BUDDLE FINDLAY SARGESON FELLOWSHIP
About the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship
The Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship is a national literary fellowship offered annually in partnership with The Frank Sargeson Trust. The fellowship provides the opportunity each year for an outstanding published New Zealand writer to write full-time in residence (from February to December) at the Sargeson Centre in central Auckland, with an annual stipend of NZ$40,000.
The Frank Sargeson Trust established the fellowship in 1987, to commemorate Frank Sargeson and provide assistance for New Zealand writers. Frank Sargeson was influential not only through his writing, but also as a friend and mentor to other writers.
In 1997 Buddle Findlay became the commercial sponsor of the fellowship, and is proud to support the literary future of New Zealand.
Buddle Findlay National Chairman,
Frank Sargeson
Described as one of New Zealand's greatest literary innovators and mentor to the literary community, Frank Sargeson was a novelist and short story writer who became internationally known as the pioneer who broke from colonial literary traditions to an idiom that expressed the rhythms of New Zealand speech and experience. He qualified as a lawyer before committing himself to full-time writing and a day-to-day struggle which he described as "physically, mentally and financially exhausting".
2008 Buddle Findlay
Two noted
Brigid Lowry and Paula Morris will each spend 5 months in the Sargeson Centre in
Both writers will use the fellowship to complete projects. Brigid Lowry will use her time to complete a collection of poetry and to begin a novel for adults. Paula Morris plans to work on her fourth novel, Rangatira, inspired by the life of her ancestor, Paratene Te Manu.
This year is the 21st anniversary of the award and the 11th year of Buddle Findlay’s sponsorship of the Fellowship.
Buddle Findlay National Chairman, Peter Chemis, says the Sargeson Fellowship is about giving
“It has given creative space to some of our most notable writers, allowing them time to develop and polish their ideas into works that can become part of our cultural heritage.
“Being a writer is not an easy task. In many cases it requires purpose and self sacrifice. Our involvement with the fellowship acknowledges this.”
Brigid Lowry is both an author and a creative writing teacher. Her 1996 young adult title, Guitar Highway Rose (Allen & Unwin), was shortlisted for a number of major prizes in
Her seventh book Juicy Writing: Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers (Allen & Unwin) will be released in March.
Paula Morris, who also teaches creative writing, is the author of 3 novels. Queen of Beauty (Penguin Books) won the 2003 Montana NZ Best First Book Award for fiction. The film rights of her second novel,
Paula is currently working on a short story collection, Forbidden Cities.
Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellows
The inaugural Sargeson Fellow was the distinguished novelist, short story writer and poet Janet Frame, who had a close friendship with Frank Sargeson. The importance of this friendship to Janet Frame's personal and literary life is clear from her account of the time she spent with Frank Sargeson in the second volume of her autobiography, An Angel At My Table.
Janet Frame was succeeded as Sargeson Fellow by the noted New Zealand poet, Kevin Ireland, who was also a close friend of Sargeson. The Sargeson Fellowship was subsequently awarded to writers such as Alan Duff, Elspeth Sandys, Michael King and Marilyn Duckworth.
- 2007 James George
- 2006 Emily Perkins
- 2005 Fiona Samuel, Peter Cox
- 2004 Karyn Hay, Craig Marriner
- 2003 Toa Fraser, Debra Daley
- 2002 Riemke Ensing, Denis Baker
- 2001 Vivienne Plumb, Chad Taylor
- 2000 Sue Reidy, James Brown, Charlotte Grimshaw
- 1999 Tina Shaw, Kapka Kassabova
- 1998 Catherine Chidgey, Sarah Quigley
- 1997 Shonagh Koea, Diane Brown
NBR 2007 Awards for Sponsorship of the Arts
Buddle Findlay was declared Overall Winner at the National Business Review 2007 Awards for Sponsorship of the Arts on Wednesday 16 September 2007.
The award was extra special for the firm, marking 10 years of sponsorship of the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship and was presented by Prime Minister Rt Hon Helen Clark at a glittering black tie gala evening at the Auckland Town Hall. Fittingly the event also was a celebration of the 10th year of the NBR Sponsorship of the Arts Awards.
The night included performances by Dame Malvina Major, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, the New Zealand String Quartet, Southern Symphonic Brass - players from Christchurch Symphony, and an excerpt from Massive Company's acclaimed show 'Up Close. Out Loud'.
Buddle Findlay's award-winning entry consisted of a retrospective of the firm's decade-long commitment to supporting new and emerging New Zealand writers, a relationship described in the words and voices of the Fellows and Trustees themselves in a visual presentation from a DVD "This Magical Solitude" - Download DVD
Extracts from the DVD were played on two giant screens either side of the stage as the Prime Minister announced the Award.
In making the award, the judges said: "This is the 10th anniversary of a major arts partnership in which the name of Buddle Findlay has become synonymous with the Sargeson Fellowship and literary arts in general.
"The law firm is a partnership whose members are personally involved and committed in this very close relationship."
Buddle Findlay National Chairman Peter Chemis said the Award was a huge acknowledgement of a partnership that has delivered huge dividends for all involved, not only the writers, poets and playwrights who have taken up the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship, but also the Trustees of the Sargeson Trust, Buddle Findlay partners, staff and clients.
"We are extremely proud, not only of the Award we received last night, but also of the successes our Fellows have enjoyed after the opportunity to live and work at the Sargeson Centre."
Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship e-newsletter
The Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship e‑newsletters are designed to keep you up-to-date with what's happening with the sponsorship, the Frank Sargeson Trust and past and present Fellows.
Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship update - Two weeks on the road Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship update - May 2007 Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship update - December 2006 Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship update - Issue 1, June 2006 Sargeson CD
The Frank Sargeson Trust has produced a 3-CD set encapsulating the life and selected works of one of New Zealand's greatest literary innovators and mentors to the literary community, Frank Sargeson. On the CD, selected works include an abridged version of the novella, That Summer and the short story An Affair of the Heart.
The CDs are already in a number of libraries throughout New Zealand. If you'd like to purchase your own copy or would like further information about the CD, please contact:
Graeme Lay (Secretary, Sargeson Trust)
50 Lake Road, Devonport, Auckland
Tel: 64-9-445 6953
Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship application form
Applications for the 2008
For more information on the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship, please contact:
Juanita Taylor, Marketing Co-ordinator
telephone 64-9-363 0650 or email juanita.taylor@buddlefindlay.com
BUDDLE FINDLAY NEGOTIATION COMPETITION
The Buddle Findlay Negotiation Competition is an undergraduate law student competition. One team of 2 law students, representing a client, negotiates either a transaction or the resolution of a dispute with an opposing team of 2 students. Each team receives a common set of facts and confidential information known only to the participants representing a particular side. They then negotiate an agreement with the other team of students who will have received the same common facts and their own confidential information.
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2008 Buddle Findlay
Congratulations to all winners of the 2008 Buddle Findlay Negotiation Competition:
- University of Auckland: Nick Frith and Matthew Graham
- University of Waikato: Jeni Fountain and Kevin Badcock
- Victoria University of Wellington: Adriaan Barnard and Shane Swinerd
- University of
How to apply
Application forms for the Buddle Findlay Negotiation Competition are available from your Law Students Association.
For more information on the Buddle Findlay Negotiation Competition, please contact:
Junelle Groves, Human Resources Administrator
telephone 64-9-358 2555 (x7805) or email junelle.groves@buddlefindlay.com