Today on Write Spot

Writer, editor and performer, Liz Breslin celebrates the release of new poetry collection Show You're Working Out with a...

Posted: Wednesday Jul 30, 2025

Live and work in the heart of Reykjavík!

Gröndalshús – the beautifully restored home of writer Benedikt Gröndal – offers a unique residency flat for visiting wri...

Posted: Tuesday Jul 29, 2025

Kete Books 2025 Winter Reading Digital Catalogue out now!

Can you hear the call of a cosy reading nook this wintry weekend? Check out the Winter Reading catalogue, full of brilli...

Posted: Tuesday Jul 29, 2025

This week is Vanuatu Bislama Language Week

The 2025 theme for Vanuatu Bislama Language Week is ‘Tokabaot Klaemet Jenj – hemi ril mo yumi mas lukaotem laef - Talk a...

Posted: Monday Jul 28, 2025

Creative writing collection and 2025 competition launched

Entries close Wednesday 10 September 2025.

Posted: Friday Jul 25, 2025

Welby Ings: Kids are being labelled 'dumb' when they're not

Welby Ings had a fascinating conversation with Kathryn Ryan this morning on Nine to Noon, RNZ, talking about his new boo...

Posted: Friday Jul 25, 2025

Call for submissions! One week to go!

Submissions close 31 July 2025

Posted: Friday Jul 25, 2025

Best Designed Books in Aotearoa Revealed

Congratulations to the PANZ Books Design Awards 2025 finalists.

Posted: Wednesday Jul 23, 2025

Tickets for the KUPU Writers’ Retreat 2025 are now LIVE

Spaces are limited and tickets are selling fast.

Posted: Wednesday Jul 23, 2025

Show brings connection

Three countries, more than eight cities and seven shows down and it is only July. These statistics do not faze theatre-m...

Posted: Wednesday Jul 23, 2025

From Tartan Noir to Yeah Noir: Kiwi Scot crime author inks deal

Life is good for Kiwi Scot crime writer Liam McIlvanney - he’s on a world book tour promoting his latest thriller, and i...

Posted: Wednesday Jul 23, 2025

Liam McIlvanney on football, calling NZ home and his new crime novel

Liam McIlvanney joins Emile Donovan to talk about his fifth novel, The Good Father.

Posted: Tuesday Jul 22, 2025

Personal experiences inspire play

Dunedin theatre company Hic Sunt Dracones (HSC) will present their premiere production of "funny and ferocious" new play...

Posted: Tuesday Jul 22, 2025

Writer's residency to tell the story of Berlin's alligator

Congratulations Octavia 🤩🐊

Posted: Tuesday Jul 22, 2025

Eden Hore: Central Otago Couture at Word Christchurch

Saturday 30 August, The Piano

Posted: Tuesday Jul 22, 2025

Te Pae Tawhiti Awards are officially launched and OPEN!

Aotearoa's first juried speculative fiction awards are open to NZ and Pasifica authors who published works in 2025.

Posted: Tuesday Jul 22, 2025

Kete Interview

'100 authors – 100 voices': Kiri Piahana-Wong and Michelle Elvy

Posted: Tuesday Jul 22, 2025

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

Poetry Box July challenge: Storm poems

Posted: Monday Jul 21, 2025

Call for Applications: Vilnius Literary Residency December 2025

Applications close 15 August 2025

Posted: Monday Jul 21, 2025

Emma Neale Poetry Workshop

Invercargill Public Library, Sunday 24 August

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

Fifteen years, fifteen stories: 2025 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel longlist revealed

Congratulations to all the long-listers especially our very own Vanda Symon

Posted: Thursday Jul 17, 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

Chris Reed reviews Landfall 249: Autumn 2025 for NZ Booklovers

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

BIG THINGS little things Poetry Competition

Entries close 1 August 2025

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

ATTENTION: Young Creative Writers!

Only a couple of spaces left!

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

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