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.
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.
Applications are now open for one of New Zealand’s top writing residencies: the 2025 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship.
POETRY POWER HOUR: Hinemoana Baker is offering some free poetry coaching sessions on weekday mornings, and occasional weekends, while doing the Randell Cottage residency.
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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Randell Cottage marks the death of our 2003 French writer-in-residence with these memories from our Trustee Jean Anderson.
On RNZ’s Sunday afternoon programme 7 July, Dame Fiona Kidman described the fascination of ‘letters read aloud’.
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.
The Post has published an article from Dame Fiona Kidman about the upcoming Raise the Roof for Randell Cottage: Live Letters event.