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Randell Cottage Writers' Residency
The Randell Cottage Writers' Residency is a literary residency in New Zealand. It is awarded annually to one New Zealand writer and one French writer, comprising six months' rent-free accommodation at Randell Cottage in Wellington and a stipend ( set at 27,450). The recipients are usually mid-career writers. The cottage itself is listed with Heritage New Zealand. History The residency is based at Randell Cottage in the suburb of Thorndon, Wellington. The cottage was built in 1868 by William Randell, the great-grandfather of children's author Beverley Randell. He and his wife Sarah raised their 10 children at the cottage. After seventy years of the cottage being owned by other families, Beverley and her husband, Hugh Price, bought the cottage in 1994 and restored it to how it had been at the time of William's ownership. In 2002, on the suggestion of her daughter Susan Price, Beverley Randell decided to gift the cottage to a trust for the purpose of setting up a writers' resid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorndon, New Zealand
Thorndon is a historic inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Because the suburb is relatively level compared to the hilly terrain elsewhere in Wellington it contained Wellington's elite residential area until its best was destroyed in the 1960s by a new motorway and the erection of tall office buildings on the sites of its Molesworth Street retail and service businesses. Before Thorndon was Thorndon it was Haukawakawa and in 1824 Pipitea Pā was settled at its southern end. More recently Pipitea Marae and the land under the Government Centre have been separated from Thorndon and the name Pipitea returned to them in 2003. The reclamations have been included in the new suburb Pipitea. Thorndon combines the home of government and upmarket residential accommodation. It is located at the northern end of the Central Business District. History Pipitea has been said to have been named for the pipi beds along Thorndon Quay.Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée (writer)
Renée Gertrude Taylor (born 1929), known mononymously as Renée, is a New Zealand feminist writer and playwright. Renée is of Māori (Ngāti Kahungunu), Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry, and has described herself as a "lesbian feminist with socialist working-class ideals". She wrote her first play, ''Setting the Table'', in 1981. Many of her plays have been published, with extracts included in ''Intimate Acts'', a collection of lesbian plays published by Brito and Lair, New York. Early life and education Renée was born in Napier, New Zealand. She attended Greenmeadows School in Hawke's Bay. I liked school. I got a lot of approval there. Except when it came to sport. I was uninterested. I preferred to read...My interest in theatre started at school. They used to have a concert every year. The first half would be items by individuals or groups and the second half would be a play. I was in two or three plays and I loved it. I loved being someone else even if it was only f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Makereti
Tina Makereti is a New Zealand novelist, essayist, and short story writer, editor and creative writing teacher. Her work has been widely published and she has been the recipient of writing residencies in New Zealand and overseas. Her book ''Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa'' won the inaugural fiction prize at the Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards in 2011, and ''Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings'' won the Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Award for Fiction in 2014. She lives on the Kāpiti Coast, New Zealand. Biography Makereti was born in Kawakawa and grew up in different parts of the North Island, including Auckland. She studied in Palmerston North and graduated with a BA Social Sciences (1994) and PGDip Maori Studies (2007) from Massey University. In 2008, she completed an MA in creative writing at Victoria University of Wellington. Her MA work led to the publication of her short story collection, ''Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa.'' Her PhD in Creative Writing (2013), also from Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estelle Nollet
Estelle Nollet (born 1977 in Central African Republic) is a French writer. Works *2009: ''On ne boit pas les rats-kangourous'', Paris, Albin Michel, series "Romans Français", 327 p. :: - Bourse Thyde Monnier de la SGDL (2009), Prix Obiou (2010), Prix Emmanuel Roblès (2010), Double Prix du jury et du public du premier roman de Chatou. *2011: ''Le Bon, la Brute, etc. '', Albin Michel, series "Romans Français", 341 p. . *2015: ''Quand j'étais vivant'', Albin Michel, series "Romans Français", 272 p. . References External links Estelle Nolleton Babelio on ''Le Monde ''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...'' (27 August 2009) Estelle Nollet - ''C'est la plongée sous-marine qui m’a permis d’écrire''on Le Petit journal.com Estelle Nollet - ''Estelle Nollet Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Welch
Denis Welch (16 March 1945 – 27 July 2014) was a British racing driver and businessman. Denis Welch Motorsport Welch founded ''Denis Welch Motorsport'' in 1976, specialising in parts for Austin-Healey and Jaguar cars. The company remanufactures parts for classic racing cars which would otherwise be impossible to obtain. His son Jeremy took over the company in 2007. Historic racing Welch started racing in 1965. He took motorsport seriously but did not have ambitions to race professionally; he focused on building his engineering company and continued to race on the side. Welch was particularly noted for his red 1959 Austin-Healey 3000, nicknamed ''The Bulldog'' and with registration 6200 NO, which he drove to great success in a flamboyant, oversteering style. He purchased the car in 1979 and fully restored it, going on to win a multitude of races including the Eifel Classic at the Nürburgring Nordschleife and events at Bathurst. He won the HSCC Pre-1960 Historic Sports C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivienne Plumb
Vivienne Christiana Gracia Plumb (born 4 April 1955) is New Zealand poet, playwright, fiction writer, and editor. Biography Plumb is of both New Zealand and Australian heritage. Born in Sydney, Australia, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and a Master of Arts in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She has earned a Doctor of Creative Arts (DCA) degree from the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her 2012 doctoral thesis, titled ''Hitchhiking: the travelling female body'', was in two parts: a collection of short fiction, ''The Glove Box and Other Stories''; and an accompanying exegesis. Plumb originally trained in acting and performance at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. After being accepted into Bill Manhire's Original Composition course in 1990 at Victoria University of Wellington, she began writing. In 1993, Plumb and several other women playwrights ( Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walker (author)
Peter or Pete Walker may refer to: Politics * Peter Walker (Australian politician) (1922–1987) * Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester (1932–2010), British politician * Peter Walker (RAF officer) (1949–2015), Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey Sports * Peter Walker (cricketer, born 1936) (1936–2020), English cricketer and broadcaster * Peter Walker (cricketer, born 1952), English cricketer for Devon * Peter Walker (footballer) (1942–2010), Australian rules footballer * Peter Walker (golfer), Scottish golfer * Peter Walker (racing driver) (1912–1984), British racing driver * Pete Walker (baseball) (born 1969), baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays Other * Peter Walker (actor) (born 1927), American film, stage and television actor * Peter Walker (brewer) (died 1879), Scottish brewer * Peter Walker (bishop) (1919–2010), Anglican bishop * Peter Walker (guitarist) (born 1937), American folk guitarist * Peter Walker (dancer) Peter Walker (born ) is an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yann Apperry
Yann Apperry (born 1972) is a French novelist, librettist, screenwriter, and translator. He is a recipient of the Prix Médicis, the Prix Goncourt des lycéens and the Writer's Fellowship of the Fondation Hachette. A former resident of the French Academy at Rome, he was also a resident of Villa Kujoyama and Randell Cottage in Wellington, New Zealand. He is one of the founders of Groupe Ouest and Abalone Productions. He has been performing since 2006 with Claude Barthélemy in the musical duo Bruit Blanc. Publications Novels *1997: ''Qui Vive'', Éditions de Minuit *1999: ''Paradoxe du ciel nocturne'', Éditions Grasset *2000: ''Diabolus in Musica'', Grasset *2003: ''Farrago'', Grasset *2008: ''Terre sans maître'', Grasset Theatre *2003: ''Les Hommes sans aveu'', Actes Sud Youth literature *2009: ''L'Île aux histoires'', with Tanja Siren, Theater and musical performances *2002: ''Mercure apocryphe'', directed by Valérie Crunchant *2002: ''Je dirai ceci d'ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat White (New Zealand Author)
Patrick White (1912–1990) was a Nobel Prize–winning Australian author. Patrick or Pat White may refer to: Politicians *Patrick White (judge) (''c.''1480–1561), Irish politician and judge *Patrick White (politician) (1860–1935), Irish Member of Parliament for North Meath, 1900–1918 Sportspeople *Pat White (rugby league), New Zealand footballer during 1950s and 1960s * Pat White (gridiron football) (born 1986), American professional baseball and football player *Patrick White (ice hockey) (born 1989), American ice hockey player Writers *Pat White (before 1900—after 1937), American songwriter ("It's the Same Old Shillelagh", "I'm Leaving Tipperary") * Patrick Franklin White (born 1981), Canadian journalist and author Others *Patrick H. White (1832–1915), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient *Patrick White (bishop) (born 1942), Canadian Bishop of Bermuda See also *Patricia White (other) *Paddy Whyte Patrick James "Paddy" Whyte (14 October 1894 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fariba Hachtroudi
Fariba Hachtroudi ( fa, فریبا هشترودی; born 1951 in Teheran) is a French-Iranian journalist and writer. Early life Fariba Hachtroudi is the daughter of Mohsen Hashtroodi, a prominent Iranian mathematician, and Robab Hashtroodi, a professor of humanities and Persian literature. Sheikh Ismail Hashtroodi was her grandfather. In 1963, Hachtroudi moved to France. She trained as an archaeologist, receiving her doctoral degree in 1978. Career Early in her journalistic career, Hachtroudi covered the Iran–Iraq War. Following the Iranian Revolution, Hachtroudi began writing polemics against Khomeini and the religious authorities in Iran. Between 1981 and 1983, she lived in Sri Lanka, teaching at Colombo University. In 1985, she entered Iran secretly via Baluchistan and travelled around the country, investigating the consequences of the Revolution and the Iran–Iraq War on life in the country. Her first book, ''L’exilée'', describes her experiences. From 1995, Hachtroud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Compton
Jennifer Compton (born 1949) is a New Zealand-born Australian poet and playwright. Biography She was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1949 and attended Wellington East Girls' College. In the 1970s she emigrated to Sydney, Australia with her husband Matthew O'Sullivan. They now live in Carrum in Melbourne. After attending the NIDA Playwrights Studio, her play ''No Man's Land'' (later Crossfire) jointly won the Newcastle Playwriting Competition (with John Romeril's ''A Floating World'') in 1974. It was premiered at the Nimrod Theatre in Sydney in 1975 and published by Currency Press in 1976. Compton returned from Australia to Wellington for several years at the end of 1975 and in August 1976 appeared in the play 'Fanshen' at Unity Theatre. In October 1976 Compton was awarded a $4000 bursary (for 1977) by the New Zealand Literary Fund. This bursary was awarded by the Literary Fund to enable writers to write full-time. Her stage play ''The Big Picture'' was premiered at the Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiti Hereaka
Whiti Hereaka (born 1978) is a New Zealand playwright, novelist and screenwriter and a barrister and solicitor. She has held a number of writing residencies and appeared at literary festivals in New Zealand and overseas, and several of her books and plays have been shortlisted for or won awards. In 2022 her book ''Kurangaituku'' won the prize for fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and ''Bugs'' won an Honour Award in the 2014 New Zealand Post Awards for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Biography Whiti Hereaka was born in 1978 and grew up in Taupo. Hereaka is of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa and Pākehā descent. Her favourite childhood reading included books by Roald Dahl, the Narnia series, ''Anne of Green Gables'', '' Tanglewood Tales'' and The Moomins. She is a barrister and solicitor and holds a Masters in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
