The Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature, thanks to a generous bequest from Margaret Egan, are delighted to announce the judges’ selection of Sihle Ntuli from Durban (South Africa) as Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident 2025.
Read MoreThis year the 2025 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency is open to applicants from other Cities of Literature around the world and there have been 79 applications from 29 UNESCO Cities of Literature.
Read MoreRobert Sullivan is the judge for Caselberg Trust’s International Poetry Competition 2025
Read MoreApplications will open for the Caselberg Trust's Creative Connections Residency for 2026 from 1-31 May at 5pm.
Read MoreWe've been busy installing two new double glazed windows at the house between the busy residency schedule. The window frames in the bedroom and living room were in a really poor condition, and thanks to a donation from the Lion Foundation and the Otago Peninsula Community Board, we have been able to do this work to keep the house in good condition.
Read MoreApplications are invited for the 2025 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency
Read MoreBlue Oyster is pleased to announce that Abigail Aroha Jensen is our Caselberg artist in residence for 2025!
Read MoreWe're delighted to announce the Elizabeth Brooke Carr Emerging Writer resident for 2025 will be Toni Wi.
The Caselberg Trust announced today that its Creative Connections Resident 2025 will be Ōtepoti/Dunedin ceramic artist Jess Nicolson (Kāi Tahu, Pākehā). Originally from Whakatāne, Jess is an artist whose practice focuses on cultural and environmental sustainability.
Read MoreThe winners of the 2024 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize have been announced. The competition is now in its fourteenth year, and this year attracted 142 poems from New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, UK, and Mauritius. This year’s competition was judged by poet Alan Roddick.
Read MoreWe’ve had a number of residents stay at Caselberg House over the last few months.
Read MoreWe're delighted to be welcoming Scottish Makar Kathleen Jamie to the Caselberg house in September as she takes up the University of Otago Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies (CISS) Writing Fellowship.
Read MoreThe Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature are pleased to announce that the Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature writers resident for 2024 will be poet Alison Glenny. Alison was selected by the judges from a strong field, and will be welcomed to the Caselberg House in Whakaohorahi/Broad Bay from the start of November till mid-December this year.
Read MoreThe Caselberg Trust Creative Connections Residency is open for applications from 1 May - 31 May
Read MoreDan Welden and friends taking time out at Moeraki
Read MoreWe're delighted to announce Alan Roddick as the judge for the Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition this year.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreYvette Thomas, 2022 Caselberg International Poetry Prize Winner
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