NZSA is delighted to announce Barbara Else as 2024 President of Honour

This prestigious honour is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving NZSA member in recognition of their contribution...

Posted: Sunday December 10, 2023

All in for Arts: He waka toi e eke noa nei tātou is back

Register now via the link below to join this free breakfast series coming to a town near you, Feb – May 2024

Posted: Thursday December 7, 2023

Write Spot with David Elliot

Award winning illustrator and writer David Elliot has an intriguing commission for Nottingham City of Literature that br...

Posted: Wednesday December 6, 2023

Poetry Shelf review

At the Point of Seeing by Megan Kitching

Posted: Tuesday December 5, 2023

The whimsy and magic of Dunedin's second-hand bookstores

The Book Collector is a memoir about Tony Eyre’s lifelong passion for reading and collecting books. In this extract he d...

Posted: Monday December 4, 2023

Celebration of writers, readers

Listen to the 2023 Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival Podcasts

Posted: Monday December 4, 2023

Auckland Writers Festival announces New Programme Manager

Auckland Writers Festival | Waituhi o Tāmaki is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jennifer Cheuk as Programme Mana...

Posted: Monday December 4, 2023

Open Call for Ljubljana City of Literature International Residency - Writer in the Park

*DEADLINE EXTENDED to 10 January 2024*

Posted: Monday December 4, 2023

Plaque added for Gaelic bard

The Otago Scottish Heritage Council, Dunedin Public Libraries and the Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature celebrated the u...

Posted: Monday December 4, 2023

Landfall 246: Spring 2023

Out Now!

Posted: Tuesday November 28, 2023

Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2023

Submissions close 15 December

Posted: Tuesday November 28, 2023

Winner of the Sargeson Prize schools division

A Nigerian girl and her Pākehā boyfriend at a swimming pool

Posted: Monday November 27, 2023

Goodbye for now to the inaugural Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident

The City of Literature team recently farewelled the first-ever Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writer...

Posted: Monday November 27, 2023

Winner of the 2023 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award

Congratulations to Jo McNeice, for her manuscript, Blue Hour

Posted: Monday November 27, 2023

Winner of the 2023 Landfall Essay Competition

Congratulations to Siobhan Harvey for her powerful essay, ‘A Jigsaw of Broken Things’

Posted: Monday November 27, 2023

Internetnz Web Accessibility Grant open

This grant will help charities and Māori organisations to make their websites more accessible. Applications close 15 Dec...

Posted: Sunday November 26, 2023

Reflections on 2023 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency

It was an absolute joy and honour to live and write in the Caselberg House, as the inaugural recipient of the Caselberg ...

Posted: Sunday November 26, 2023

Dr April-Rose Geers - University Book Shop Emerging Writer in Residence

Dr April-Rose Geers has been announced as the University Book Shop Emerging Writer in Residence. She will take up the re...

Posted: Wednesday November 22, 2023

Much-loved bard travelled a hard road

Otago’s own Gaelic bard, Angus Robertson, has been rescued from obscurity and his literary achievements are about to be ...

Posted: Wednesday November 22, 2023

Write Spot with OAR FM - WONDERlust project for World Braille Day

A book by That Blind Woman Julie Woods, illustrated by husband Ron Esplin, is being gifted to several Cities of Literatu...

Posted: Tuesday November 21, 2023

Bridport Prize International Creative Writing Competition

Deadline 31 May 2024

Posted: Tuesday November 21, 2023

A History of Kindness

Read Kirstie Mckinnon's latest Substack, When Kindness Hurts and create your own Substack to connect your publication wi...

Posted: Monday November 20, 2023

Let the little ones colour in kiwi creatures, and learn te reo along the way

Starring native birds, insects, plants and sea animals, the Reo Pēpi Bilingual Colouring Book will teach te reo vocabula...

Posted: Sunday November 19, 2023

Wheeler Books - Book of the Week

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 by beloved author Joy Cowley is an evocative and beautiful book that distils the essence of summer at the ba...

Posted: Sunday November 19, 2023

From Millers Flat to Nanjing, China

Ready to fly . . .Millers Flat author Kyle Mewburn contemplates the contrast between her rural home and Nanjing with a p...

Posted: Wednesday November 15, 2023

All episodes of the Play: Notes Podcast are now available to listen to

Join Dramaturgs Emily Duncan and Allison Horsley as they give you the need-to-know notes on plays that have influenced h...

Posted: Monday November 13, 2023

Landfall Journal are excited to announce a special collaboration with non/fictionLab for 2024

They are joining together to commission a series of essays on the topic of ‘making space’. The essays will be trans-Tasm...

Posted: Monday November 13, 2023

Heritage Matters

Listen to the Podcast here

Posted: Monday November 13, 2023

Distinguished Research Medal Lecture

Watch here the stream of the Distinguished Research Medal Lecture with recipient of the 2022 University of Otago disting...

Posted: Monday November 13, 2023

Writer 2023

This year’s winners of the University of Otago’s annual creative writing competition read and discuss their works with c...

Posted: Monday November 13, 2023

Reading makes life...full of opportunities

Did you know the OECD considers a love of reading to be the most important indicator of the future success of a child--m...

Posted: Wednesday November 8, 2023

Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua reflects on her time in Dunedin as Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident.

Listen to this delightful kōrero between Jeff Harford and Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua on ‘Write Spot with Duned...

Posted: Wednesday November 8, 2023

Sunday Star Times Short Story Awards 2023

Entries close November 12, 2023 at 11.45pm

Posted: Tuesday November 7, 2023

Book Review: Robert Lord Diaries

Reviewed by John Smythe

Posted: Monday November 6, 2023

‘Words flowed, sparkled and rippled’

Lovely article by our Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident, Shu-Ling Chua from Melbourne ...

Posted: Monday November 6, 2023

'Is this all there is?'

Reflecting on the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2023 by Kiringāua Cassidy

Posted: Monday November 6, 2023

The NZ Summer Reading Guide is here

This summer’s edition is packed with book suggestions and gift ideas for every reader’s interests, needs and whims.

Posted: Monday November 6, 2023

Poetry Shelf Cafe

Six Readings from Te Awa o Kupu

Posted: Monday November 6, 2023

Nonnita Rees: Robert Lord's Diaries

Over the weekend, co-editor Nonnita Rees spoke to Kim Hill about Robert Lord Diaries. They talked about Robert's work, f...

Posted: Monday November 6, 2023

Family legacy memorialised

The legacy of one of Dunedin’s founding families has been marked with the launch of a publication commemorating the 150t...

Posted: Monday November 6, 2023

Toponymy project in Quebec City

Québec, ville de littérature have installed this very cool outdoor exhibition in Quebec City

Posted: Sunday November 5, 2023

A thrilling month for speakers of Polish in Aotearoa!

Kraków City of Literature announces CZYTAJ PL 2023 which offers 18 bestselling books for reading free online until 30 No...

Posted: Sunday November 5, 2023

Submissions open for 2024 John O’Connor First Book Award

Submissions close 14 January 2024

Posted: Sunday November 5, 2023

Tipping the Balance by Huberta Hellendoorn

Book Information and Reviews

Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023

Robert Lord Diaries ed. Chris Brickell, Vanessa Manhire and Nonnita Rees

The diaries of a groundbreaking queer new playwright with ‘an abiding ambivalence about being a New Zealander’.

Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023

Te Pūkenga Relevant Research October 2023

Featuring Kathryn van Beek

Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023

2023 Storylines Notable Book Award winners announced

Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa is delighted to once again celebrate excelle...

Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023

FestPAC 2024 Delegation EOI Now Open

Māori and Pasifika artists, groups and organisations are invited to express their interest to join the Aotearoa delegati...

Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023

Lilliput Library for St Kilda Kindergarten

A new larger lilliput library, designed to accommodate picture books for young children, was unveiled outside the St Kil...

Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023

2024 Fringe Māori Artist Grants Now Open!

This year Dunedin Fringe is proud to announce a $10,000 grant pool specifically for Māori artists and/or Māori-led proje...

Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023

Call for applications - Arts Access fellowships 2023

Applications close at 5pm on Monday November 20th

Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023

Dunedin Public Art Gallery is now inviting proposals for the 2024 Rear Window Moving Image Programme

Applications close Friday 24th of November

Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023

Publishing Scotland International Publishing Fellowship

The Publishing Scotland International Publishing Fellowship is open for applications until January 2024 for an opportuni...

Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023

Shef Rogers appointed Donald Collie Chair

Associate Professor Shef Rogers has been appointed as the English and Linguistic programme’s Donald Collie Chair.

Posted: Monday October 30, 2023

Creative Impact Lab Ōtepoti / Dunedin 2023-24

Open Call for Participants

Posted: Monday October 30, 2023

Kete Books and RNZ announce new partnership targeting more readers for Aotearoa New Zealand books

Kete Books has partnered with RNZ in a new content sharing agreement that will expand coverage about books in Aotearoa a...

Posted: Monday October 30, 2023

Update from the Kiwi Christmas Books kitchen table postage and packaging department

Hundreds of these lovely posters & bookmarks are heading out the door this week, bound for bookstores, schools and busin...

Posted: Monday October 30, 2023

Magnolia tree star of competition-winning story

A magnolia tree whose flowering heralds the arrival of spring for University of Otago staff is the unlikely star of one ...

Posted: Monday October 30, 2023

Centre for the Book Symposium 16-17 November 2023

Theme: Books and Resistance

Posted: Wednesday October 25, 2023

BOOKHUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER IN BOOK BUYING FOR NZ BOOKLOVERS

The Sapling co-founder Sarah Forster shares her thoughts on the new platform.

Posted: Wednesday October 25, 2023


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