Latest happenings
The whimsy and magic of Dunedin's second-hand bookstores
The Book Collector is a memoir about Tony Eyre’s lifelong passion for reading and collecting books. In this extract he d...
Posted: Monday December 4, 2023
Celebration of writers, readers
Listen to the 2023 Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival Podcasts
Posted: Monday December 4, 2023
Auckland Writers Festival announces New Programme Manager: Jennifer Cheuk
Auckland Writers Festival | Waituhi o Tāmaki is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jennifer Cheuk as Programme Mana...
Posted: Monday December 4, 2023
Open Call for Ljubljana City of Literature International Residency - Writer in the Park
Deadline for submissions is January 5, 2024.
Posted: Monday December 4, 2023
Plaque added for Gaelic bard
The Otago Scottish Heritage Council, Dunedin Public Libraries and the Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature celebrated the u...
Posted: Monday December 4, 2023
Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2023
Submissions close 15 December
Posted: Tuesday November 28, 2023
Winner of the Sargeson Prize schools division
A Nigerian girl and her Pākehā boyfriend at a swimming pool
Posted: Monday November 27, 2023
We recently farewelled Shu-Ling Chua 蔡淑羚
Our inaugural Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident from Melbourne City of Literature
Posted: Monday November 27, 2023
Winner of the 2023 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award
Congratulations to Jo McNeice, for her manuscript, Blue Hour
Posted: Monday November 27, 2023
Winner of the 2023 Landfall Essay Competition
Congratulations to Siobhan Harvey for her powerful essay, ‘A Jigsaw of Broken Things’
Posted: Monday November 27, 2023
Internetnz Web Accessibility Grant open
This grant will help charities and Māori organisations to make their websites more accessible. Applications close 15 Dec...
Posted: Sunday November 26, 2023
Dr April-Rose Geers - University Book Shop Emerging Writer in Residence
Dr April-Rose Geers has been announced as the University Book Shop Emerging Writer in Residence. She will take up the re...
Posted: Wednesday November 22, 2023
Much-loved bard travelled a hard road
Otago’s own Gaelic bard, Angus Robertson, has been rescued from obscurity and his literary achievements are about to be ...
Posted: Wednesday November 22, 2023
Write Spot with OAR FM - WONDERlust project for World Braille Day
A book by That Blind Woman Julie Woods, illustrated by husband Ron Esplin, is being gifted to several Cities of Literatu...
Posted: Tuesday November 21, 2023
Bridport Prize International Creative Writing Competition
Deadline 31 May 2024
Posted: Tuesday November 21, 2023
A History of Kindness
Read Kirstie Mckinnon's latest Substack, When Kindness Hurts and create your own Substack to connect your publication wi...
Posted: Monday November 20, 2023
Let the little ones colour in kiwi creatures, and learn te reo along the way
Starring native birds, insects, plants and sea animals, the Reo Pēpi Bilingual Colouring Book will teach te reo vocabula...
Posted: Sunday November 19, 2023
Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest
Opportunity for Aotearoa-based LGBTQIA+ authors. Stories must be received by midnight on Friday 5 January 2024.
Posted: Sunday November 19, 2023
Wheeler Books - Book of the Week
𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 by beloved author Joy Cowley is an evocative and beautiful book that distils the essence of summer at the ba...
Posted: Sunday November 19, 2023
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