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Seresin Landfall Residency
Seresin Estate is continuing its commitment to the arts and creative endeavour with the second annual writer's residency.
Established with Otago University Press in 2009, the Seresin Landfall Residency will be available for six weeks again this year in either Tuscany or Marlborough.
The residency is the result of Michael Seresin's desire to support the work of Landfall magazine and the literary arts in New Zealand.
“I wanted to provide a place where writers feel comfortable and can write. We are fortunate to have access to two beautiful properties, which I hope will provide some inspiration for a writer during their six week stay.”
Michael's father, Harry Seresin, was an early subscriber and avid reader of Landfall from the 1950s. The Seresin Landfall Residency honours his memory and the founder of Landfall, Charles Brasch, who helped to establish New Zealand's first literary residency, the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago. In his first Landfall editorial, Brasch commented that the magazine would be concerned “with questions of permanent interest, with ideas, with standards, with works of art which are often the creation of years, and may be the delight of generations.”
Wendy Harrex, Publisher at Otago University Press, says “we hope that this new partnership with Seresin Estate will give writers a quiet place where they are able to complete significant projects.”
Michael Seresin says the residency celebrates the link between the world of wine and creative endeavour.
“Growing and making artisan wine is a creative process and I enjoy the association between the wine world and the endeavours of the creative world, be it written, visual, food or music”, says Michael.
The residency is open to writers over twenty-one, working in any genre, who have been previously published.
For further information please contact Otago University Press.
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