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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
Huge congratulations to Pam Morrison
From over 900 entries from all over the globe: Romania, Ukraine, Sweden, France, Kenya, South Korea, New Zealand, Irelan...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 10, 2026
The 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults shortlist are announced!
Huge congratulations to all the finalists especially our very own Swapna Haddow!!
Posted: Wednesday Jun 10, 2026
'New Zealand Maid' by Ian Dougherty (Saddle Hill Press, 2026) out now!
Prolific Dunedin author Ian Dougherty has turned his attention to the feats of a long-distance walker in his latest book...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 10, 2026
Applications are now open for the 2026 CLNZ | NZSA Secondary School Leavers Scholarship!
Are you a Year 12 or 13 student with a passion for creative writing and plans to study the arts in 2027? This scholarshi...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 10, 2026
Poetry Shelf celebrates Airana Tikao’s Pepeha Portal – a review and a reading
To read Pepeha Portal is uplifting. The poetry offers an experience that nourishes the air I breathe, the physical groun...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 10, 2026
Find it. Read it. Love it.
30% off all Fiction Books at University Book Shop Otago - 9 to 23 June - In Store Only.
Posted: Wednesday Jun 10, 2026
Tuwhare Residencies are open for applications.
Applications Close Sunday 28 June 2026 5pm
Posted: Tuesday Jun 09, 2026
AMPED are hiring!
AMPED are looking for a Project Coordinator to develop, produce and deliver the Amped Music Project 2026.
Posted: Monday Jun 08, 2026
Landfall Tauraka Journal 250 selected for the 2026 Association of University Presses Book, Jacket and Journal Show.
Landfall Tauraka 250 was recognised as one of the year's outstanding examples of journal design and will feature in the ...
Posted: Monday Jun 08, 2026
Calling essay writers in Aotearoa!
The Landfall Tauraka Essay Prize 2026 is open for entries. Entries close: 31 July 2026.
Posted: Monday Jun 08, 2026
Meet the GP behind the one-woman show
Lucy O'Hagan has been a General Practitioner for 30 years. She's also a writer, speaker, play write, performer, columnis...
Posted: Friday Jun 05, 2026
My Poem in 'Poetry Ireland Review'
Warmest congratulations to our very own Tunmise Adebowale, whose poem Mudflat has been published in Issue 148 of Poetry ...
Posted: Friday Jun 05, 2026
Read it. Play it. Discover it.
30% off Kids Books and Toys at University Book Shop - 26 May to 8 June - In Store Only
Posted: Friday Jun 05, 2026
Giveaway!
Follow @theinkpot_nz on Instagram and be in to win a stunning copy of Fury Bound by Sable Sorensen (Penguin Random House...
Posted: Friday Jun 05, 2026
2025 Te Pae Tawhiti Horizon Awards
Congratulations to all the finalists.
Posted: Friday Jun 05, 2026
Always dreamed of living and writing in a castle?
The first international Tukums UNESCO City of Literature Writer-in-Residence Programme has now officially launched, host...
Posted: Thursday Jun 04, 2026
The UBS weekly bestseller list is here!
Trust other Booklovers: these are worth reading.
Posted: Thursday Jun 04, 2026
Register your National Poetry Day event!
National Poetry Day 2026 is on Friday 28 August.
Posted: Thursday Jun 04, 2026
Toitoi will be publishing a new journal in 2026!
The submission deadline is Friday, July 3.
Posted: Thursday Jun 04, 2026
PANNZ National Touring Programme 2027
Expressions of interest are now open for companies and producers looking to tour Aotearoa with the PANNZ National Tourin...
Posted: Thursday Jun 04, 2026
Poetry Box June challenge: Favourite Places
You are invited to write a poem about a place you love. Submissions close Tuesday 23 June.
Posted: Thursday Jun 04, 2026
Julia has opened in Wellington to rave reviews.
Stay tuned for the announcement of the show's season in Dunedun!
Posted: Wednesday Jun 03, 2026
Centre for the Book | He Rau Kupu 2026 Research Symposium: Books and Silence, 26–27 November
Send your 'Books and Silence' abstract of 250 words by 1 September 2026.
Posted: Wednesday Jun 03, 2026
The takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize is open!
Submissions close 30th September 2026
Posted: Wednesday Jun 03, 2026
Today on Write Spot
Gina Butson reflects on her time so far as resident writer at the Robert Lord Writers Cottage and on her current project...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 03, 2026
Register your interest for Sound On for Poetry workshops at @yours_otepoti this June!
Express your interest by Thursday 4th of June
Posted: Tuesday Jun 02, 2026
The Redwoods of Dunedin and Dragons
some time in the company of inadequacy
Posted: Tuesday Jun 02, 2026
World authority on medieval manuscripts traces Dunedin roots
World-renowned authority Christopher de Hamel traces his lifelong obsession with medieval manuscripts back to a childhoo...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 02, 2026
2026 CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants
Have you been wondering if the Copyright Licensing NZ | NZSA Research Grant might be for you? Here's 2025 recipient Rose...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 02, 2026
Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize 2026 - entries now open!
Entries close 5pm Tuesday 30 June.
Posted: Monday Jun 01, 2026
The 2026 Booksellers Choice Award finalists are out — and what a list!
This award is voted by the people who know books best: the indie booksellers of Aotearoa. These are the NZ titles they'v...
Posted: Friday May 29, 2026
2026 National Flash Fiction Day - Adult Comp Longlist Announced
Congratulations to all the writers!
Posted: Friday May 29, 2026
2026 National Flash Fiction Day - Youth Comp Longlist Announced
Congratulations to all the writers!
Posted: Friday May 29, 2026