Randell Cottage Trustee emerita, Dame Fiona Kidman, receives inaugural Irish Writing Fellowship
Warmest congratulations to Dame Fiona, who has been awarded the inaugural Fellowship offered by the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Otago.
Congratulations to Amaury da Cunha on the publication of his Randell Cottage book!
On 19 February, Editions Plein Jour in Paris published Baby Farmer by the 2020 French writer at Randell Cottage, Amaury da Cunha.
A pioneer’s centenary: marking 100 years since the death of Sarah Randell
It is a century since the death of Sarah Randell (née Gillard), one of the pioneering Randell couple whose Thorndon cottage is now held in trust as a writer’s residence.
2021 Wellington Heritage Week
The 2021 Wellington Heritage Week will take place from 25 October to 31 October. Watch this space for details of Randell Cottage’s annual Open Day.
Applications open for Michael King Writer’s Fellowship
Creative New Zealand is calling for applications from established New Zealand writers for the Michael King Writer’s Fellowship, valued at $100,000.
The fellowship is awarded every two years to authors of any literary genre, who…
Passing of Nadine Ribault
We record with great sadness the death of Nadine Ribault the first French writer to take up a residency at Randell Cottage nearly twenty years ago. Nadine
Congratulations to Michalia Arathimos
Congratulations to Michalia Arathimos who is University of Waikato‘s 2021 Writer in Residence. Her publication history is diverse, ranging from books and novels to short
Michalia Arathimos on Standing Room Only, RNZ
Our 2020 New Zealand resident Michalia Arathimos is nearing the end of her stay at Randell Cottage – and we’ll be very sad to see
Lynn Davidson selected as 2021 Randell Cottage Writer in Residence
Newly returned to Aotearoa New Zealand after four years teaching and writing in Edinburgh, Lynn Davidson is to be the 2021 Creative New Zealand Randell
Applications invited for 2021 Randell Cottage Writers Residency
Applications are now open for the 2021 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a stipend, currently set at $27,450, and six
Caroline Laurent is the Randell Cottage French resident, 2021
Caroline Laurent will join the Randell Cottage writer residency programme as the 2021 French artist in residence. Born in 1988 and of French-Mauritian origins, Caroline
1 Nov – Thorndon Open Day: Literature, Music & Art
Combined Open Days at Randell Cottage, Lilburn House and the Rita Angus Cottage – the homes of New Zealand writers, composers, and artists. Join us
Save the Date! Annual Open Day Sunday 1 November 2020
Once again, the Randell Cottage and garden will be open to visitors for a once-a-year opportunity on Sunday 1 November as part of the annual
Michalia Arathimos arrives at the cottage
In late June, we were delighted to be able to welcome our 2020 resident Michalia Arathimos, her partner and two young children to Te Whanganui-a-Tara
On kindness, on ignorance: A frightful passage
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
Paddy Richardson on place-setting: getting it right
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 the experiences of Otto Bader, a German internee on Matiu Somes Island during WWI. The great value of the Randell residency was the opportunity it gave her to get to know Wellington and to visit and stay on the island.