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One Small Bird
Posted: Monday Jul 06, 2026
Submissions now open for the Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Award 2026
Open until August 14, this competition calls for works of fiction up to 1888 words – a reference to the year of Mansfiel...
Posted: Monday Jul 06, 2026
Storylines National Hui 2026
Don’t miss your opportunity to meet with NZ publishers and discuss your children’s book manuscript or visual portfolio.
Posted: Monday Jul 06, 2026
Every piece in Landfall Tauraka has its own story
In this Kete Books interview, four contributors to issue 251 share the ideas, experiences and questions that shaped thei...
Posted: Friday Jul 03, 2026
DON'T MISS OUT on tickets for the Premiere performance of this School Holiday extravaganza
Start your school holidays on the right note, ignore the weather forecast and immerse your kids, your friends kids, your...
Posted: Thursday Jul 02, 2026
Book review
Elizabeth Heritage reviews What We Remember, What We Forget: A memoir in memory by Siobhan Harvey, published by Otago Un...
Posted: Thursday Jul 02, 2026
2026 National Flash Fiction Day edition of Flash Frontier published!
Read all the NFFD 2026 winning stories - longlisted, shortlisted and top placements in both youth and adult categories a...
Posted: Thursday Jul 02, 2026
Call for 2027 Ockham NZ Book Awards Judges!
Applications must be in by 5pm Friday 3 July
Posted: Thursday Jul 02, 2026
Poetry Shelf Breathing Room: Love by Jenny Powell
Jenny Powell’s latest poetry collection, Biology Field Trip: a different way of seeing has been published by Cold Hub Pr...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 01, 2026
Today on OAR FM - Pam Morrison, winner of the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
Dunedin writer Pam Morrison has won the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, an international competition that saw ...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 01, 2026
Homosexual Law Reform Bill display - ground floor of City Library
This July marks 40 years since the Homosexual Law Reform Bill was passed into law, a notable milestone for our rainbow c...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 01, 2026
'There's a rongoā within the kupu Māori' - NZ poet laureate
New Zealand's current Poet Laureate Robert Sullivan is following in the footsteps of Māori poets and composers in both l...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 01, 2026
Book review: Beyond the Border by Owen Marshall
Sally Battson of The Next Chapter Bookshop in Wanaka reviews Beyond the Border by Owen Marshall, published by Quentin Wi...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 01, 2026
From Emerging Writer to Published Author: Congratulations, Anna Woods
Congratulations to Anna Woods, Caselberg Trust Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writer 2022, who has just published her ne...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 01, 2026
Get your Art Science tastebuds ready for the Festival!
Today Pam MacKinlay installed 'time once upon us', a powerful, multi-layered exploration of climate change and our respo...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 30, 2026
Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: A sickle sun by Megan Kitching
Posted: Tuesday Jun 30, 2026
Poetry Shelf weekend reading and listening and an invitation
Posted: Tuesday Jun 30, 2026
Poetry Shelf weekend reading and listening and an invitation
Posted: Tuesday Jun 30, 2026
Evening Talks at the New Zealand International Science Festival
Don't miss the popular NZISF series of talks on hot topics! Pay what you can afford.
Posted: Monday Jun 29, 2026
On BookHub's Radar
Read BookHub's upcoming books that you should know about including 'The Body and the Blood' by our very own Molly Cright...
Posted: Monday Jun 29, 2026
Poetry Shelf Dispatch
Te Araroa 3 – poems and images by Jillian Sullivan
Posted: Monday Jun 29, 2026
A full house for Biology Field Trip!
Last night the cold stayed firmly outside while a warm crowd gathered on the 4th floor of the City Library to celebrate ...
Posted: Friday Jun 26, 2026
Help bring the joy of reading to more New Zealanders!
Bookings for Writers in Schools visits for Term Four open 7 July
Posted: Thursday Jun 25, 2026
Forget the quiet fairy tale you know. Meet the ultimate chaos-makers of the palace!
From Princess Briar Rose's legendary 16th-birthday meltdowns to a Royal Housekeeper who is not looking forward to cleani...
Posted: Thursday Jun 25, 2026
Factbeast Country Challenge with Ajax Banstola
An interview with Youth Zone broadcaster and podcaster Ajax Banstola about Factbeast Country Challenge, a youth-led game...
Posted: Thursday Jun 25, 2026
World Refugee Day & 10 Years of Refugee Resettlement in Ōtepoti
Listen to Kelly Campbell, Migration Manager at New Zealand Red Cross on Connecting Cultures
Posted: Wednesday Jun 24, 2026
The UBS weekly bestseller list is here!
Trust other Booklovers: these are worth reading.
Posted: Wednesday Jun 24, 2026
Call for applications for the Prague – UNESCO City of Literature 2027 creative two-month residency program
Application deadline 7 August 2026.
Posted: Wednesday Jun 24, 2026
Forget the quiet storybook you know—this palace is full of chaos, comedy, and characters that will have the whole family laughing out loud!
Whether you're escaping the Dunedin winter chill or looking for the ultimate school holiday treat, join The Playhouse Th...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 23, 2026
Congratulations to the 2026 National Flash Fiction Day winners!
Adult Competition
Posted: Tuesday Jun 23, 2026
Congratulations to the 2026 National Flash Fiction Day winners!
Youth Competition
Posted: Tuesday Jun 23, 2026
The Odesa UNESCO City of Literature Office, in partnership with Ukrainian Cosmopolis, invites applications for the Odesa Polyglot Literary Residency 2026
Application deadline: 20 July 2026
Posted: Monday Jun 22, 2026
Maybe Baby
Emma Neale's newest novel, Maybe Baby, tells the story of a grieving widower determined to honour his and his late wife'...
Posted: Monday Jun 22, 2026
Book of the Week: ‘By page 25 she is dead’
An outrageous and courageous new novel by Dunedin author Emma Neale
Posted: Friday Jun 19, 2026
Dunedin City Council is celebrating National Volunteer Week 2026
Meet Sharon Connor, who volunteers with the Dunedin Public Libraries Home Services team.
Posted: Friday Jun 19, 2026
New Voices of Aotearoa 2026 Announced
Meet the writers shaping the future of New Zealand literature
Posted: Friday Jun 19, 2026
Call for Ockham NZ Book Awards Judges!
Do you have a deep appreciation and knowledge of NZ literature? You might be a bookseller, librarian, reviewer, writer, ...
Posted: Friday Jun 19, 2026
Poetry Shelf celebrates Landfall Tauraka 251 with nine readings
Landfall Tauraka 251 is a gift package of poetry, fiction, artwork, an interview, a terrific winning essay and reviews. ...
Posted: Friday Jun 19, 2026
Pam from Pigroot wins Hemingway contest in Florida
A Dunedin writer wins first prize and $US1500 in a contest in honour of Ernest Hemingway
Posted: Thursday Jun 18, 2026
Books Beyond Barriers returns for its third series!
Books Beyond Barriers explores the wonders of books, resources, research and insights all about (and for!) the disabilit...
Posted: Thursday Jun 18, 2026
Book review: Islands Ever After by Majella Cullinane
Lynn Freeman reviews Islands Ever After by Majella Cullinane, published by Quentin Wilson Publishing.
Posted: Thursday Jun 18, 2026
Today on Write Spot
Biology Field Trip with poet Jenny Powell - Dunedin poet Jenny Powell previews the upcoming release event for new collec...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 17, 2026
The Bridport Prize Memoir Award is open for submissions!
Join writers from around the world sharing stories that matter. Submissions close 30 September 2026.
Posted: Wednesday Jun 17, 2026
Expressions of interest
NZ Young Writers Festival are taking expressions of interest for people to attend this year's NZ Young Writers Festival ...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 17, 2026
Poetry Night in Dunedin - 10 June 2026
Poet and Octagon Poetry Collective committee member extraordinaire, Mac MacDonald, shares highlights from their latest p...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 17, 2026
Applications are open for the $25,000 CLNZ | NZSA Writers' Award.
This award supports Aotearoa New Zealand non-fiction writers, including those working in education, to dedicate serious ...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 16, 2026
A note from The Playhouse Theatre
Dear Ōtepoti / Dunedin, many thanks to you for your generous support of our "Grand Old Playhouse Music Hall". It was a g...
Posted: Monday Jun 15, 2026
Dorothy Baricuatro - NZSA Youth Mentorship 2026
An interview with young writer and Trinity Catholic College student Dorothy Baricuatro on receiving a 2026 New Zealand S...
Posted: Monday Jun 15, 2026
Poetry Shelf celebrates the Bill Manhire Honoured Writer session at AWF 2026
Posted: Monday Jun 15, 2026
Aotearoa author Sharni Wilson shortlisted for the 2026 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
The Stanford University Libraries shares the shortlist for the twelfth William Saroyan International Prize for Writing (...
Posted: Friday Jun 12, 2026
Poetry Shelf collage review
The girl who was swallowed by ice and snow by Bernadette Hall and Kathryn Madill
Posted: Friday Jun 12, 2026
Offering a different view on nature
We’re thrilled to announce that our City of Literature South D Poet, Jenny Powell, has a new poetry collection launching...
Posted: Friday Jun 12, 2026
Heart-warming celebration launches 'Layers of Identity'
The Ōtepoti City of Literature team was proud to collaborate recently with Otago Access Radio (OAR FM) and our colleague...
Posted: Friday Jun 12, 2026
The ants are on the move, the vavanati is coming...
Black Earth White Bones by Chris Else (Vintage/Random House NZ, 2007)
Posted: Friday Jun 12, 2026
… eyes full of unshed tears and mouth pulled tight, he offered us his vacuum cleaner.’
Read a poem from Lynn Jenner's new collection The Gum Trees of Kerikeri on Newsroom
Posted: Thursday Jun 11, 2026
New Zealand Children's Book Week: Reading Around Aotearoa!
The first ever national book week is happening 15-21 August 2026.
Posted: Thursday Jun 11, 2026