News and Opportunities
WriteNow opens to young poets
Dunedin poet Sue Wootton, co-organiser and judge of this year's WriteNow poetry competition for secondary school pupils,...
Posted: Sunday July 1, 2018
Concord School Final Week
Posted: Thursday June 28, 2018
Pine Hill School Final week
Posted: Tuesday June 26, 2018
Poland visit highlighted Dunedin as creative city
Dunedin was certainly taken notice of during a world creative cities event in Poland earlier this month, the mayor says.
Posted: Tuesday June 26, 2018
Concord School update 15 June
Posted: Monday June 18, 2018
Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection Research Grant – 2018
The Dorothy Neal White Collection (9,000 books), in the National Library of New Zealand, is a research collection of chi...
Posted: Thursday June 7, 2018
Looking for poems by writers with a migrant/former refugee background
Landing Press, a small Wellington publisher, is inviting migrant and former refugee poets to send in their work for a co...
Posted: Tuesday June 5, 2018
New local drama asks: Who’s really responsible?
A dramatic new radio play by a local playwriting group will be heard live at the Dunedin Public Library later this month...
Posted: Friday June 1, 2018
Four plays will take the stage
Four short plays are to get their moment on stage, despite Fortune's closing, writes Kim Dungey.
Posted: Thursday May 24, 2018
Science in crime novels should be real - writer
Readers are keen for accurate forensic science to be conveyed through crime fiction, Dunedin researcher and crime noveli...
Posted: Thursday May 24, 2018
Joint exhibition to celebrate 'Landfall'
Landfall’s position as New Zealand’s pre-eminent literary and art journal is being celebrated in a unique way by the Ota...
Posted: Thursday May 24, 2018
PINE HILL SCHOOL - Week 1
Posted: Tuesday May 15, 2018
Landfall exhibition connects art and literature
The Otago Art Society and Otago University Press are joining forces to present a unique exhibition that celebrates the c...
Posted: Thursday May 10, 2018
Winner of Young Writers' Essay Competition announced
Landfall, New Zealand’s leading journal of arts and literature, is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2018 Cha...
Posted: Thursday May 3, 2018
Freedom Song
Emma Farry’s Freedom Song is a powerful and beautiful panacea for the world we live in. It’s a go-to book in times of tr...
Posted: Sunday April 29, 2018
CALLING ALL MUSICIANS AND SONGWRITERS
Youth Zone Unplugged is back for 2018! This year we are giving ten young musical acts the opportunity to record and prod...
Posted: Thursday April 5, 2018
Why Go Girl needed to be written
New Zealand's answer to Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls is in bookshops now. It's called Go Girl: A Storybook of Epic ...
Posted: Tuesday April 3, 2018
Dunedin Opera Company Inc./Opera Otago AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Opera Otago seeks a suitably qualified person to carry out a project to develop audiences for its productions.
Posted: Monday March 19, 2018
Literary flagstones well worth looking down on
The Dunedin Writers’ Walk has maintained a low profile for the past 25 years but Tony Eyre argues it is worth more than ...
Posted: Monday March 19, 2018
Novel shines fresh light on women’s suffrage as New Zealand celebrates 125 years
“Before I could stop myself I stood up in my seat and boasted that I had met Mrs Sheppard when we berthed in Christchurc...
Posted: Tuesday March 13, 2018
Heidelberg - City in Focus
Being asked about their first associations with Heidelberg, most people all over the world would probably name the castl...
Posted: Wednesday March 7, 2018
Otago well represented in 2018 Ockhams shortlist
A widely praised collection from a leading New Zealand poet, and an exciting new environmental history of the settlement...
Posted: Tuesday March 6, 2018
Reed Gallery exhibition celebrates A.H. Reed’s original gift to Dunedin
The latest Reed Gallery exhibition marks the seventieth anniversary of A.H. Reed’s original gift of his rare book and ma...
Posted: Friday March 2, 2018
Muse, an exhibition of artworks inspired by the Dunedin Public Libraries Collection.
Hidden amongst the Dunedin Public Libraries collection is a large group of artists.
To celebrate the Creative Cities So...
Posted: Wednesday December 20, 2017
Ara Toi Community Hui - Community Presenters Lineup
Join the Creative Dunedin Partnership to present, enjoy and discuss progress on Ara Toi Ōtepoti – Our Creative Future, D...
Posted: Wednesday November 29, 2017
Exclusive invitation to celebrate the recently launched Otago Fonebook 1.
Creative Cities Southern Hui are thrilled to offer this exclusive invitation to our delegates.
Posted: Wednesday November 22, 2017
Norwich: 900 years a literary city
Ōtepoti – He Puna Auaha, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature
is excited to welcome you to the
Creative Cities Southern H...
Posted: Monday November 20, 2017
Transforming creativity, collaboration and community
Ōtepoti – He Puna Auaha, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature is excited to welcome you to the Creative Cities Southern Hu...
Posted: Wednesday November 15, 2017
Dunedin City of Literature welcomes Bologna City of Music
Ōtepoti – He Puna Auaha, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature is excited to welcome you to the Creative Cities Southern Hui...
Posted: Monday November 13, 2017
Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award winner inspired by polar experience
Kāpiti poet Alison Glenny has won the 2017 Kathleen Grattan Award with ‘The Farewell Tourist’, a poetry collection inspi...
Posted: Monday November 6, 2017
Landfall Essay Competition winners share prize for radically different topics
Two New Zealand essayists writing on very different topics – life as an army recruit and the power of scent – are joint ...
Posted: Monday November 6, 2017
Exhibition by Sam Foley at the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery
The exhibition by Sam Foley at the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery is a collection of paintings in, of and around about D...
Posted: Tuesday October 31, 2017
Invitation to the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery
Delegates are warmly invited to stroll with us to the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery (nearby at 2 Dowling Street) on 30 ...
Posted: Tuesday October 31, 2017
Jealous Saboteurs Teen Writing Competition
Open to young people in years 9-13 of high school
Posted: Friday October 27, 2017
A Heritage Christmas
This Reed Gallery exhibition showcases a Christmas-themed assortment of variegated works for all ages from the Heritage ...
Posted: Wednesday October 25, 2017
Guest Speaker: Steven Edmund Winduo
Creative Cities Southern Hui is excited to welcome STEVEN EDMUND WINDUO as delegate and guest speaker. Steven will be vi...
Posted: Tuesday October 24, 2017
Guest Speaker: Anna Maria Lorusso
Creative Cities Southern Hui is excited to welcome ANNA MARIA LORUSSO as delegate and guest speaker. Anna Maria will be ...
Posted: Monday October 23, 2017
Guest Speaker and Facilitator: Noel Waite
Creative Cities Southern Hui is excited to welcome NOEL WAITE as guest speaker and facilitator. Noel will be speaking at...
Posted: Sunday October 22, 2017
Guest Speaker: Sue Bidrose
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes SUE BIDROSE as delegate and guest speaker. Sue will be speaking at Creative...
Posted: Saturday October 21, 2017
MC: Victor Billot
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes VICTOR BILLOT as delegate and MC. The local writer and poet will be partici...
Posted: Friday October 20, 2017
Guest Speaker: Hera Lindsay Bird
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes HERA LINDSAY BIRD as delegate and guest speaker. Hera will be participating...
Posted: Thursday October 19, 2017
Centre for the Book Symposium: Books & Users
Join the University of Otago Centre for the Book for a day of scholarly presentations and discussions.
Posted: Wednesday October 18, 2017
Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Association Building Open Day
Come by and view the interior of this art deco fronted, Victorian-built gem in Moray Place.
Posted: Wednesday October 18, 2017
Guest Speaker: Shayne Carter
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes SHAYNE CARTER as guest speaker and delegate. Shayne will be speaking at Cre...
Posted: Wednesday October 18, 2017
Book Lovers' Walking Tours
Posted: Tuesday October 17, 2017
Guest Speaker: Craig Cliff
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes CRAIG CLIFF as delegate and guest speaker. Craig will be participating in e...
Posted: Tuesday October 17, 2017
Guest Speaker: Rosi Crane
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes ROSI CRANE as guest speaker. Rosi will be speaking at Centre for the Book: ...
Posted: Monday October 16, 2017
Guest Speaker: Mayor Dave Cull
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes MAYOR DAVE CULL as delegate and guest speaker. Dave will be participating i...
Posted: Sunday October 15, 2017
Guest Speaker: Phillippa Duffy
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes PHILLIPPA DUFFY as guest speaker. Phillippa will be speaking at Centre for ...
Posted: Saturday October 14, 2017
Special Guest: Lawrie Forbes
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes LAWRIE FORBES. Lawrie will generously be opening his Athenaeum building for...
Posted: Friday October 13, 2017
Muse: An Exhibition of Artworks Inspired by the Dunedin Public Libraries Collection
Hidden amongst the Dunedin Public Libraries’ collections is a large group of talented artists. To celebrate the Creative...
Posted: Thursday October 12, 2017
Mayor’s welcome
Kia ora koutou katoa (Greetings, hello to you all)
Posted: Thursday October 12, 2017
Virtual Speaker: Alexander Gillespie
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes ALEXANDER GILLESPIE as virtual speaker. Unable to attend the Hui, Alexander...
Posted: Thursday October 12, 2017
Guest Speaker: David Goodwin
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes DAVID GOODWIN as guest speaker. David will be speaking at Centre for the Bo...
Posted: Wednesday October 11, 2017
Guest Speaker: Aaron Hawkins
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes AARON HAWKINS as delegate and guest speaker. Aaron will be participating in...
Posted: Tuesday October 10, 2017
Guest Speaker: Raymond Huber
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes RAYMOND HUBER as guest speaker. Raymond will be speaking at Centre for the ...
Posted: Monday October 9, 2017
Creative Cities Southern Hui
Posted: Sunday October 8, 2017
Guest Speaker: Welby Ings
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes WELBY INGS as delegate and guest speaker. Welby’s talk, Disobedient voices,...
Posted: Sunday October 8, 2017
Guest Speaker: Warwick Jordan
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes WARWICK JORDAN as guest speaker. Warwick will be opening the Hui for the Ce...
Posted: Saturday October 7, 2017
Guest Speaker: Donald Kerr
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes DONALD KERR as guest speaker. Donald will be speaking at Centre for the Boo...
Posted: Friday October 6, 2017