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Hinemoana Baker at the National Library on 21 November
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- Don't miss this chance to hear in person from renowned NZ poet, singer and performer, Hinemoana Baker!
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A study in contrasts: Randell Cottage writers Hinemoana Baker and Julien Blanc-Gras
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- Randell Cottage invites you to A Study in Contrasts: writers Hinemoana Baker and Julien Blanc-Gras
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Kirsty Gunn launches new short story collection
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- Congratulations to past writer-in-residence Kirsty Gunn (2009) on the publication of Pretty Ugly, the inaugural title in a new series of short story collections from Landfall Tauraka and Otago University Press, celebrating the art of short story writing in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Cancelled: Randell Cottage Open Day
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- It is with great regret the Randell Cottage Open Day is cancelled for this year due to adverse weather conditions.
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Don’t miss your once-a-year chance to visit Randell Cottage
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- Join us at 14 St Mary Street between 1 and 4 pm on Sunday 27 October to see our historic Cottage, enjoy a free afternoon tea in the garden and listen to readings from local poets and authors.
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Fiona Kidman’s French Tour Autumn 2024 – Paris and Angoulême
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- We are delighted to share these photos of Dame Fiona's successful 'Tour de France'.
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Friends of Randell Cottage Newsletter October 2024
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- Download and read the latest Randell Cottage Friends Friday Flash newsletter.
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Reminder – Two weeks left to apply for the Randell Cottage Writers Residency
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- There are just over two weeks left to apply for the 2025 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship!
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Julien Blanc-Gras receives ‘feel good’ award
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- In a special ceremony in Paris, our most recent writer-in-residence, Julien Blanc-Gras has been honoured for Bungalow, his record of travelling in Asia with his partner and son shortly before their New Zealand visit.
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Dame Fiona’s life documentary ‘The House Within’ appears in Paris
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- Following its successful launch in New Zealand, the acclaimed new documentary on the life of Dame Fiona Kidman has featured at a special showing in Paris, attended by dignitaries including past writers-in-residence at Randell Cottage.
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Titaua Peu to be the next French writer at Randell Cottage
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- The RCWT is delighted to announce, in conjunction with the Embassy of France, that the next French writer-in-residence at Randell Cottage will be Titaua Peu coming to us from Tahiti. She will take up her residency in Wellington in early 2025.
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Poetry Power Hour: Free poetry coaching with Hinemoana Baker
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- POETRY POWER HOUR: Hinemoana Baker is offering some free poetry coaching sessions on weekday mornings, and occasional weekends, while doing the Randell Cottage residency.
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Applications Invited For 2025 Randell Cottage Writers Residency
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- Applications are now open for one of New Zealand’s top writing residencies: the 2025 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship.
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Friends of the Turnbull Library present Letters Out Loud
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- Following the resounding success of Live Letters: Raising the Roof for Randell Cottage, we are excited to support a new event, Letters Out Loud, presented by our colleagues from the Friends of the Turnbull Library.
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Friends of Randell Cottage Newsletter August 2024
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- Download and read the Randell Cottage August newsletter.
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Death of Charles Juliet
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- Randell Cottage marks the death of our 2003 French writer-in-residence with these memories from our Trustee Jean Anderson.
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Hinemoana Baker – 2024
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- Poet and performer Hinemoana Baker (Ngāti Raukawa-ki-te-Tonga, Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Te Āti Awa, Kāi Tahu, England, Germany) will be using her six months in residence at Randell Cottage to work on a new collection of poetry, Exhaust World. Hinemoana is a writer, performer, and educator currently based in Berlin. She has published four previous […]
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Dame Fiona raises the roof for Randell Cottage
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- On RNZ's Sunday afternoon programme 7 July, Dame Fiona Kidman described the fascination of 'letters read aloud'.
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New book by former resident Tina Makereti
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- Former resident at Randell Cottage, Tina Makereti, has launched a challenging new book, The Mires, that tackles big subjects – identity, racism, intolerance and what happens when that becomes extremism.
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Raising the roof for historic Randell Cottage
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- The Post has published an article from Dame Fiona Kidman about the upcoming Raise the Roof for Randell Cottage: Live Letters event.
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Creative NZ invites nominations for the 2024 PM’s Awards for Literary Achievement
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- Nominations are now open for the 2024 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement.
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Friends of Randell Cottage Newsletter June 2024
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- Download and read the Randell Cottage June newsletter.
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Letters read live in support of historic writer’s cottage
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- The lost art of letter writing and reading will be reignited at Live Letters, a special fundraising event on July 15.
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Annual Report of the Friends of Randell Cottage
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- The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Randell Cottage was held on 29 April. Dame Fiona Kidman, Friends' President, provided her report on the 2023/24 year, together with the approved Minutes of the 2023 AGM.
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Passing of Sir Vincent O’Sullivan
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- The Randell Cottage Writers Trust deeply mourns the passing of our much-loved and respected Patron Sir Vincent O'Sullivan. Our Trustee Emerita, and long-time friend and literary colleague of Sir Vincent, Dame Fiona Kidman, gives this tribute on the Trust's behalf.
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Julien Blanc-Gras’ new novel, Bungalow, will be released 2 May
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- Bungalow, the new novel by Julien Blanc-Gras, is due to be published on May 2. Published by French publishing house Stock, Bungalow, is about a French family leaving Paris to travel to South-East Asia, in order to escape professional burn-out, digital madness and Western depression.
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History and myth intersect in Peter Walker’s Hard by the Cloud House
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- In his latest book, Peter Walker, Randell Cottage writer in residence in 2011, explores the history of Haast's Eagle, Te Hokioi.
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Friends of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust AGM
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- You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Friends of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust to be held on Monday 29 April, 2024, at 11.30 am in Room 3 of the Alliance Franҫaise, Level 3, Dominion Bldg, Victoria St.
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Applications open for 2025 French residency
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- Applications are invited for next year's French residency at Randell Cottage, with a closing date of 30 April.
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Julien features at the Alliance Française
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- Julien Blanc-Gras addressed a large French-speaking audience in Wellington on the evening of 22 March, as part of 'Le Mois de la Francophonie' hosted by the Alliance Française. His talk reflected the wry, humorous and insightful style that he brings to his published works.
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