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 closes 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

Open call for applications for Prague Residency Program 2026

Applications will be accepted until August 18, 2025

Posted: Thursday Jun 26, 2025

Announcing the 2025 NZYWF Robert Lord Writers Cottage Young Writer in Residence!

NZYWF are thrilled to announce Nick Tipa (Kāi Tahu) as the 2025 NZYWF Robert Lord Writers Cottage Young Writer in Reside...

Posted: Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

Bad Diaries Podcast is back!

Posted: Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

Finnish-Kiwi poet Mikaela Nyman on her new poetry collection

Mikaela joins Mark Leishman

Posted: Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

Call for Judges of the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

Applications must be submitted by 5pm on Friday 4 July

Posted: Tuesday Jun 24, 2025

Calling all young wordsmiths in Ōtepoti!

Entries are now open for the Dunedin Youth Poetry Competition.

Posted: Tuesday Jun 24, 2025

Review: Short | Poto

'The bilingual presentation creates a unique reading experience. Stories appear numerically from 1-100, side by side in ...

Posted: Tuesday Jun 24, 2025

A warm welcome to Sarah Gallagher

Ōtepoti City of Literature is thrilled that one of the special writers in our whānau, Sarah Gallagher, will be joining u...

Posted: Monday Jun 23, 2025

Call for Wonju UNESCO City of Literature Residency 2025

Spend eight weeks in South Korea, at the Toji Cultural Centre - Applications close 11 July 2025

Posted: Monday Jun 23, 2025

Wellbeing through writing promoted

A workshop has been helping people experiencing challenging emotions by encouraging them to put pen to paper.

Posted: Thursday Jun 19, 2025

Melbourne City of Literature Virtual Writer in Residence

Writers from other UNESCO Cities of Literature, including Dunedin, are invited to apply to Melbourne City of Literature’...

Posted: Thursday Jun 19, 2025

Today on Write Spot

Writer, Actor and Musician, Nick Tipa has just returned from a season of Bruce Mason's The End of the Golden Weather at ...

Posted: Wednesday Jun 18, 2025

Dunedin Writers’ Workshop

Established more than 30 years ago, Dunedin Writers’ Workshop is a friendly space where hobbyists and professionals alik...

Posted: Wednesday Jun 18, 2025

Vale Maurice Gee, 1931 – 2025

The great Aotearoa writer Maurice Gee has died. Books editor Claire Mabey pays tribute.

Posted: Monday Jun 16, 2025

Matariki Kanohi Iti - 10 June-4 July, The Cube, City Library

To celebrate Matariki, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has selected archival taonga speaking to the significance of the stars’...

Posted: Friday Jun 13, 2025

New Nottingham Journal - Call for Submissions

Submissions close 27 June

Posted: Friday Jun 13, 2025

Opportunities for Moana creatives

Do you have a project you’d like to present in Dunedin Fringe Festival 2026? Get in touch with the Dunedin Fringe Co-Lea...

Posted: Thursday Jun 12, 2025

Dr Michelle Thaller speaks with RNZ 's Mihingarangi Forbes about her upcoming visit to New Zealand

A wide-ranging conversation that came hot on the heels of an exciting NASA announcement. Listen in to hear Dr Thaller's ...

Posted: Wednesday Jun 11, 2025