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Randell Cottage writer-in-residence
A series of events: Friday 1 February 2019 to Thursday 30 November 2023
A series of events highlighting the work of the Randell Cottage's French and New Zealand writers in residence as a contribution to the New Zealand literary and cultural scene. An audio recording of each event is made for the Alexander Turnbull Library oral history archive.
Writers at Randell Cottage 2023
Randell Cottage writer-in-residence
Tuesday 21 November 2023, 5:30pm to 7pm
Taiwhanga Kauhau — Auditorium, National Library Wellington
This event is a chance to get to know Randell Cottage’s New Zealand poet, Rachel O’Neill and newly arrived French writer Caroline Laurent. They will be introduced by Randell Cottage chair Christine Hurley, and interviewed by Francis Cooke and Eric Soulier.
French writers at Randell Cottage 2023
Randell Cottage writer-in-residence
Tuesday 7 March 2023, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Taiwhanga Kauhau — Auditorium, National Library Wellington
Join French authors — Sedef Ecer and Caroline Laurent — as they talk about their experience as Randell Cottage writers in residence and the location's influence on their current creative projects.
Rose Lu: Randell Cottage writer-in-residence
Randell Cottage writer-in-residence
Friday 23 September 2022, 12:10pm to 1pm
Taiwhanga Kauhau — Auditorium, National Library Wellington
Rose Lu is the 2022 New Zealand writer-in-residence at the historic Randell Cottage. Join us at lunchtime on Friday 23 September to hear her discuss her work while on the residency, her debut 2019 essay collection ‘All Who Live On Islands’, and more.
Xenitia – understandings of home, identity and belonging
Randell Cottage writer-in-residence
Thursday 26 November 2020, 5:30pm to 7:15pm
Programme Rooms, National Library Wellington
Join us for an evening of readings and conversation with the 2020 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage writer in residence Michalia Arathimos.
Cancelled
An evening with Amaury da Cunha
Randell Cottage writer-in-residence
Tuesday 7 April 2020, 5:30pm to 7pm
Programme Rooms, National Library Wellington
Hear Amaury da Cunha, the 2020 French Writer-in-Residence at Randell Cottage in Thorndon, Wellington talk about his current writing project, past publications and wide range of research interests.
An evening with Karin Serres
Randell Cottage writer-in-residence
Wednesday 27 March 2019, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Te Ahumairangi, National Library Wellington
Karin Serres is French writer-in-residence at the Randell Cottage for 2019. She is a communicator, writing for performance, gesture and speech. Performance permeates her novels, bringing out the inner (dream) life of her characters.