He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
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
Poetry Shelf review, reading and interview: The Anatomy of Sand by Mikaela Nyman
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
Landfall 249 by Lynley Edmeades and David Eggleton
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
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
New librarian for the soon-to-be opened South Dunedin library and community complex
Meet Amanda!
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
Robyn Maree Pickens named 2025 Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence
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
Q & A with Emma Neale, winner of the 2025 Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry
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
KUPU Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi Māori Writers Festival news
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
Do you have an original and inventive play written to inspire and excite young audiences?
Submissions close 1 August.
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
Selina Tusitala Marsh – first ever Commonwealth Poet Laureate
Posted: Friday Jul 04, 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 Hone Tuwhare Trust announces the 2025-26 successful Tuwhare Residency Programme recipients
Posted: Thursday Jul 03, 2025
Got your tickets? Don't miss The Playhouse Theatre's latest production: Cinderella!
Posted: Thursday Jul 03, 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