Wild Dunedin NZ Festival of Nature 19-28 April 2024

Programme out now!

Posted: Monday March 18, 2024

Making It Up (One Playwright to Another)

On at the Dunedin Fringe Festival until Sunday 24 March

Posted: Monday March 18, 2024

Far away city, but also close to home

Far away they may be but Dunedin and Edinburgh share a special bond, Sarah Boyack writes.

Posted: Sunday March 17, 2024

Book Launch Invitation

You are invited to the book launch of In the shape of his hand lay a river, Iona Winter

Posted: Sunday March 17, 2024

Otherhood at Auckland Writers Festival

Sunday 19 May

Posted: Sunday March 17, 2024

2024 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency

Writers from Aotearoa are warmly invited to apply for this year's Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Wri...

Posted: Saturday March 2, 2024

Submissions for the Elsie Locke Writing Prize 2024 are now open!

The Writing Prize is offered by the Elsie Locke Memorial Trust. It provides a wonderful opportunity for young writers ag...

Posted: Friday March 1, 2024

Otago English PhD candidate to develop her digital skills through trans-Tasman opportunity

Congratulations to Otago English PhD candidate Mere Taito and the other recently announced participants in the Creative ...

Posted: Thursday February 29, 2024

NZSA Kaituhi Māori Mentorship Programme

Applications close 20 March 2024

Posted: Thursday February 29, 2024

Iona Winter heading to Newcastle Writers Festival in April

On Remembering, on forgetting: A Poetry Performance

Posted: Thursday February 29, 2024

A History of Kindness

Rescue yourself while you still can by Kirstie McKinnon

Posted: Wednesday February 28, 2024

Moana Nui Festival

Just 4 weeks away until the Moana Nui Festival lights up our shores with vibrant diverse cultures, delicious cuisine, an...

Posted: Tuesday February 27, 2024

Today on Write Spot

Don’t miss this update from Caselberg Trust chair Janet Downs in conversation with Jeff Harford, announcing the opening ...

Posted: Tuesday February 27, 2024

Call for contributions to a book of written and visual creative work by young people from refugee backgrounds

What would you like young people in NZ to know (about you)?

Posted: Monday February 26, 2024

2024 Robert Burns Fellow, Mikaela Nyman's poetry collection nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize

Congratulations to 2024 Robert Burns Fellow, Mikaela Nyman whose poetry collection is nominated for the Nordic Council L...

Posted: Monday February 26, 2024

Quiet afternoons at Tūhura Otago Museum

In support of the neurodiverse community, Tūhura Otago Museum provide a space for visitors who prefer a low-sensory envi...

Posted: Monday February 26, 2024

The 2024 NFFD competition is open!

Send your best 300 words - Submissions open through 30 April

Posted: Sunday February 25, 2024

Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a much-loved book

Nominate now! Nominations close 29 Feb 2024

Posted: Sunday February 25, 2024

Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust announces residencies for 2024

Six writers have been awarded 2024 residencies at the historic cottage in Ōtepoti Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature, and...

Posted: Thursday February 22, 2024

Poltavshchyna from above

Lviv and Odesa Cities of Literature in Ukraine are renowned for their rich literary and publishing history, and our dear...

Posted: Thursday February 22, 2024

David Howard reading at the New Zealand High Commission in London, Thurs 18 April

David will be reading from 'Mate' and tell of the early Dalmatian immigrants to New Zealand with Māori links which inspi...

Posted: Thursday February 22, 2024

Kura Reo courses sell out in minutes as demand grows

Popularity a sign that te reo is on the rise

Posted: Thursday February 22, 2024

NZ Booklovers Awards 2024 Shortlist announced

Check them all out here

Posted: Monday February 19, 2024

ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD

Submissions close 1 December 2024

Posted: Monday February 19, 2024

PLAYS FOR THE YOUNG

Submissions close 1 August 2024

Posted: Monday February 19, 2024

PLAYWRIGHTS B4 25

Submissions close annually on 1 April

Posted: Monday February 19, 2024

Kōanga Festival Playwrights Programme 2024

Submissions close 25 February 2024

Posted: Monday February 19, 2024

10-Minute Play Competition 2024

Submit one or two 10-Minute Plays to the Playwrights Association of New Zealand 10-Minute Play Competition 2024 to be in...

Posted: Monday February 19, 2024

The story of Treasure Island Caravan Park

Listen here

Posted: Monday February 19, 2024

Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho, New Zealand Oral History Grants

Ministry for Culture and Heritage provide financial help for oral history projects that relate to the history of Aotearo...

Posted: Sunday February 18, 2024

City’s theatre scene celebrated

Huge congratulations to all the winners of the 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards

Posted: Thursday February 15, 2024

Today on Write Spot

Writer, editor and educator Michelle Elvy brings us up to date with New Zealand Society of Authors projects, and her own...

Posted: Thursday February 15, 2024

Stories from the Cities

Recent Dunedin titles featured at Jakarta Content Week 2023

Posted: Thursday February 15, 2024

Plaque unveiled for Gaelic bard

Otago Scottish Heritage Council, Dunedin Public Libraries and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature were thrilled to celebra...

Posted: Thursday February 15, 2024

Ōtepoti writers make the world a better place

#17Booksfor17SDGs Campaign

Posted: Thursday February 15, 2024

Have you heard the locally produced podcast 86b?

It's well worth a listen!

Posted: Thursday February 15, 2024

Taranaki author wins international award for poetry

Wonderful recognition for the 2024 University of Otago Robert Burns Fellow, Mikaela Nyman. Congratulations Mikaela.

Posted: Wednesday February 14, 2024

How to be well read in a year of dragons

Poet Laureate Chris Tse has curated a reading list of East and South East Asian writers from Aotearoa for the Lunar New ...

Posted: Tuesday February 13, 2024

Call for Applications

Translating Ukraine Summer Institute Wroclaw, Poland 3-15 June 2024

Posted: Monday February 12, 2024

Short story: Broderick and Riley, by Owen Marshall

Two lifetimes of two Kiwi men, told in 1609 words

Posted: Monday February 12, 2024

Valentine’s and Alzheimer’s

“I used to picture that he would marry me”: A love letter to Brian Turner

Posted: Monday February 12, 2024

Calling all enthusiastic creators, passionate artisans, and dynamic community groups

Join the South Dunedin Street Festival 2024: A Celebration of Local Talent and Community Spirit!

Posted: Monday February 12, 2024

'How Perfectly Delicious!'

David Eggleton reviews:

Posted: Sunday February 11, 2024

Welcome to the Year of the Dragon!

Posted: Sunday February 11, 2024

University appoints first deputy vice-chancellor Māori

Distinguished Māori legal scholar Prof Jacinta Ruru is ready to start her new role as the first deputy vice-chancellor M...

Posted: Sunday February 11, 2024

'I Held Hands with the Frightened, the Newly Born, the Bereft, the Dying and the Sick'

Michael O’Leary reviews:

Posted: Sunday February 11, 2024

Book Launched: Praha v me krvi, Jindra Tichá (Echo, 2023)

In her fresh memoirs, Jindra Tichá returns to the Czechoslovak reality of the 1950s and 1960s, her journey to exile in E...

Posted: Thursday February 8, 2024

National Library’s Elizabeth Jones wins Storylines’ top Award

National Library’s Director, Elizabeth Jones, has been named the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal winner 2024. The award i...

Posted: Thursday February 8, 2024

Actors prepare to take on complete works of Shakespeare

Actors prepare to take on the entire works of William Shakespeare in their 90 minute performance in Chingford Park over ...

Posted: Thursday February 8, 2024

Marilynn Webb: Folded in the Hills

Longlisted for 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

Posted: Thursday February 8, 2024

Awards finalists announced

The Dunedin Theatre Reviewers Collective has announced the finalists for this month’s 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards.

Posted: Wednesday February 7, 2024

Tartu City of Literature International Residency Spring 2024

Applications close 20 February 2024

Posted: Tuesday February 6, 2024

Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency

Applications for the 2024/2025 academic year are now open! Applications close Monday 4 March 2024

Posted: Sunday February 4, 2024

The Ockham NZ Book Awards 2024 longlist is announced!

Congratulations to all the nominees

Posted: Wednesday January 31, 2024

Story Valley Project

Bringing Sun Gum Saan (New Gold Mountain) to the classroom

Posted: Tuesday January 30, 2024

Quicksand in Portobello

Today is the last day of the novelist Kathryn van Beek’s year-long tenure as Dunedin’s Robert Burns Fellow

Posted: Tuesday January 30, 2024

Today on Write Spot

Kathryn van Beek - her last day as the 2023 Robert Burns Fellow

Posted: Tuesday January 30, 2024

A History of Kindness

Ladybugs, Sharks and rescue ...

Posted: Monday January 29, 2024


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