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On kindness, on ignorance: A frightful passage

Posted on July 25, 2020 by admin

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. In this essay, she recounts her whanau’s decision to return to Aotearoa … Continue reading →

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Paddy Richardson on place-setting: getting it right

Posted on March 10, 2020 by admin

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. Her Randell project, The Green of the Spring, focuses on … Continue reading →

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At home in the Randell Cottage, James Norcliffe

Posted on October 3, 2018 by admin

By James Norcliffe, 2018 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellow New Zealand writers are not really spoilt for choice when it comes to fellowships and residencies. There are a number of well-established and well-endowed residences, usually associated with universities … Continue reading →

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Two Seasons and Countless Treasures, Than-Van Tran-Nhut

Posted on October 3, 2018 by admin

In January 2014 French writer Than-Van Tran-Nhut swapped the boulevards of Paris for the windswept hills of Wellington.  Here, she reflects on her six months in Thorndon as writer-in-residence at the Randell Cottage. I’m back in Paris now and living … Continue reading →

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