He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
Finding Janet
I have been back home for over three weeks now, yet the bounty of riches I collected during my month in New Zealand—betw...
Posted: Thursday Apr 23, 2026
Open Call: Biennale Extra! 2027 — A New International Platform for Literary Arts
Québec City City of Literature has announced an exciting new opportunity for literary practitioners across the globe: an...
Posted: Thursday Apr 23, 2026
Quiet Hour @ City Library
Dunedin City Library offers weekly Quiet Hours for all visitors, with a focus on supporting those who benefit from a low...
Posted: Thursday Apr 23, 2026
'Maybe Baby' by Emma Neale (Bateman Books, 2026) Out Now!
Maybe Baby is a touching, funny and thought-provoking love story with a glimmer of the speculative.
Posted: Thursday Apr 23, 2026
Today on Write Spot
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb is bringing more than 30 years' experience in indie bookshops here and in the UK as a book seller and...
Posted: Wednesday Apr 22, 2026
Call for Submissions - New Nottingham Journal Issue 2
Submissions are now open for the rebel city’s print journal! Deadline 16 May.
Posted: Tuesday Apr 21, 2026
He mutunga | Endings
Flash Frontier is delighted to present the first 2026 edition of the journal, chocka with much to contemplate around the...
Posted: Tuesday Apr 21, 2026
Submissions for the 2026 NFFD competition close soon!
Submissions close 30 April
Posted: Tuesday Apr 21, 2026
Postcard that made its way back to Dunedin home after 116 years
A postcard featuring two wahine by a river was sent from Dorothy Theomin to her cousin Allison Hallenstein, of the Halle...
Posted: Tuesday Apr 21, 2026
Poetry Shelf Speaking Out For With
Michelle Elvy picks Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Vergnügungen / Pleasures’
Posted: Tuesday Apr 21, 2026
Call for applications - Wonju UNESCO City of Literature Residency 2026
Spend eight weeks in South Korea, at the Toji Cultural Centre - Applications close 31 May 2026
Posted: Thursday Apr 16, 2026
Lysiak-Rudnytsky Ukrainian Studies Programme
Submission Deadline: April 29, 2026
Posted: Wednesday Apr 15, 2026
Poetry Night in Dunedin - 8 April 2026
Poet and Octagon Poetry Collective committee member extraordinaire, Mac MacDonald, shares highlights from their latest p...
Posted: Wednesday Apr 15, 2026
Hoake ki te Taiao City Nature Challenge
Join Wild Dunedin for this global bioblitz and help showcase the ‘Wildlife Capital of New Zealand’ to the world.
Posted: Tuesday Apr 14, 2026
That big house up on the hill...
Olveston: Portrait of a Home by Jane Ussher and John Welsh (Massey University Press, 2025)
Posted: Tuesday Apr 14, 2026
Win a Luxury Weekend for Two!
You and a friend could experience #AWF26 in style with this amazing prize:
Posted: Monday Apr 13, 2026
Artist. Rebel. Founder.
Honouring Phantom Billstickers founder, Jim Wilson
Posted: Thursday Apr 09, 2026
You only have a handful of chances left to see The Red Dragon at the Playhouse Theatre!
This show is a beautiful fairy tale and a great way for kids to experience live performance these holidays.
Posted: Thursday Apr 09, 2026
Look up, Dunedin
The Beverly-Begg Observatory is opening its doors for Wild Dunedin Festival, and you are invited to explore the night sk...
Posted: Thursday Apr 09, 2026
Applications are open for the Michael King Writers Centre 2026 Australian Residency
Monday 12 October to Monday 02 November 2026 - Applications close on Monday 27 April
Posted: Thursday Apr 09, 2026
That’s a wrap on Dunedin Fringe Festival for 2026
11 days, 90+ events, 35 venues, 74 artists/groups from across NZ, 56 locally produced events, 18 international artists, ...
Posted: Thursday Apr 09, 2026
Throwback Thursday at the Playhouse!
Here is Shannon Colbert, who played Lee in the 1983 production of The Red Dragon, along with this year's two lovely Lee ...
Posted: Thursday Apr 09, 2026
Linking up in Dunedin
Poet Helen Williford-Lower at Caselberg House, St. Brigid’s School and South Link Productions Studio
Posted: Thursday Apr 09, 2026
Today on Write Spot
Enjoy this wide-ranging and sparkling conversation between Rob Tigeir and playwright Nuanzhi Zheng, current Robert Lord ...
Posted: Wednesday Apr 08, 2026
City of Literature inspires poetry at Port Chalmers School
The Dunedin City of Literature team had a lively September. As part of Book Week celebrations 2025, a group of enthusias...
Posted: Wednesday Apr 08, 2026
2026 John O’Connor Award shortlist announced
Huge congratulations to our very own Michelle Elvy
Posted: Wednesday Apr 08, 2026
As told by The Clean
Journalist and poet Richard Langston had loved Dunedin band The Clean for decades and knew there should be a book. But h...
Posted: Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
OooOooH be careful, heroes!
Join the story of The Red Dragon, at the Playhouse Theatre until Sunday 12 April. Shows are at 11am and 2pm daily (2pm o...
Posted: Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
Poetry Shelf Breathing Room
See What a Little Moonlight Can Do to You by Hone Tuwhare
Posted: Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
Read NZ Book Review - The Terrible Trio: The (not so) Superheroes by Swapna Haddow (Scholastic, 2025)
Reviewed by Claire Cheeseman, Teacher, Laingholm Primary School, Auckland
Posted: Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
Read NZ Book Review: Everything But The Medicine by Lucy Hagan (Massey University Press, 2025)
Reviewed by Petra Verbeek Deputy Principal Hamilton Christian School
Posted: Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
'Layers of Identity' - Celebrating the Voices of Ōtepoti’s Rangatahi
The City of Literature team, in partnership with Otago Access Radio (OAR FM), is thrilled about the upcoming release of ...
Posted: Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
Centre for Medical Humanities Research Dissemination Grants
Applications open 15 April and close 31 May
Posted: Thursday Apr 02, 2026
Submissions are currently open for Starling Issue 22!
Submissions close Friday 10 April
Posted: Thursday Apr 02, 2026
Applications are invited for the 2027 Robert Burns Fellowship
Applications are open until Monday, 1 June 2026.
Posted: Thursday Apr 02, 2026
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie - Popular Culture, Cinema, and Gender
Edited by Hilary Radner and Rebecca Stringer (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026) - available now for pre-order, launching in May...
Posted: Wednesday Apr 01, 2026
Julia - Not now, not ever. One speech. Millions of voices
Dunedin season coming September 2026!
Posted: Wednesday Apr 01, 2026
Introducing the UNESCO Cities of Literature Fellowship
Fellowship period: 1 August 2026 – 30 June 2027. EOIs close: 9am AEST, 7 April 2026
Posted: Wednesday Apr 01, 2026
Dunedin Fringe Awards 2026
Warmest congratulations to all 2026 Dunedin Fringe Festival winners and nominees from the Noisy Fringe Awards Night, esp...
Posted: Tuesday Mar 31, 2026
Young Minds Shine at Dunedin Kids’ Lit Quiz
Warmest congratulations to the winners and all participants in the Kids' Lit Quiz held at Dunedin North Intermediate on ...
Posted: Tuesday Mar 31, 2026
Pictura Children’s Book Shop have reopened!
Find out more and check out their incredible online range here:
Posted: Tuesday Mar 31, 2026
Journal for a String Mountain
What if the gold needs to stay in the ground?
Posted: Tuesday Mar 31, 2026
The Red Dragon, Playhouse Theatre - 4th - 12th April 2026
The Red Dragon hits the stage at the Playhouse Theatre this weekend.
Posted: Tuesday Mar 31, 2026
Otago Settlers News
Check out this 'Book News' snipped from the Summer 2025 Otago Settlers Association Newsletter, edited by Austin Gee.
Posted: Tuesday Mar 31, 2026
2026 John O’Connor Award longlist announced
Huge congratulations to the 2026 John O’Connor Award longlist, and a special shoutout to our very own Michelle Elvy!
Posted: Monday Mar 30, 2026
To Write or Not to Write by Ruby Appleby
I have been telling stories for as long as I can remember, but I was nine when I started writing them down.
Posted: Monday Mar 30, 2026
Call for submissions
Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists will publish a new journal in 2026. Submission deadline is 3 July 2026.
Posted: Monday Mar 30, 2026
The Red Dragon, Playhouse Theatre - 4th - 12th April 2026
What secrets and characters will Lee and Jen the Monkey find on their journey to the home of the Red Dragon? Find out at...
Posted: Friday Mar 27, 2026
New Zealand Festival of Nature 10 - 19 April 2026
Easter break is just around the corner, and with the April school holidays are coming up fast, keeping the kids entertai...
Posted: Friday Mar 27, 2026
Poetry Shelf Playing Favourites
Kay McKenzie Cooke chooses two Vincent O’Sullivan poems
Posted: Friday Mar 27, 2026
From Iowa City to Ōtepoti: A love letter to the Dunedin sound
Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature executive director John Kenyon reflects on discovering Dunedin’s music in the 1990s ...
Posted: Friday Mar 27, 2026