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Robert Lord Residency

ROBERT LORD WRITERS COTTAGE, DUNEDIN

Applications from writers are sought for rent-free residencies at the Robert Lord Writers' Cottage in Dunedin for periods of 2 to 4 months from October 2009 to January 2010. Applications need to include an outline of the writing project you propose to undertake; your writing cv and contact details; a summary of the reason you wish to undertake the project in Dunedin; your preferred timeslot and whether you have flexibility about dates. Closing date 19 September 2008. Send it to Mark Amery, Director, Playmarket, Box 9767, Wellington or by email to director@playmarket.org.nz .

Robert Lord (1945 -1992) was one of New Zealand's pioneer playwrights (Joyful and Triumphant, Bert and Maisy, Well Hung). When he returned to New Zealand after many years in New York to take up a Burns Fellowship at Otago University, he bought his first home - a small cottage close to the university and the town centre. His tragically few years in Titan Street were happy and productive ones. Before he died Robert put in place a plan that the cottage would become a home for other writers who would choose to come to Dunedin to write and a Trust was established to administer the plan. The trustees are Bruce Aitken and Colin Gibson of Dunedin, Richard Lord and Nonnita Rees. Robert's intention was that the Trust would open the Titan Street cottage after his mother's death. Bebe Lord decided to mark the tenth anniversary of Robert's death and to make the cottage available as a rent-free writer's residence from 2003.

 

Robert Lord Writers Residents (to date)

Pauline Cartwright (2003)

David Hill (2003)

Gary Henderson (2003-04)

Brigid Lowry (2004)

Nelson Wattie (2004-05)

Vanessa Rhodes (2005)

Shirley Corlett (2005)

Joy Tonks (2005-06)

Pierre Furlan (2006)

Tania Roxborogh (2006)

Peter Grant (2006)

Jan Bolwell  (2007)

Vincent Ford (2007)

Gerry Evans (2007)

Margaret Scott (2007)

Renee (2008)

Vincent O'Sullivan (2008)

Branwen Millar (2008)

Jan White (2008-09)


For more information about the residencies contact Mark Amery, Playmarket, PO Box 9767, Wellington or director@playmarket.org.nz