News and Opportunities
Time to re-read Majella Cullinane's in-depth interview with Vincent O'Sullivan
"The great contradiction in life and in fiction, is we still believe in freedom, even as entanglements throw a net acros...
Posted: Thursday May 2, 2024
Enter the Annual NZPS International Poetry Competition
Entries close midnight 31 May 2024
Posted: Thursday May 2, 2024
Otago cancer researchers win PM's Science Award
When Parry Guilford is asked why he has spent nearly 30 years looking for the genetic cause of stomach cancer, he loves ...
Posted: Thursday May 2, 2024
‘Sheer glitter ringing about’: Emma Neale remembers Vincent O’Sullivan
News that the great writer Vincent O’Sullivan has died has spurred a wave of tributes. Here, fellow writer Emma Neale re...
Posted: Thursday May 2, 2024
Expressions of Interest for touring with PANNZ in 2025 are NOW OPEN
Submissions close 5pm, Monday 3 June
Posted: Thursday May 2, 2024
Entries for the 2024 PANZ Book Design Awards are now open!
Entries close Friday 31 May 2024
Posted: Thursday May 2, 2024
Call for Granada Writers in Residence Programme November 2024
Applications close 20 June 2024
Posted: Thursday May 2, 2024
Call for UNESCO City of Literature Wonju Residency 2024
Spend eight weeks in South Korea, at the Toji Cultural Centre
Posted: Wednesday May 1, 2024
Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship Applications
Applications close 14 June 2024
Posted: Tuesday April 30, 2024
Kete Book Reviews
Ash, Katūīvei: Contemporary Pasifika Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand and A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotear...
Posted: Tuesday April 30, 2024
Tūhura photography competition
Otago’s own awards to celebrate our nature, our landscapes, and you, our people, taking images of all of it!
Posted: Tuesday April 30, 2024
Creative Connections Residency 2025 - submissions open
Applications close 5pm 31 May
Posted: Sunday April 28, 2024
Young poets/artists are invited to join WordPlay as part of Nottingham Poetry Festival
Deadline: 6 May
Posted: Sunday April 28, 2024
Congratulations Kimberley Fridd!!
Winner of the Drama NZ Life Membership Award for 2024
Posted: Sunday April 28, 2024
Today on Write Spot
City of Literature South D Poet Lorikeet, Jenny Powell discussing her work as a poet, working with new entrants at prima...
Posted: Sunday April 28, 2024
A History of Kindness
Drawing lights the way - an interview with Claire Beynon
Posted: Sunday April 28, 2024
Our heartfelt condolences and aroha to the whānau and friends of Sir Vincent O'Sullivan
New Zealand Poetry Society announcement
Posted: Sunday April 28, 2024
8-week Creative Writing Workshop for adults with Majella Cullinane
Secure your spot now!
Posted: Sunday April 28, 2024
Look Blue Go Purple - Taite Music Prize 2024 Winner!
Huge congratulations to our City of Literature whānau Look Blue Go Purple on receiving their Independent Music NZ Classi...
Posted: Wednesday April 24, 2024
Oar FM 'Māori Gods' podcast
Youth Zone broadcaster and podcaster Ajax Banstola (10) received some goodies from author Gavin Bishop
Posted: Tuesday April 23, 2024
Poetry Shelf Ockham NZ Book Award feature
Megan Kitching – a reading, a review, a poem
Posted: Tuesday April 23, 2024
Poetry Shelf Weekly Newsletter
This week - a poem by Vaughan Rapatahana and a musing on The Poet Laureate role
Posted: Tuesday April 23, 2024
Sun Gum Saan – New Gold Mountain Digital Lesson Plans
Resources designed to help your ākonga learn about and explore the world of Cantonese settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Posted: Sunday April 21, 2024
NZ artists win prestigious Venice Biennale award
Mataaho collective have been awarded the Golden Lion by a jury at the 60th Venice Biennale for their large scale work in...
Posted: Sunday April 21, 2024
"Contribution to Field"
An exhibition by English PhD candidate Liz Breslin - zines, cut & paste poems and very badly done cross stitch!
Posted: Sunday April 21, 2024
Poetry Shelf pays tribute to John Allison
Posted: Thursday April 18, 2024
Edible delights all year
At the Dunedin City Library from 6pm on Tuesday, Jason Ross, Rory Harding and Sue Novell will talk about how to grow foo...
Posted: Thursday April 18, 2024
This week’s bestselling books – April 19
The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, with occasional pithy remarks
Posted: Thursday April 18, 2024
Reading from The Best Small Fiction 2022 & 2023
Drop The Mic(ro) Reading Series
Posted: Wednesday April 17, 2024
Dunedin history brought to life in a novel centred around Larnach's Castle
Dunedin's history is front and centre of a new book by Karen McMillan
Posted: Wednesday April 17, 2024
Send a mobile library to Ukraine
Support Libraries Connected to raise £10,000 to buy and deliver a mobile library to Ukraine
Posted: Wednesday April 17, 2024
Creative New Zealand Playmarket Moana Pacific Trainee Script Advisor Residency for 2024
Applications close Friday 19 April 2024
Posted: Wednesday April 17, 2024
Check out the winning entries to this year’s Great Kiwi Poster Competition!
An exhibition of the winning posters at Tūhura Otago Museum Level 2 Atrium, on until Sun 19 May
Posted: Monday April 15, 2024
Applications for the Kraków UNESCO City of Literature International Residency Program for writers are now open
Applications close Friday 31 May 2024
Posted: Sunday April 14, 2024
Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day
Congratulations to Elizabeth Jones - winner of the 2024 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for a lifetime achievement and co...
Posted: Thursday April 11, 2024
Huia Publishers wins big at Bologna
New Zealand’s leading indigenous publishers have been recognised for their excellence on the world stage at this year’s ...
Posted: Thursday April 11, 2024
Poetry Shelf musings:
Louise Wallace – On poetic form in romesh dissanayake’s novel When I open the shop
Posted: Thursday April 11, 2024
2024 marks the bicentenary of Lord Byron's death
Heritage Collections, Dunedin City Library, is doing its bit: a small display of Byron materials - signatures and book -...
Posted: Thursday April 11, 2024
New Book: A Different Light First Photographs of Aotearoa
Edited by Catherine Hammond and Shaun Higgins
Posted: Thursday April 11, 2024
Te Papa Tupu: A mentoring programme for aspiring Māori writers
Applications close 30 April 2024
Posted: Thursday April 11, 2024
Happy publication day to ASH, the much-anticipated first novel by Louise Wallace
This little gem of a book hits bookshops across NZ today!
Posted: Wednesday April 10, 2024
Today on Write Spot
Listen to this mesmerising kōrero on ‘Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature' between Jeff Harford and Terry ...
Posted: Tuesday April 9, 2024
The 2024 Sargeson Prize is now open for entries
Entries close 30 June 2024
Posted: Tuesday April 9, 2024
Join the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival team!
The Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival is currently looking to fill two positions.
Posted: Tuesday April 9, 2024
Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition
Opens Saturday 1 June and closes on Wednesday 31 July 2024
Posted: Tuesday April 9, 2024
Landfall Review online - 'A Bunch of Memories Are All I’ve Got'
Michelle Elvy Reviews
Posted: Tuesday April 9, 2024
Warmest congratulations to The Trapeze Artists,
winner of the City of Literature Beyond Words Award in Dunedin Fringe Festival 2024!
Posted: Sunday April 7, 2024
Tale of famous Baldwin St updated
The Steepest Street in the World, Ian Dougherty Saddle Hill Press - reviewed by Jim Sullivan
Posted: Sunday April 7, 2024
The 2024 NFFD competition is open through April 30!
Send your best 300 words
Posted: Sunday April 7, 2024
New Zealander of the Year: Fast Favourites with Dr Jim Salinger
Dr Jim Salinger has been recognised this week as Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year - Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa, for 20...
Posted: Tuesday April 2, 2024
‘Exposure doesn’t pay the rent’: New platform helps creatives control their mahi
Yolunda Hickman, artist and former Postgraduate Programme Leader Fine Arts, at Whitecliffe College spoke with the Sunday...
Posted: Tuesday April 2, 2024
IT'S TIME TO REGISTER FOR PHANTOM BILLSTICKERS NATIONAL POETRY DAY 2024!
Mark your calendars! The date for this year’s nationwide celebration of poetry is scheduled for Friday 23 August. Regist...
Posted: Tuesday April 2, 2024
Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho, New Zealand Oral History Grants
Next Funding Round closes 15 April 2024
Posted: Tuesday April 2, 2024