Latest happenings
Diana Noonan wins Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal 2022
Writer Diana Noonan, author of more than 100 titles for children and young adults, is the 2022 winner of the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for lifetime achievement and outstanding contribution to New Zealand's literature for young people.
Posted: Wednesday February 23, 2022
OPEN CALL FOR THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR WRITERS AND TRANSLATORS!
Kraków UNESCO City of Literature announces the 2022 call for applications for the International Residency Program for writers and translators.
Posted: Tuesday February 22, 2022
EK Books shortlisted for the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2022 Prize Best Children's Publishers of the Year
Smashing!
Posted: Tuesday February 22, 2022
Kathryn van Beek's Honey Babe
Featured in Overland Literary Journal
Posted: Tuesday February 22, 2022
The Secret History of Flight149
Number one on the Apple true crime podcast chart...
Posted: Tuesday February 22, 2022
Veteran poet Alan Roddick looks back - and forward
The past, present and even speculation about the future all find a place in the latest poetry collection Next by Ōtepoti Dunedin based writer Alan Roddick.
Posted: Sunday February 20, 2022
Two additions for Dunedin Writers' Walk
Two Dunedin writers have been added to the Dunedin Writers’ Walk.
Posted: Sunday February 20, 2022
Two new names on Dunedin's Writers' Walk
Lynn Freeman speaks to Roger Hickin who is Peter Olds' long-time friend and publisher, and to Ted Middleton's widow, poet Cynthia Greensill.
Posted: Monday February 14, 2022
Happy Library Lovers' Day!
Library Lovers' Day is observed on the 14th of February to honour libraries, librarians and book lovers.
Posted: Sunday February 13, 2022
Asia New Zealand Foundation Arts Project Fund
The arts project fund supports New Zealand professional arts companies, events and organisations to deliver projects that will grow New Zealanders' awareness and knowledge of Asian arts.
Posted: Thursday February 10, 2022
NZSA Youth Mentorship Programme 2022 Seeks Emerging Young Writers
Four secondary school students will each have the opportunity to be mentored by one of New Zealand’s best professional authors in order to develop their craft and hone their writing skills.
Posted: Thursday February 10, 2022
Stories of silence, anxiety, retreat
Paddy Richardson reviews Emma Neale’s The Pink Jumpsuit, an extraordinary short story collection, longlisted for the Ockham fiction prize
Posted: Wednesday February 9, 2022
ATTENTION ALL ART LOVERS
There is just over a month until the world’s southernmost Fringe Festival kicks off!
Posted: Tuesday February 8, 2022
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Images capture the joy and magic of this sold out production
Posted: Tuesday February 8, 2022
Jessie Neilson reviews THE FROG PRINCE by James Norcliffe
'The cover of James Norcliffe's latest work is extravagantly ebullient, a bunch of bright pink waterlilies parading their eccentricity. Below them, however, are lily pads and dingy water quite nondescript; dark and impenetrable, anything could lurk beneath.'
Posted: Tuesday February 8, 2022
Hidden depth of taonga in still life
Ti kouka blooms tell a story, but sometimes there’s more to see
Posted: Sunday February 6, 2022