News and Opportunities
New Zealand's most beautifully designed books revealed
The most beautifully designed books in Aotearoa have been revealed with the announcement today of the 2024 PANZ Book Des...
Posted: Thursday Jul 25, 2024
2024 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose competition
Entries close 31 July 2024
Posted: Thursday Jul 25, 2024
University Creative writing competition open
Entries close at midnight on Wednesday 11 September 2024
Posted: Monday Jul 22, 2024
2024 New Zealand Churchill Fellowship round
Applications for the next round are now open, closing 14 August
Posted: Monday Jul 22, 2024
NZIFF returns with a bumper selection
Film fans rejoice! The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) is just a month away, and printed programmes have...
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Otago's medical hero
'Frontline Surgeon: New Zealand Medical Pioneer Douglas Jolly' is written by Mark Derby (right) and published by Massey ...
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
ACICIS journalism professional practicum
Applications close 11 August 2024
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Nominations are open for the 2024 Keep Dunedin Beautiful Awards!!
Know a neighbour who has been a community garden rockstar? Pop in a nomination, let their mahi be recognised!
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Book Review: Claire Williamson reviews NELL, a new novel by Penelope Todd
'Eleanor Preston – aka Nell – is born in 1897 on a South Island sheep farm homestead. During childhood, her world is the...
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Seven questions with Five Wee Pūteketeke illustrator Jo Pearson
'I like the metaphor of breathing for creative work – sometimes you’re able to breathe out (and produce your own work), ...
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
David Elliot artwork displayed in exhibition in Newstead Abbey
Check out this cool Spotlight featuring our very own David Elliot. We just love this artwork.
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Today on Write Spot - Pam McKinlay's book flows like water
Pam McKinlay has published flows like water, an illustrated anthology of projects she has made, curated or been involved...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
New addition to the City of Literature collection at Dunedin Public Libraries
Check out the newest recommendations from the DPL fiction collections, including a beautifully written addition to the C...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Connection between art and science fostered
Art and science rarely intertwine, but a "speed date" in Dunedin between artists and scientists sparked a magical collab...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Apply Now! Prague UNESCO City of Literature Residency 2025
An opportunity for writers and translators to live and work in the beautiful city centre where historical architecture m...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
'Leap' Poetry for Children Competiton
The nationwide competition is for adults who write poetry for children. Entries close Friday 2nd August 2024
Posted: Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
'The Aotearoa New Zealand children’s book that inspired me'
Finalists for the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults on the Aotearoa New Zealand children’s book...
Posted: Monday Jul 15, 2024
Beautiful Bookmark Art
Dunedin Public Libraries are excited to share some treasures found in their archives from the collected papers of A. H. ...
Posted: Monday Jul 15, 2024
Poetry Shelf Noticeboard
Poetry and The Art & Science Exhibition in Ōtepoti Dunedin
Posted: Thursday Jul 11, 2024
The Mahy Questionnaire
Featuring former librarian and award-winning writer and poet Elena de Roo. Her latest title Ring Ting Tūī—a cheeky rhymi...
Posted: Thursday Jul 11, 2024
New Exhibition in the Hocken Gallery
ARTISTS and LETTERS, PICTURES and WORDS
Posted: Thursday Jul 11, 2024
BEE Creative Workshops during the Memory and Mind exhibition
There are still spaces to sign-up, workshops are running Monday to Friday, daily until 20 July, 10:30am-12pm
Posted: Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Quiet Hour at the NZ International Science Festival Hub
Enjoy the Festival Hub in a sensory-friendly manner
Posted: Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Waha Kōrero - Speech Competition
Waha Kōrero is an opportunity for native and highly proficient speakers of te reo Māori. This unique speech competition ...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Listen to Giselle Clarkson on RNZ
Why little things are worth looking at
Posted: Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Paper to Pixels
Listen to Anna Blackman (Head Curator Archives), and Rauhina Scott-Fyfe (Māori Archivist) from Hocken Collections speak ...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Nano Fest 10-14 July 2024 - Evening Talks
With 30+ events, Nano Fest is packed with opportunities for discovery and inspiration. These evening talks are just the ...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Memories central to Art+Science
Exploring the concept of memory, as it relates to humans and the planet, is at the heart of the Art+Science 2024 project...
Posted: Monday Jul 08, 2024
The Storylines Te Kahurangi Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira Award
Entries close 31 October 2024
Posted: Monday Jul 08, 2024
Mission fulfilled to publish brother’s poetry
After her younger brother’s sudden death, a Dunedin woman made it her mission to share his poems with the world.
Posted: Monday Jul 08, 2024
Creative New Zealand X Bats Theatre Pacific Producer Residency 2024
Applications close Friday 19th July 2024
Posted: Monday Jul 08, 2024
The amazing animals of The Wind in the Willows are enjoying springtime on the riverbank.
Join Mole, Squirrel, Mr Otter and his son, Portly at the Playhouse Theatre these school holidays.
Posted: Friday Jul 05, 2024
Poetry Shelf couplets 2
Posted: Friday Jul 05, 2024
Scotland's Makar takes up Otago Fellowship
Kathleen Jamie, the Makar – National Poet for Scotland, will be based at Otago’s Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies i...
Posted: Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Call for nominations: Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award!
Do you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to children’s literature and literacy? Now is your chance t...
Posted: Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Q&A with Megan Kitching
NZ Poetry Day chatted with Megan Kitching about what she enjoyed most about writing her award-winning debut, At the Poin...
Posted: Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Call for submissions: Write Room Film Producer Internship
Toi Pōneke Arts Centre are seeking this year’s Producer Intern to be part of the selection and development process for t...
Posted: Thursday Jul 04, 2024
NZ Young Writers Festival is thrilled to announce our 2024 Robert Lord Writers Cottage Young Writer in Residence!
Sherry Zhang will spend 4 weeks at the cottage on a writing project, as well as joining the festival itself.
Posted: Thursday Jul 04, 2024
The NZ Young Writers Festival is thrilled to announce their 2024 Guest Curator!
Ruby Macomber will lead the festival’s creative vision in collaboration with staff.
Posted: Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Call for Papers for the 2024 Otago Centre for the Book Annual Symposium
Books and the City
Posted: Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Today on Write Spot
Climate fiction writer, poet and editor Tim Jones discusses his latest novel Emergency Weather
Posted: Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
New award for mid-career children's writer in Aotearoa New Zealand
The Arts Foundation has introduced the Lynley Dodd Children’s Writers Award
Posted: Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Sweet Mammalian Submissions - Deadline Extended to 15 July
Sweet Mammalian loves to hear from new writers and old hands - they welcome the emerging, the submerging and the splurgi...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Site for NZ readers spotlights local books in digital formats
Kete Books, the website dedicated to helping readers discover New Zealand books and authors, has been rebuilt and is now...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Academy of New Zealand Literature reviews AT THE GRAND GLACIER HOTEL by Laurence Fearnley
Nature is volatile and isolating in an evocative novel 'aimed at the senses'
Posted: Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
While Mr Toad is preoccupied with shiny motor cars, will these wicked weasels succeed in their plot to take over Toad Hall?
Find out at The Wind in the Willows, which opens this Saturday 6 July and runs until Sunday 14 July.
Posted: Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Applications for the 2025 Michael King Writers Centre Residencies are now open
Applications close Monday 29 July 2024
Posted: Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Māori Literature Trust launch first ever Matariki series: Pukapuka Māori o te tau!
This Māori-Made series is the only guide you’ll need to help choose a new pukapuka to read over the Matariki period.
Posted: Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Matariki Short Short Story Celebration
takahē Magazine has announced the nine selected stories for 2024!
Posted: Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
NZSA announces the mentees and mentors for the first annual NZSA Kaituhi Māori Mentorship Programme
Five emerging writers have each been selected for a six-month opportunity to work closely with an acclaimed Māori writer...
Posted: Monday Jul 01, 2024
I love Invercargill – and its poetry festival, too
A diary of the Dan Davin Literary Foundation Poetry Festival that took place Invercargill over the first weekend of June...
Posted: Monday Jul 01, 2024
Entries are open for the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award
Applications close 31 October 2024
Posted: Monday Jul 01, 2024
National Poetry Day: All Ages Competition
CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 31 July | 5pm
Posted: Thursday Jun 27, 2024