News and Opportunities
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
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
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
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
‘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
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