The Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Memorial Writers' Residency

$5,823 of $5,263 goal
Given by 37 generous donors in 4 weeks

To raise $5000 to fund a residency for writers at the Caselberg Trust, in memory of poet and writer, Elizabeth Brooke-Carr.

Otago

Much loved poet and writer, Elizabeth Brooke-Carr, passed away in September 2019. She touched many lives as a friend, teacher, counsellor and writer and is greatly missed by all who knew her.

As a young woman who left school early, she went on to graduate with her PhD as a mature adult - a point of great pride. It was also in later years that she began to write.

She was the inaugural Caselberg Trust writer-in-residence. The experience meant a great deal to her as an emerging writer. She went on to win a number of writing competitions with her poetry and short stories, and was working on her first novel. It is therefore fitting that we establish a residency for emerging writers in Elizabeth's memory.

The fundraising goal of $5000 will allow a residency for writers, one week in length, for ten years at the Caselberg Trust in Broad Bay, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin. Any extra raised will extend the number of years of the Residency.

Christine Garey's involvement (page creator)

Elizabeth was greatly loved by all who knew her. She touched many lives including mine, and in her memory, I am fundraising for a writers’ residency at the Caselberg Trust in Dunedin.

Use of funds

The funds will be gifted to the Caselberg Trust to establish a residency for writers for one week for ten years in Elizabeth Brooke-Carr's memory. Any additional money raised will increase the number of years the residency will be funded for.

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Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 11 May 2020
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Michelle
Michelle on 10 May 2020
A wonderful way to remember a local poet. I never met Elizabeth, but the community memory is strong.
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Paddy
Paddy on 09 May 2020
Elizabeth was an inspirational woman.
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Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 09 May 2020
$50
Emma
Emma on 08 May 2020
Remembering some lovely conversations about writing and motherhood with Elizabeth, whose elegance and warmth were tangible from the first meeting I had with her.
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This campaign started on 11 Apr 2020 and ended on 12 May 2020.