2025 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency

Applications OPEN Monday 3 March 2025

Posted: Monday Mar 03, 2025

‘My story with taonga begins in 1984’: an excerpt from Books of Mana

Books of Mana: 180 Māori-Authored Books of Significance, edited by Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira ha...

Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025

‘Remarkable’ year of performances

A "remarkable" year of quality theatre in the midst of hard times will be celebrated at the 13th Otepoti Dunedin Theatre...

Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025

Festival throws down challenge

The Dunedin Arts Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a special offering of theatre, dance, circus, cabaret...

Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025

Poetry Shelf: Brian Turner (1944 – 2025)

Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025

The highest peak: a eulogy for Brian Turner

Philip Temple pays tribute to his friend, the great writer Brian Turner (1944-2025)

Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025

Tuned In to All the Sounds

Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb reviews: At the Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence Fearnley (Penguin Books NZ, 2024)

Posted: Wednesday Feb 05, 2025

Extra-special cameo appearance at Dunedin Summer Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors

Dunedin Summer Shakespeare have got something extra-special on tap for this year's hilarious rendition of THE COMEDY OF ...

Posted: Wednesday Feb 05, 2025

Samesame But Different 10th Anniversary

Posted: Wednesday Feb 05, 2025

Applications are now open for the 2025 Tartu City of Literature international residency program

This is a 2-month residency in April - May. Applications close 20 February!

Posted: Tuesday Feb 04, 2025

Reflections on 2024 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency

From the moment I arrived in Ōtepoti Dunedin to begin my residency at the Caselberg House, I was made to feel at home.

Posted: Tuesday Feb 04, 2025

This is the place where souls come to be mended

These are the words of poet Annie Villiers, who recently represented Ōtepoti City of Literature in Heidelberg’s “Poetry ...

Posted: Tuesday Feb 04, 2025

Today on Write Spot - Neville Peat

Neville Peat recently received the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement (Non-Fiction) 2024. He di...

Posted: Wednesday Jan 29, 2025

Enrolments are open for the Whitireia Graduate Diploma in Publishing (Applied)

Start date: 24 February 2025

Posted: Tuesday Jan 28, 2025

Review: Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit by Emma Neale

Anuja Mitra admires the empathy and reminder of our shared humanity within Emma Neale's new poetry collection, LIAR, LIA...

Posted: Tuesday Jan 28, 2025

Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection

A fascinating record of high-end New Zealand fashion and an enigmatic collector.

Posted: Monday Jan 27, 2025

Dunedin Fringe '25 Programme Preview

Dunedin Fringe co-directors Ruth Harvey and Kate Schrader preview this year's festival, with online ticket sales now und...

Posted: Wednesday Jan 22, 2025

Tom Grass Prize

Entries close 31st March 2025

Posted: Tuesday Jan 21, 2025

Applications are invited for the 2025 University of Otago City of Literature PhD Scholarship

Applicants can apply any time; however, all applications will be reviewed after 31 January each year for that year's sch...

Posted: Monday Jan 20, 2025

Fringe event to celebrate 25 years

The Dunedin Fringe Festival team have hit the ground running, as they work to bring together more than 85 shows and even...

Posted: Monday Jan 20, 2025

A History of Kindness

How do we feel loved?

Posted: Monday Jan 20, 2025

Nine Dots Prize - The 2024/2025 question: Is data failing us?

Applications close 27 January 2025

Posted: Thursday Jan 16, 2025

Check out the prestigious 2025 Dublin Literary Award Longlist

Congratulations to our very own Laurence Fearnley, nominated by Dunedin Public Libraries, for At The Grand Glacier Hotel...

Posted: Wednesday Jan 15, 2025

Prime Minister’s Award - Neville Peat

Posted: Monday Jan 13, 2025

Coming out in 2025 Books of Mana

180 Māori-Authored Books of Significance edited by Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira

Posted: Monday Jan 13, 2025

Submit your work for the Storylines Te Kahurangi Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira Award

Entries close 31 October – get your manuscript in today!

Posted: Friday Jan 10, 2025

NZ Booklovers Review - Landfall 248

The spring 2024 edition of Landfall reaffirms its place as Aotearoa New Zealand’s preeminent arts and literary journal, ...

Posted: Friday Jan 10, 2025

Write On with Beverly Martens

With guests Stacey Teague, UBS Summer Writer in Residence and Rob Foote

Posted: Thursday Jan 09, 2025

Julie Woods: Connecting the world by dots

Julie Woods is "connecting the world with dots" by aiming to write one million names in Braille

Posted: Wednesday Jan 08, 2025

Literary Lifelines

Pouhere Taonga — Heritage New Zealand has a story about the Tuwhare Crib and Residency in their summer 2024 edition of t...

Posted: Wednesday Jan 08, 2025

Apply for a 1 month residency in Ljubljana!

Ljubljana City of Literature are offering two 1 month residencies in in April and November 2025 to writers from UNESCO C...

Posted: Tuesday Jan 07, 2025

Praise the Lord playwright residency

Entries due midnight 17 January 2025

Posted: Monday Jan 06, 2025

Medical experience informs novel

Mira Harrison’s first novel, One In Three, deals with the challenges of being a new doctor

Posted: Monday Jan 06, 2025

Calling all young writers!

Rod Oram Memorial Essay Prize - entries close 14 March 2025

Posted: Friday Dec 20, 2024

Round One of the Arts Practitioners Fund is now open for 2025 activities!

Applications close Monday, 13 January 2025

Posted: Friday Dec 20, 2024

Open call for international writing residencies at Vil·la Joana (Barcelona) 2025!

Submit your application before 24 January 2025 and live a unique experience in the heart of Collserola Park.

Posted: Thursday Dec 19, 2024

Today on Write Spot: Mira Harrison - Doctor and Writer

Mira Harrison has released her first novel, One In Three, based on her experiences as a junior doctor in NHS hospitals i...

Posted: Wednesday Dec 18, 2024

Paula Green Honoured with 2025 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal

Storylines is delighted to announce poet Paula Green as the 2025 recipient of the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal.

Posted: Wednesday Dec 18, 2024

Book review: Perch edited by Michelle Elvy

Ash Davida Jane reviews Perch edited by Michelle Elvy published by At the Bay | I te Kokoru

Posted: Wednesday Dec 18, 2024

#17Booksfor17SDGs 2024 Campaign

Shining a light on SDGs and our Ōtepoti authors

Posted: Wednesday Dec 18, 2024

Read A Conversation with the Emperor by Kirstie McKinnon

the inner critic goes outside

Posted: Tuesday Dec 17, 2024

The Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest 2025

Entries due 6 January 2025

Posted: Tuesday Dec 17, 2024

Importance of literary award ‘slightly dawning’

We are so thrilled for our very own Neville Peat - recognised with the 2024 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievem...

Posted: Monday Dec 16, 2024

Calling all young writers!

It's that time again! Entries for the 2025 Landfall Young Writers' Essay Competition are open - Entries close 31 March 2...

Posted: Friday Dec 13, 2024

Poetry Shelf summer readings: Emma Neale

Over the summer months Poetry Shelf is hosting a series of readings from the incredible range of poetry collections publ...

Posted: Thursday Dec 12, 2024

The 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults judges have been announced!

Two highly experienced panels that include bestselling and award-winning authors, illustrators, editors, book reviewers,...

Posted: Wednesday Dec 11, 2024

Landfall 248: Spring 248 is here!

Landfall 248: Spring 2024 is dedicated to the late Vincent O’Sullivan, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most influential wr...

Posted: Tuesday Dec 10, 2024

Short story: Annie, My Anne, by Barbara Else

One of the best and most beautiful short stories of the year by a master of the form

Posted: Monday Dec 09, 2024

Nominations for Springboard 2025 are open!

Make Your Nomination before Friday 13 December

Posted: Monday Dec 09, 2024

So much is chance - Owen Marshall

Listen here

Posted: Monday Dec 09, 2024

Reducing sickness anxiety for children

Demystifying the world of bacteria for children is the goal for one Dunedin medical laboratorist.

Posted: Friday Dec 06, 2024

Less than a week left to donate a book to a child in need this Christmas

If you've been thinking about buying a book or two to donate, now is the time to do it.

Posted: Thursday Dec 05, 2024

2024 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement

Heartfelt congratulations to our very own Neville Peat, who has been recognised with the 2024 Prime Minister’s Award for...

Posted: Thursday Dec 05, 2024

Review: The Pets We Have Killed, by Barbara Else

Accomplished storyteller Barbara Else has a wide-ranging body of work. Anna Scaife considers how the attention-grabbing ...

Posted: Thursday Dec 05, 2024