, corner of Mercer and Victoria Streets. President Leslie Brown encourages members and interested attendees to come along to mark the 20th year since the first Randell Cottage […]
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• • Sir Vincent O’Sullivan KNZM

    • 3 May 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • On May 2, Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro presented Honours recipients with insignia recognising outstanding achievements and service. Eminent author Emeritus Professor Sir Vincent O’Sullivan received the accolade when he was re-designated from a DCNZM to a KNZM.
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• • Sargeson Prize entries opened on 1 April

    • 7 Apr 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • Entries opened on 1 April for the 2022 Sargeson Prize and close at 11.59pm (NZST) on 30 June 2022. There is no entry fee, and entries are limited to one per writer, per division. First offered in 2019, the Sargeson Prize is New Zealand’s richest short story prize, with a first prize of $10,000, sponsored […]
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• • New writers’ residency opportunity in French Polynesia

    • 4 Apr 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • An exciting new two-month residency for writers is on offer in French Polynesia. It is aimed at published authors from the Pacific region (including New Zealand and Australia) in categories of literature, poetry, theatre and children’s and young adult fiction, who wish to pursue a writing project in French, English or an indigenous language. The […]
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• • New publications

    • 27 Mar 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • Our congratulations to two writers with significant Randell Cottage connections whose works have just been published by Vintage, an imprint of Penguin Random House New Zealand. So Far for Now Dame Fiona Kidman, Randell Cottage’s founding trustee and long-time supporter, has released her latest book, So Far for Now. This is a new volume of […]
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• • Lynn Davidson: a very personal view of a poet and her inspiration

    • 23 Feb 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • What is it like to be a writer in residence at Randell Cottage? How does this special ‘moment out of time’ free up the creative mind? Lynn Davidson has just completed her six-month stay in the Cottage. She shares her reflections on the experience in a newly released video, interwoven with readings from her latest […]
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• • Congratulations to Paddy Richardson

    • 22 Feb 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust joins High Spot Literary in congratulating our 2019 Resident Paddy Richardson, our 2019 CNZ RCWT Writing Fellow. Four of her thrillers are to be published in Australia. From High Spot Literary on Facebook: We are absolutely delighted to announce that Paddy Richardson has just signed with Australian publisher, Brio Books who […]
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• • Rose Lu selected as 2022 Randell Cottage Writer in Residence

    • 7 Dec 2021
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • Tramper, software engineer, essayist, and now novelist Rose Lu is to be the 2022 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellow. Lu will be using her six months at Randell Cottage in Wellington’s historic Thorndon village to write her first novel. Currently untitled, the project follows the story of Moon, a second-generation Chinese-New Zealander, and […]
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• • Trustee and author Stephen Stratford

    • 23 Nov 2021
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • The Randell Cottage Writers Trust marks with deep sorrow the sudden death of our Trustee, Stephen Stratford, on Sunday 21 November. Stephen was a highly valued member of our team, taking special responsibility for chairing the annual selection panel for the Creative New Zealand writer in residence. We acknowledge the loss his passing represents to […]
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• • Randell Cottage Open Day – Cancelled

    • 15 Oct 2021
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • 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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