IBBY-UNESCO Collection - Call for Submissions!

A celebration of children’s books in Indigenous and endangered languages. Deadline 15 December 2025

Posted: Monday Jul 21, 2025

Emma Neale Poetry Workshop

Invercargill Public Library, Sunday 24 August

Posted: Friday Jul 18, 2025

A wonderful night out!

Thank you Erik Kennedy - and Michelle Elvy, Megan Kitching, and Rushi Vyas

Posted: Friday Jul 18, 2025

University Book Shop Otago Book of the Month

The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney - The book everyone is talking about!

Posted: Friday Jul 18, 2025

Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature writer in residence program 2026

Applications close 17 September 2025

Posted: Friday Jul 18, 2025

Today on Write Spot

Vanessa Manhire, Chair of the Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust, discusses the Trust's work and the residencies offered ...

Posted: Wednesday Jul 16, 2025

Friends of the Hocken Collections Award Application 2026

Alfred and Ethel are thinking on the Friends of the Hocken Collections Award – are you? Applications close 15 October 20...

Posted: Wednesday Jul 16, 2025

Chirp! Tweet! Warble! Hoot!

THANK YOU to everyone who visited us for a game of Birder's Bingo! Winners have been sent a txt. Your prizes are ready t...

Posted: Wednesday Jul 16, 2025

Writing for Wellness: Creativity, Community, and Care

The Writing for Wellness workshop series has drawn to a close — and what a vibrant, affirming journey it has been.

Posted: Monday Jul 14, 2025

BIG THINGS little things Poetry Competition

Entries close 1 August 2025

Posted: Monday Jul 14, 2025

Introducing Gillian Torckler, a seasoned Sleepy Storyteller!

Head along to the UBS sleepover and meet Henry! If you like planes, you're in for a treat!

Posted: Monday Jul 14, 2025

Pikihuia Awards will join KUPU 2025 at Te Puia, Rotorua

KUPU and the Māori Literature Trust | Te Waka Taki Kōrero are thrilled to announce that the PIKIHUIA Māori Writer's Awar...

Posted: Monday Jul 14, 2025

Poetry Shelf launch series: Lynley Edmeades launches Mikaela Nyman’s new book

In order to widen the reach of new poetry books, Poetry Shelf is posting a series of launch speeches and photographs. Do...

Posted: Monday Jul 14, 2025

Happy Shark Awareness Day!

Grab your snorkels and let’s dive in! Ajax Banstola is back with some jaw-some shark facts in the latest episode of Fact...

Posted: Monday Jul 14, 2025

The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate by Joy Cowley, 2nd Edition

Red Reading Hub on The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate by Joy Cowley, newly illustrated by Miho Satake

Posted: Friday Jul 11, 2025

ATTENTION: Young Creative Writers!

Only a couple of spaces left!

Posted: Friday Jul 11, 2025

Start planning your Spring - WORD is back

The festival line-up is out now!

Posted: Thursday Jul 10, 2025

Birder's Bingo! A fun & free school holiday activity

University Book Shop invite keen birders of all ages* to come along and play ...

Posted: Thursday Jul 10, 2025

Entries open for the Takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize

Entries close 30 September 2025.

Posted: Thursday Jul 10, 2025

Toitū He Kāinga National Poetry Competition is open

Entries close 22 August 2025

Posted: Thursday Jul 10, 2025

The art and history of the Haiku

Posted: Wednesday Jul 09, 2025

Working on a collection of poems? Enter your manuscript in the 2025 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award

Entries are open and will be accepted until 31 July 2025.

Posted: Wednesday Jul 09, 2025

The Teddy Bear Sleepover is on in less than two weeks: Do you have your ticket?

Meet repeat Sleepy Storyteller, Emma Wood!

Posted: Wednesday Jul 09, 2025

Submit Your Poetry and Short Fiction to Aesthetica: The Place for New Writing

Applications close 31 August

Posted: Tuesday Jul 08, 2025

Poet Laureate nominations open

The closing date for nominations is 30 July 2025.

Posted: Tuesday Jul 08, 2025

Review: The Good Father, by Liam McIlvanney

Clare Travaglia can't put down Liam McIlvanney's latest thriller, THE GOOD FATHER.

Posted: Tuesday Jul 08, 2025

Painting the sky

On making a book cover for "A Counter of Moons: living with the unimaginable - the suicide of my son" by Iona Winter, 20...

Posted: Monday Jul 07, 2025

Bird of the Year book giveaway

Posted: Monday Jul 07, 2025

Applications are now open for the $25,000 CLNZ | NZSA Writers' Award

Applications close at 4pm, Monday 18 July 2025.

Posted: Monday Jul 07, 2025

Nominations for the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award are open

Know someone who’s made an outstanding contribution to children’s literature in Aotearoa? Nominate them for the Storylin...

Posted: Monday Jul 07, 2025

NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award

Applications close 13 July 2025

Posted: Monday Jul 07, 2025

Creative NZ Early Career Fund 2025 - Round 2 Opening Soon!!

For activities taking place between: 5 November 2025 to 5 November 2026

Posted: Friday Jul 04, 2025

Applications to pitch and showcase at next year's PANNZ Arts Market are now open

Applications close 10am 21 July 2025

Posted: Friday Jul 04, 2025

The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2026 playwriting competition

The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of their manu...

Posted: Wednesday Jul 02, 2025

The 2025 McIlvanney Prize Longlist is revealed!

Congratulations Liam, currently on a world tour

Posted: Wednesday Jul 02, 2025

Happy Publication Day to Owele by Sihle Ntuli!

Posted: Wednesday Jul 02, 2025

Today on Write Spot

Ryn Richmond - Napier-based author, editor, proofreader and science communicator is in Dunedin to lead a session at New ...

Posted: Wednesday Jul 02, 2025

The 2025 NFFD winners are published!

Posted: Wednesday Jul 02, 2025

Stories from the heartwood

A new collection of short writing doubles down on language, Tom McKinlay writes.

Posted: Wednesday Jul 02, 2025

A New Zealand man has had his memoirs published

My father’s happy place by Pete Reid from Dunedin details Pete’s love affair with Vietnam.

Posted: Wednesday Jul 02, 2025

Otago Alumni 48 Hour Flash Fiction Competition

Time to get creative with the inaugural Otago Alumni 48 Hour Flash Fiction Competition.

Posted: Tuesday Jul 01, 2025

Hills and the art of resistance

Posted: Tuesday Jul 01, 2025

Call for submissions for the 2025 Storylines Gavin Bishop Award

Start your illustration journey now! Submissions close 30 November 2025

Posted: Tuesday Jul 01, 2025

Treats from 30 cultures showcased in new Good Bitches Baking cookbook

The diverse and comforting recipes in Familiar Foods: Treats of Aotearoa include Persian Chicken Stew and Sri Lankan Mil...

Posted: Tuesday Jul 01, 2025

Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust announces residencies for 2025–26

Twelve writers have been awarded residencies for late 2025 and early 2026 at the historic cottage in Ōtepoti Dunedin UNE...

Posted: Monday Jun 30, 2025

Meet the 2025 NZYWF Tuākana

Posted: Friday Jun 27, 2025

School Holidays are nearly here... have you made plans yet?

Dunedin Public Libraries are a great space to stay warm and entertained - take a look at what's happening in your neck o...

Posted: Friday Jun 27, 2025

The Masters Review 2025 Reprint Prize closes soon

Deadline: June 29, 2025, 11:59 PM Pacific

Posted: Friday Jun 27, 2025

Open call for Granada Writers in Residence Programme for next November 2025

Closing date for application submissions, August 31, 2025.

Posted: Friday Jun 27, 2025