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New book highlights youth perspectives
Layers of Identity is a collection of writings by rangatahi aged 8 to 24 on the theme of whakapapa, genealogy, lineage a...
Posted: Thursday May 21, 2026
Inspiring others - one story, one step, one name at a time
Ōtepoti City of Literature celebrates accessibility advocate, adviser, and champion Julie Woods, as communities around t...
Posted: Thursday May 21, 2026
Today on Write Spot
Award-winning Dunedin writer Emma Neale's latest novel, Maybe Baby, explores one man's drive to have the child that he a...
Posted: Wednesday May 20, 2026
Pastoral Care by John Prins (Otago University Press, 2025) wins the Hubert Church Prize for Fiction Best First Book
Congratulations John and Otago University Press!
Posted: Wednesday May 20, 2026
The UBS weekly bestseller list is here!
Trust other Booklovers: these are worth reading.
Posted: Wednesday May 20, 2026
something oarsome
This special edition highlights podcasts and radio shows created by, for and about OAR FM’s OARsome rangatahi.
Posted: Wednesday May 20, 2026
New podcast
rocks in my pockets – creativity and suicide bereavement – New Zealand artists speak.
Posted: Wednesday May 20, 2026
Poetry Night in Dunedin - 13 May 2026
Poet and Octagon Poetry Collective committee member extraordinaire, Mac MacDonald, shares highlights from their latest p...
Posted: Wednesday May 20, 2026
The Little Things That Work: Insights from Joy Cowley
Children’s writer and national treasure Joy Cowley (ONZ DCNZM OBE) speaks to staff and students of Otago’s Te Kura Ākau ...
Posted: Tuesday May 19, 2026
IT’S DAY 2 OF YOUTH WEEK!
OAR FM Dunedin is celebrating our talented rangatahi podcasters and broadcasters on Youth Zone!
Posted: Tuesday May 19, 2026
Uzair Khan wins Landfall Tauraka Young Writers’ Essay Prize 2026
Tāmaki Makaurau resident Uzair Khan has been announced as the winner of this year’s Landfall Tauraka Young Writers’ Essa...
Posted: Tuesday May 19, 2026
NEW: Unboxed Identities on Youth Zone!
To all diverse rangatahi, do you often feel like your experiences go unheard, as if people put you in a box? Together wi...
Posted: Tuesday May 19, 2026
Happy 10th birthday to Corpus: Conversations about Medicine and Life.
Enjoy this article by Sue Wootton founding co-editor
Posted: Monday May 18, 2026
Marco in extremis
Party Boy by Breton Dukes (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2026)
Posted: Friday May 15, 2026
Te Tupu Hauroa Workshop: Building your Professional Profile
WQ Hotel, Te Whanganui-a-Tara on 21 May, 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. Hands-on session exploring branding, social media, conten...
Posted: Thursday May 14, 2026
Your writing could be next
The Bridport Prize is open for entries in: Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short Story & Novel. Entries close 31 May.
Posted: Thursday May 14, 2026
Applications for the 2026 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship are now open
Applications close 12 June
Posted: Thursday May 14, 2026
‘Outrageously good’ debut takes top fiction honours at 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Poet, memoirist and scholar Ingrid Horrocks has won the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize at the 2026 Ockham New Zealan...
Posted: Thursday May 14, 2026
The 2026 Barfoot & Thompson Young Authors Challenge has been announced and it's a plot twist!
2026 Theme: Twisting the Plot. Submissions close 7 Aug 2026.
Posted: Wednesday May 13, 2026
Matariki Postcard Design Competition
Age categories: 5–12 | Teen: 13–19 | Adult. Closes Sunday 31 May 2026.
Posted: Wednesday May 13, 2026
Process Journal for Shelter
Read Kirstie McKinnnon's Process Journal for Shelter, reflecting on her poem 'Dragon Sleep', reminding us to slow down a...
Posted: Wednesday May 13, 2026
My China Story Short Video Competition
Theme: People who bring China and New Zealand closer. Entries close 31 May 2026.
Posted: Wednesday May 13, 2026
Whakarekarekahia ngā ora ki Ōtepoti
To celebrate NZ Music Month, staff member Christian has created a lovely display called Whakarekarekahia ngā ora ki Ōtep...
Posted: Wednesday May 13, 2026
At the Bay Aotearoa Storytellers series
At the Bay have shared two new deep conversations in their Aotearoa Storytellers series.
Posted: Wednesday May 13, 2026
ViceVersa Italian-English translation workshop Villa Garbald, Castasegna (Switzerland) 03 – 10 November 2026
A wonderful opportunity for both established and emerging translators committed to literary translation. Applications cl...
Posted: Wednesday May 13, 2026
A Mystery in the Library event
A korero with crime writers Marie Connolly, Rachael King, Judy Mohr and Jeffrey Buchanan, hosted by Wendy Parkins -- on ...
Posted: Tuesday May 12, 2026
Adam NZ Play Awards 2026
Best play by a woman, trans or non-binary playwright - The Tree house by Kerry Lane
Posted: Tuesday May 12, 2026
2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards ceremony - Wed 13 May 7pm
Wherever you are, you can be part of the night.
Posted: Tuesday May 12, 2026
Landing Press wants poems about water!
Landing Press’s new project for 2026: an anthology of poems about WATER! Send your poems to landingpresswater@gmail.com ...
Posted: Tuesday May 12, 2026
Call for submissions!
Calling all emerging writers from Otago / Southland! Movement & Time. Submissions close 20 May.
Posted: Tuesday May 12, 2026
Aotearoa manu take world art stage as 61st Venice Biennale opens
Aotearoa New Zealand has unveiled its national pavilion, Taharaki Skyside, a major new exhibition by Fiona Pardington (K...
Posted: Monday May 11, 2026
Playhouse Theatre have already started getting ready for their July school holiday show!
Keep an eye out for more info soon!
Posted: Friday May 08, 2026
Applications for the seventh Verb Wellington Writer's Residency at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden are now open!
Applications close 15 May 2026
Posted: Friday May 08, 2026
Elixir & Star Press seek submissions for their next grief almanac a liminal gathering 2
Submissions close 20 May 2026
Posted: Friday May 08, 2026
Fierce with Happiness
Read Siobhan Harvey's article reviewing Hiding Places by Lynley Edmeades (Otago University Press, 2025) and Eddie Sparkl...
Posted: Thursday May 07, 2026
Today on Write Spot - Layers of Identity
OAR FM Community Connector and Youth Coordinator Arina Aizal previews the upcoming launch of the Layers of Identity book...
Posted: Thursday May 07, 2026
Writer-friendly accommodation available in Port Chalmers
Furnished room available in a quiet hillside home in Port Chalmers with panoramic harbour views — ideal for a visiting w...
Posted: Monday May 04, 2026
What I Got at the Regent
On Tuesday 21 April, an Otago Centre for the Book event, called “What I Got at the Regent,” drew together a group of boo...
Posted: Friday May 01, 2026
Where could your writing take you?
Poetry. Flash Fiction. Short Story. Novel. Open to writers worldwide. Competition Deadline: 31 May 2026
Posted: Friday May 01, 2026
A letter from a visiting International Literary Programmer!
Read this letter from Holly Fletcher, a poet based in Ōtepoti and Head Librarian at the Athenaeum & Mechanics Institute,...
Posted: Friday May 01, 2026
Call for submissions - Mayday: An Aotearoa call to action
At the Bay is seeking previously unpublished contemporary works for an anthology which aims to express a collective sens...
Posted: Friday May 01, 2026
2026 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident: Siobhan Harvey
The Caselberg Trust is pleased to announce this year’s winner of the six week residency is Siobhan Harvey from Tāmaki Ma...
Posted: Friday May 01, 2026
Julie and Ron are continuing their global adventures with their latest series, 5 Continents in 50 Minutes
Over five 10-minute episodes, they share their favourite countries and experiences from across the globe. They also shar...
Posted: Thursday Apr 30, 2026
Ώπα - Opa! HOMECOMING is going to Greece!
Selected for Queer Movie Nights in Athens in May as the official European premiere.
Posted: Thursday Apr 30, 2026
Thank you to Ōtepoti writer Oshadha Perera and The Big Idea for this special article about Ōtepoti City of Literature!
And thank you The Big Idea for all your unwavering advocacy for the arts in Aotearoa
Posted: Wednesday Apr 29, 2026
2026 PANZ Book Design Awards are now open
Entries for the awards will close on Friday 29 May 2026
Posted: Wednesday Apr 29, 2026
University Book Shop Otago weekly bestseller list
Trust other Booklovers: these are worth reading!
Posted: Wednesday Apr 29, 2026
Deadline extended!
NFFD 2026 competition now open through Tuesday, 05 May!
Posted: Wednesday Apr 29, 2026
The 2026 Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest is now open
Entries close Friday 5 June
Posted: Tuesday Apr 28, 2026
Poetry Box Giselle Clarkson review and poem challenge: Birds
Poetry Box is back online for 2026
Posted: Tuesday Apr 28, 2026
No Country for Middle-Aged Men?
Ōtepoti's Breton Dukes takes 'Party Boy' (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2026) to the Auckland Writers Festival, Sund...
Posted: Tuesday Apr 28, 2026
Ian Chapman's ANZAC musical tribute
Hear from regular RNZ music correspondent and honorary senior lecturer in music, Ian Chapman. He's written a beautiful m...
Posted: Monday Apr 27, 2026
The Last Parade is Forever
On Anzac Day — a day to pause and remember those who served and those who never returned — we share this image and poem ...
Posted: Saturday Apr 25, 2026