He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
Matariki Kanohi Iti - 10 June-4 July, The Cube, City Library
To celebrate Matariki, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has selected archival taonga speaking to the significance of the stars’...
Posted: Friday Jun 13, 2025
Opportunities for Moana creatives
Do you have a project you’d like to present in Dunedin Fringe Festival 2026? Get in touch with the Dunedin Fringe Co-Lea...
Posted: Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Encounters with Musical Centenarians by William Green
Posted: Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Dr Michelle Thaller speaks with RNZ 's Mihingarangi Forbes about her upcoming visit to New Zealand
A wide-ranging conversation that came hot on the heels of an exciting NASA announcement. Listen in to hear Dr Thaller's ...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
Call for Young Creative Writers!
OAR FM is looking for MORE young people aged 12–24 to join Phase 2 of their whakapapa creative writing & podcast project...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
SuperGrans celebrate their poems at the launch of Wish
Posted: Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Celebrates 10 Years with a feast of legacy books
2024 marked a remarkable milestone for Ōtepoti—ten years as a UNESCO City of Literature. To celebrate a decade of champi...
Posted: Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Congratulations to all the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adult finalists
Posted: Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Liam McIlvanney Kicking Off World Tour for Latest Thriller The Good Father
Posted: Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Today on Write Spot!
2025 University of Otago City of Literature PhD Scholarship Recipient, Pascale Grard
Posted: Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Congratulations to the NFFD 2025 Longlisted
Watch for the short list coming soon!
Posted: Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Congratulations to all the NFFD Micro Madness longlisted
Posted: Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Calling young writers aged 18-35!
Expressions of Interest to Participate - Applications close: Sunday 29 June 2025
Posted: Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Dunedin Dream Brokerage is looking to employ a part time broker
Please email your CV and Cover Letter to applyddb@gmail.com by Monday 9th of June, 2025.
Posted: Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Poetry book published - Dreams captured
A new collection of poems and pictures brings together local volunteers and artists.
Posted: Friday May 30, 2025
2025 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition
Entries open this Sunday 1 June and close on Monday 30 June 2025.
Posted: Thursday May 29, 2025
Applications for the 2025 CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants are now open
Applications close at 4pm on Friday 7 June
Posted: Thursday May 29, 2025
Tagata Moana Artist Residency at ONEONESIX
Applications are open until the 24th of June.
Posted: Thursday May 29, 2025
Celebrating Everest Day with OAR FM's Ajax Banstola
On the 29th of May 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay completed the first ascent of Mount Everest.
Posted: Thursday May 29, 2025
Emma Neale’s Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit (OUP) to feature at Bendigo Writers Festival
We’re thrilled that Emma Neale’s Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit (Otago University Press) has been selected for the ‘Cities of Li...
Posted: Thursday May 29, 2025
The Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize 2025 now open
Entries close Thursday 24 July 2025
Posted: Wednesday May 28, 2025
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
Make a nomination by 1:00 PM, 26 June 2025
Posted: Wednesday May 28, 2025
Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence 2025
Applications close 31 May 2025 - The Residency will run in the second half of the year.
Posted: Wednesday May 28, 2025
Forgotten items fuel for win
A Katy Perry perfume, mealworms and some confetti from a gender reveal party proved to be all the inspiration a Dunedin ...
Posted: Wednesday May 28, 2025
Writing from the Heart - How to write for children by Joy Cowley
Back in Print and Available Now! Unlock your potential with Joy Cowley's 'Writing from the Heart: How to Write for Child...
Posted: Tuesday May 27, 2025
Apply for the Theatre Makers Award
Submissions close annually on 1 June.
Posted: Monday May 26, 2025
Meet your new favourite New Zealand author - Laurence Fearnley!
Laurence Fearnley is a short story writer, novelist and curator. She was recently shortlisted for the 2025 Ockham Book A...
Posted: Monday May 26, 2025
Congratulations to Ava Reid, the winner of this year’s Landfall Young Writers Essay Competition
Posted: Friday May 23, 2025
Entries to the 2025 PANZ Book Design Awards are now open!
Entries close on Friday 30 May 2025.
Posted: Thursday May 22, 2025
Today on Write Spot - Writing for Wellness
WellSouth Health Improvement Practitioner Sarah Redfearn previews a collaboration between WellSouth and Dunedin City of ...
Posted: Wednesday May 21, 2025
Intersections, Transformation and Trees
Artist Tansy Lee Moir and the poetic film-making of Steve Smart
Posted: Tuesday May 20, 2025
Apply now for the NZSA CompleteMS Manuscript Assessment Programme
Applications for the 2025 programme are accepted until 28 May 2025
Posted: Monday May 19, 2025
Enter the 2025 NZPS International Poetry Competition
Entries close midnight Aotearoa New Zealand time on May 31, 2025
Posted: Monday May 19, 2025
Call for Applications - University of Exeter Special Collections Ronald Duncan Stipend
Eligible to a writer from Dunedin! Applications close Sunday 15 June 2025
Posted: Friday May 16, 2025
Apply for the NZ Young Writers Fest 2025 Writer in Residence
Applications close: Friday 30 May 2025
Posted: Friday May 16, 2025
Nanjing City of Literature are accepting submissions for their 2025 Residency
Applications close Sunday 1 June 2025
Posted: Friday May 16, 2025
Dunedin set to welcome Durban poet for the 2025 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency
Warmest congratulations to Sihle Ntuli, poet, editor and classicist from Durban UNESCO City of Literature!
Posted: Friday May 16, 2025
Emma Neale, winner of the Ockhams 2025 Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry!
Massive heartfelt congratulations to our very own Emma Neale for winning the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry for '...
Posted: Thursday May 15, 2025
Ka hari te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa, happy NZ Music Month!
Check out library performances all month long
Posted: Wednesday May 14, 2025
Caselberg International Poetry Prize
Competition opens Sunday 1 June and closes on Monday 30 June 2025
Posted: Wednesday May 14, 2025
The 2025 Storylines Notable Book Awards are open for submissions!
Entries close at 5pm on 31 August 2025.
Posted: Wednesday May 14, 2025
Book review: Te Moana o Reo: Ocean of Languages
Elizabeth Heritage reviews Te Moana o Reo: Ocean of Languages Edited by Michelle Elvy & Vaughan Rapatahana published by ...
Posted: Tuesday May 13, 2025
Applications for the 2026 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship are now OPEN
Submit yours by 30 May.
Posted: Tuesday May 13, 2025
Call for submissions!
National Flash Fiction Day 2025: Climate and Creative Expression
Posted: Monday May 12, 2025
Landfall Review Online
Gill South reviews: The Pets We Have Killed by Barbara Else (Quentin Wilson Publishing)
Posted: Monday May 12, 2025
Landfall Tauraka Essay Prize
Entries are open and must be received by 31 May 2025.
Posted: Monday May 12, 2025
The Ockham NZ Book Awards: Fiction Round Table 2025
'Powerful and exciting and real' - Ockham Fiction shortlisters Damien Wilkins, Kirsty Gunn, Tina Makereti and Laurence F...
Posted: Monday May 12, 2025
Aahana Mundamattam's Layers of Identity
Ōtepoti Dunedin’s creative rangatahi explore their whakapapa through powerful stories of their identity, culture, and be...
Posted: Monday May 12, 2025
Milestone for Athenaeum
Posted: Friday May 09, 2025
Athenaeum library celebrates 155 years at Octagon site
The extraordinary place of the Dunedin Athenaeum & Mechanics’ Institute in the history of the city is being highlighted ...
Posted: Thursday May 08, 2025
Stay Connected with the Centre for the Book
Posted: Thursday May 08, 2025
Book Launch - Peter Cleverley: Between Transience and Eternity by Alistair Fox
Join Alistair Fox and Peter Cleverly for the launch of Between Transcience and Eternity Friday 30 May 5-7pm, RDS Gallery...
Posted: Wednesday May 07, 2025
Creating space for diverse voices in theatre
First Draft, a new initiative from The Magnificent Weirdos which will develop new work by writers and devisers with live...
Posted: Wednesday May 07, 2025
Today on Write Spot - Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi, Kāi Tahu)
Robert is a finalist in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for his poetry collection Hopurangi - Songcatcher Poems from ...
Posted: Wednesday May 07, 2025
Applications are open for the Caselberg Creative Connections Residency 2026
Applications close 31 May 5pm
Posted: Tuesday May 06, 2025
Calling poets, creative writers and artists!!!
The Tuwhare Trust is welcoming applications for the newly developed Tuwhare Residency Programme. There are 3 residencies...
Posted: Monday May 05, 2025
Book Review: Twigs and Stones by Joy Cowley
Posted: Monday May 05, 2025
The 2025 PANZ Book Design Awards are now open
Deadline for entries is Friday 30 May 2025
Posted: Monday May 05, 2025