Nelson Arts Festival - Pukapuka Talks 2024

OTHERHOOD: childless, childfree and child adjacent with Kathryn van Beek, Iona Winter, Henrietta Bollinger + Lily Duval

Posted: Thursday Oct 03, 2024

Applications are open for the 2024 CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants

Applications close 4pm Friday 11 October

Posted: Thursday Oct 03, 2024

Corpus

The Twisted Chain by Jason Gurney (Otago University Press, 2024)

Posted: Thursday Oct 03, 2024

Verb Readers and Writers Festival 2024 -NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture with Barbara Else MNZM

As 2024 NZSA President of Honour Barbara Else MNZM presents 'Friends and Elephants.'

Posted: Wednesday Oct 02, 2024

You can now watch the inspiring conversation between Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin and Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador Alan Dingley online!

Catch up as Sally and Alan discuss the importance of reading for children and young people, and how we can all help crea...

Posted: Wednesday Oct 02, 2024

Jacqueline Leckie awarded 2024 NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship

The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) has announced Jacqueline Leckie as the recipi...

Posted: Wednesday Oct 02, 2024

Coming in May 2025! The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey

A spellbinding, haunting, profound novel by the twice winner of the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, and one of o...

Posted: Wednesday Oct 02, 2024

Poetry Reading with Hinemoana Baker - Monday 7 October

Introduced by Robert Sullivan and with readings by the University of Otago’s own Rauhina Scott-Fyfe and Ada Duffy

Posted: Wednesday Oct 02, 2024

Tuvalu Language Week at Tūhura Otago Museum (29 Sep - 5 Oct)

Tūhura Otago Museum is proud to celebrate Tuvalu Language Week with a special display of cultural treasures, including t...

Posted: Tuesday Oct 01, 2024

Residency in Bucheon City of Literature now open for Applications

The residency period is November-December 2024. Applications close 21 October 2024.

Posted: Tuesday Oct 01, 2024

Lilliput Libraries celebrates 9 years

Lilliput Libraries is 9 years old! The plan was for 10 Lilliput Libraries in Dunedin, if there was enough interest. Now ...

Posted: Monday Sep 30, 2024

Dunedin Fringe Māori Artist Grants are open!

Applications close Sunday 13 October 2024

Posted: Monday Sep 30, 2024

A History of Kindness

Returning to the moon, and an Olveston Short Story

Posted: Monday Sep 30, 2024

Two wonderful Ōtepoti poets longlisted for the The Laurel Prize 2024!

A massive congratulations to Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens for being longlisted.

Posted: Friday Sep 27, 2024

Koe: An Aotearoa ecopoetry anthology

A fantastic review by Chris Reed of Koe: An Aotearoa ecopoetry anthology edited by Janet Newman and Robert Sullivan for ...

Posted: Friday Sep 27, 2024

Verb Readers and Writers Festival 2024 Programme is Live!

Don't miss Writing for Your Life featuring our very own Barbara Else

Posted: Friday Sep 27, 2024

Kete Books Interview: Queens of Crime Vanda Symon and Charity Norman

Kete is excited to feature this conversation between Charity Norman and Vanda Symon, crime writers extraordinaire, where...

Posted: Wednesday Sep 25, 2024

Today on Write Spot

Burns Fellow Mikaela Nyman reflects on her time in Ōtepoti to date and offers readings from her latest work

Posted: Wednesday Sep 25, 2024

The wind between the Pages exhibition now online!

If you're unable to visit this stunning and memorable exhibition in person, it can now be viewed online!

Posted: Wednesday Sep 25, 2024

Auckland University Press are publishing these two companion pukapuka!

Available 7 November but pre-order now!

Posted: Wednesday Sep 25, 2024

A History of Kindness

Encouragement butterflies and gratitude

Posted: Tuesday Sep 24, 2024

Prima Facie by Suzie Miller - An Exclusive Dunedin Season

Listen to this OAR FM interview with producer director Lara Macgregor

Posted: Tuesday Sep 24, 2024

The first returnee has been SIGHTED!

You all know what that means...it's BELL RINGING TIME!

Posted: Tuesday Sep 24, 2024

Chinese Language Week Dumpling Day Story Time

Celebrate Chinese Language Week with a bi-lingual story time at the city library.

Posted: Monday Sep 23, 2024

Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize 2024 - winners announced

The competition is now in its fourteenth year, and this year attracted 142 poems from New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, U...

Posted: Monday Sep 23, 2024

From 2025 English and Linguistics, University of Otago will be offering a Master of Creative Writing!

An in-depth workshopping environment with award-winning mentors, you can work on fiction, poetry, plays, creative non-fi...

Posted: Friday Sep 20, 2024

Useful bookish phrases in Te Reo Māori

Here’s a range of phrases to commit to memory and recognise for all you booksellers, librarians, teachers and just gener...

Posted: Friday Sep 20, 2024

Winners of the 2024 PANZ Book Design Awards announced

Congratulations to all the clever designers of these beautiful books

Posted: Friday Sep 20, 2024

Poetry Shelf themes

Stars

Posted: Friday Sep 20, 2024

Surrey Hotel writers residency award

Entries for the 2024 Surrey Hotel writers residency award are open until Sunday, October 6

Posted: Wednesday Sep 18, 2024

Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grants

Researching or writing about Aotearoa New Zealand’s past? The Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grants are now open f...

Posted: Wednesday Sep 18, 2024

Poetry Box challenge: Inside a box

Deadline: Saturday 21st September

Posted: Tuesday Sep 17, 2024

A History of Kindness

A poem: On Luxury and rebellion

Posted: Tuesday Sep 17, 2024

20% off store wide on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September at University Book Shop Otago.

In-store only and exclusions and restrictions apply.

Posted: Monday Sep 16, 2024

All about books in Aotearoa – all in te reo Māori

All week Kete will feature reviews of new and exciting books by Māori authors, reviewed in te reo Māori with links to En...

Posted: Monday Sep 16, 2024

Entries for the 2024 Sunday Star-Times short story competition are open

Entries close October 7, 2024 at 11.45pm

Posted: Monday Sep 16, 2024

NZ Young Writers Festival marks two milestones this year

A poetic reimagining of the Dunedin Sound and lessons on writing grief are just some of the events on offer at a Dunedin...

Posted: Thursday Sep 12, 2024

Poet returns for third time, staging hit show

The New Zealand Young Writers Festival brings the cutting edge of contemporary writing to Dunedin this weekend, where th...

Posted: Thursday Sep 12, 2024

Today on Write Spot

New Zealand Young Writers Fest - Amy Grace Laura from Motif Poetry previews the slam poetry events as part of NZ Young W...

Posted: Wednesday Sep 11, 2024

Open Call for Nanjing International Writers’ Residencies 2024

Applications close Monday 30 September 2024

Posted: Wednesday Sep 11, 2024

National Poetry Day Competition Results

Warmest congratulations to the winners and everyone who entered and helped make our night so special

Posted: Tuesday Sep 10, 2024

Applications are open for the Kaipukahu University of Waikato Writer in Residence 2025

Applications close on Friday 25 October

Posted: Tuesday Sep 10, 2024

Sam Shepherd is back!

Kete Books shares an extract from PREY, Vanda Symon's latest mystery about Detective Sam Shepherd and the long-unsolved ...

Posted: Tuesday Sep 10, 2024

Happy International Literacy Day!

Posted: Monday Sep 09, 2024

RESIDENCY ALERT! Bremen's virtual residency is now open for applications!

Applications close 30 November 2024

Posted: Monday Sep 09, 2024

2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

Entries are now open for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, for New Zealand books published between 1 January 2024...

Posted: Monday Sep 09, 2024

Applications open for the Mātātuhi Foundation Funding Grant

Up to $20,000 literary grants up for grabs! Apply online before 31 October 24.

Posted: Monday Sep 09, 2024

Applications are now open for the 2025 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship

The residency will run from July to December 2025 - applications close Friday 1 November 2024

Posted: Friday Sep 06, 2024

Nine to Noon Short Story competition opens

RNZ are looking for stories of 2000 words, submitted by Friday 29 September.

Posted: Thursday Sep 05, 2024

Anthology unveiled on poetry day

Dunedin’s National Poetry Day celebrations marked a very special milestone, as about 40 creatives — poets, authors, musi...

Posted: Thursday Sep 05, 2024

160 performances at upcoming Otago Polyfest

9 - 13 September 2024 at the Edgar Centre

Posted: Thursday Sep 05, 2024

Share a Memorable Moment!

University Book Shop is turning 80! Hear your memory read out at the Birthday High Tea on 6 October 2024. Best memory wi...

Posted: Wednesday Sep 04, 2024

Expressions of interest: Caselberg artist residency

With the support of the Caselberg Trust, Blue Oyster is calling for expressions of interest to undertake a summer artist...

Posted: Wednesday Sep 04, 2024

Expressions of interest: One-day writing workshop with Cassandra Barnett

The Physics Room and Blue Oyster are calling for applications to join a one-day writing workshop with Cassandra Barnett ...

Posted: Wednesday Sep 04, 2024

Applications are now open for the 2024 Tartu City of Literature international residency program

This is a 2-month residency in November-December. Applications close 25 September!

Posted: Wednesday Sep 04, 2024

'But then ... the almost true story of an overdue book'

Award winning author Swapna Haddow is celebrating the release of her first New Zealand picture book by visiting Dunedin ...

Posted: Tuesday Sep 03, 2024

Poetry Shelf Themes

Sun

Posted: Tuesday Sep 03, 2024

Registrations are open NOW for Dunedin Fringe 2025!

Dunedin Fringe Festival is turning 25 in 2025! Be a part of this amazing milestone. Registrations close Sun 17 Nov 24.

Posted: Monday Sep 02, 2024

The Wellness Gym

When you have treatment for cancer, information sometimes comes to you in a sideways fashion and not from the direction ...

Posted: Monday Sep 02, 2024