We're delighted to announce Alan Roddick as the judge for the Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition this year.

The Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature are pleased to offer the Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency. In 2024 the residency is offered from the beginning of November to mid December to a writer from Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Caselberg Trust announced today that the recipient of its Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Residency in 2024 will be Pōneke (Wellington) multi-media artist and writer Kate Aschoff.

As the original pioneer of alternative printmaking since 1970 and as co-author of Printmaking in the Sun, Dan Welden has been at the forefront of safe printmaking practice in the Arts.

Yvette Thomas, 2022 Caselberg International Poetry Prize Winner

“It is a very special place and a very special opportunity made possible by very special people”.

We recently farewelled Shu-Ling Chua 蔡淑羚, Melbourne City of Literature’s award-winning writer and essayist and our inaugural Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency.

The winners of the 2023 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize have been announced. The competition is now in its thirteenth year, and this year attracted 152 poems from across New Zealand and Australia. This year’s competition was judged by poet Rhian Galagher.

The Caselberg Trust announced today that its Creative Connections Resident 2024 will be artist, educator, and remote community arts worker Katie Breckon.

Rhian Gallagher is judging the Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize 2023

Shu-Ling Chua 蔡淑羚 - inaugural recipient of the Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency by Leah Jing McIntosh

Charles Brasch by Andrew Court, 2019.

It's that time! Caselberg Trust's Creative Connections residency for 2024 will be open for applications from 1st–31st May 2023.

Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers residency launches today!

Listening to Place - Sounding the Peninsular series of workshops run by Alison Isadora, Caselberg Trust Creative Connections resident, 2023.

Ed Ritchie - 2023 Caselberg Trust Blue Oyster Summer Resident

The Caselberg Trust announced today that the recipient of its Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Residency in 2023 will be Whakatū (Nelson) writer Sabrina Malcolm.

The winners of the 2022 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize have been announced. The competition is now in its twelfth year, and this year attracted 131 poems from across New Zealand, Australia and the UK. This year’s competition was judged by Horowhenua based poet Glenn Colquhoun.