Applications Invited For 2025 Randell Cottage Writers Residency
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: Free poetry coaching with Hinemoana Baker
POETRY POWER HOUR: Hinemoana Baker is offering some free poetry coaching sessions on weekday mornings, and occasional weekends, while doing the Randell Cottage residency.
Friends of the Turnbull Library present Letters Out Loud
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.
Friends of Randell Cottage Newsletter August 2024
Download and read the Randell Cottage August newsletter.
Death of Charles Juliet
Randell Cottage marks the death of our 2003 French writer-in-residence with these memories from our Trustee Jean Anderson.
Dame Fiona raises the roof for Randell Cottage
On RNZ’s Sunday afternoon programme 7 July, Dame Fiona Kidman described the fascination of ‘letters read aloud’.
New book by former resident Tina Makereti
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.
Raising the roof for historic Randell Cottage
The Post has published an article from Dame Fiona Kidman about the upcoming Raise the Roof for Randell Cottage: Live Letters event.
Creative NZ invites nominations for the 2024 PM’s Awards for Literary Achievement
Nominations are now open for the 2024 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement.
Friends of Randell Cottage Newsletter June 2024
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Letters read live in support of historic writer’s cottage
The lost art of letter writing and reading will be reignited at Live Letters, a special fundraising event on July 15.
Annual Report of the Friends of Randell Cottage
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.
Passing of Sir Vincent O’Sullivan
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.
Julien Blanc-Gras’ new novel, Bungalow, will be released 2 May
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.
History and myth intersect in Peter Walker’s Hard by the Cloud House
In his latest book, Peter Walker, Randell Cottage writer in residence in 2011, explores the history of Haast’s Eagle, Te Hokioi.
Friends of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust AGM
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.