New Zealand Residency applications are now open
Applications are now open for the 2022 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship.
Randell Cottage Writers Trust’s 2020 Annual Report is now available
The Randell Cottage Writers Trust’s 2020 Annual Report and audited financial report are now available. You can read them here.
Friends of Randell Cottage hold AGM
The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust was
held at the rooms of the Alliance Franҫaise, Wellington, on 27 July 2021.
Randell Friends visit the Cottage’s collection at Te Papa
Recently, some of the Friends visited Te Papa to view the objects discovered when the Cottage was renovated back in the mid-1990s.
Agenda for the Friends of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust AGM, 27 July
You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Friends of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust to be held at 11.30 am, Tuesday 27 July 2021.
Save The Date
The AGM of the Friends of the Randell Cottage will be held at: 11:30 am Tuesday 27 July Alliance Francaise Level 3 78 Victoria Street
Caroline Laurent, Randell Cottage 2021 Laureate
Caroline Laurent will join the Randell Cottage writer residency programme as the 2021 French artist in residence.
A conversation with Randell descendants
In the last week of April 2021, we celebrated the launch of Saving Randell Cottage. A short film talking with descendants of William and Sarah
Saving Randell Cottage: Video Screening and Website Launch
Join members of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust, the Friends of Randell Cottage and the Friends of the Turnbull for a special screening of Saving Randell Cottage at the National Library on Friday, 30 April at 5:30 for 6:00 pm.
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