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Friends of the Randell Cottage
COMMITTEE
The Committee of the Friends of Randell Cottage supports the work of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust by helping the Trust support the resident writers, and by building community support for the work of the Trust through publicity initiatives and establishing links with similar groups in the arts, literary and local communities. If you are interested in the work of the Friends or in helping in any way, please contact Mary McCallum (marymac21@gmail.com) or Janet Bache (janet.bache@paradise.net.nz).
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Mary McCallum is a Wellington writer, reviewer, bookseller and creative writing tutor. She published her first novel The Blue (Penguin 2007) and was shortlisted for the Prize in Modern Letters. She was also awarded the Louis Johnson Bursary 2007 to work on her second novel, Precarious. Mary has an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute in Modern Letters. Her immediate French connection is through a French Great Grandmother. |
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Fiona Kidman DCNZM OBE is a Wellington writer. She has written 24 books, including the prizewinning novel The Captive Wife and the first book in her two-volume memoir At the End of Darwin Road (2008). Fiona is a Trustee of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust, and the New Zealand Book Month Board, as well as being a President of Honour of the New Zealand Book Council. As a Katherine Mansfield fellow she lived in Menton, France, in 2006, and travelled the country with a contingent of New Zealand writers promoting New Zealand literature. |
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Janet Bache works as a communications manager in Wellington. She is a member of the Alliance Française, and has worked in Paris as an English language assistant. A former Girdlers Scholar, Janet has an MA in French literature from Cambridge University. |
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Robyn Skrzynski - bio to come . |
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Anita Woods - bio to come. |
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Maggie Rainey-Smith is a novelist, poet, and travel writer, with two published novels About Turns (Random House 2005) and Turbulence (Random House 2007). She is the current Chairperson for the Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors. |
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Gordon Stewart is a professional company director and professional trustee. He is a trustee of the Katherine Mansfield Menton Trust, and the Randell Cottage Writers Trust. Gordon has lived in the Cook Islands, and in Menton, France, and maintains close contact with that country. |
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