Our Residencies

An invitational residency to printmakers. Offered by invitation to printmakers or practitioners working in print and requiring a printing studio with press to maintain their practice.

Residency Information:

• Residencies run for a maximum of one month.

• The resident is required to donate one edition of prints for the Trust to sell with a 50/50 division of profits going to the artist and the Trust.

• Accommodation provided at no cost at the Caselberg House, Broad Bay, Dunedin. Residents are required to stay at the house and work from the Charles Brasch Studio.

• By invitation of the Trustees. You are welcome to get in touch to check your eligibility.

An invitational residency for Caselberg supporters. Offered by invitation to artists that have supported the Caselberg Trust in some way in the past.

Residency Information:

• Residencies vary in duration.

• Accommodation provided at no cost at the Caselberg House, Broad Bay, Dunedin.

• Residents are able to use the house and Charles Brasch Studio.

• By invitation of the Trustees. You are welcome to get in touch to check your eligibility.

Since 2015, Caselberg has generously hosted the Blue Oyster’s annual Summer Resident at the cottage and studio so they can experience one of Dunedin’s most unique and valued environments: Otago Peninsula.

Each year the Caselberg house hosts the University of Otago Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies (CISS) Scottish Writers Fellowship or CISS Irish Writers Fellowship. The Fellowships run alternate years, and are held during the months of September and October.

The Fellowships facilitate and encourage literary and cultural exchange between Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand, and are open to writers of Irish or Scottish birth, residence or affiliation. Fellowship holders will be invited to address and mentor students in Otago's Irish and Scottish Studies and Creative Writing programmes and will participate in public events.

For more information about and contact details for these two residencies please visit the CISS website.

Emerging writers are approached by the Trust and asked to apply based on the recommendation of an established New Zealand writer. The genre of writing – poetry, fiction, non-fiction, journalism – alternates each year. A selection panel comprising of Caselberg Trustees, an established New Zealand writer, and a member of Elizabeth’s writing group, then meet to select the resident from the list of nominated emerging writers.

• Residency is focused on emerging writers

• Residency is held annually for one week

• Accommodation is provided at no cost at the Caselberg House, Broad Bay

• Residents are able to use the house and Charles Brasch Studio

The Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature are pleased to offer the Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency. The aim of the Residency is to provide international and Aotearoa New Zealand writers an opportunity to work on a substantial piece of creative writing and to foster connections among creative writers in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. There are no limits in terms of genre, language, or length of writing, and completion of the project during the Residency is not a requirement. The Residency is offered annually for a period of six weeks to writers from other UNESCO Cities of Literature and to Aotearoa New Zealand writers in alternating years. In 2024 the Residency is offered to a writer from Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency is run jointly and collaboratively by the Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature. Funding from the Caselberg Trust is provided through a generous bequest by the late Margaret Egan.

We will be calling for applications for the 2024 residency from 3rd-31st March 2024.

To apply for the Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers residency, please complete the form on our APPLICATION page.