21 September 2018
Applications Invited for
Randell Cottage Writers Residency
Built
in Thorndon in 1867, the Cottage has been painstakingly restored and is close
to the National Library, the Turnbull Library and the National Archive.
It’s provided an inner city base for writers from a range of genres: novelists,
poets, biographers... The first New Zealand resident was Peter Wells, in 2002.
He’s been followed by Tim Corballis, Michael Harlow, Renée, Beryl Fletcher,
Whiti Hereaka, Jennifer Compton, Kirsty Gunn, Pat White, Peter Walker, Vivienne
Plumb, Denis Welch, Tina Makereti, Witi Ihimaera, Owen Marshall, Stephanie
Johnson, and Stephen Daisley.
The
current writer in residence is Christchurch poet James Norcliffe.
The Randell Cottage Creative New Zealand Writer in
Residence is selected by a Trust -appointed committee
to work on an approved project from July to December each year. The deadline
for applications is Friday, 2 November 2018. The successful applicant will be
announced in December.
Applications
from mid-career and Māori and Pasifika writers are particularly welcome.
Application forms and further
information can be found at http://www.randellcottage.co.nz/residency/application/ and
No comments:
Post a Comment