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Unconscious inspires book
Dunedin author and creative writing teacher Diane Brown has gone against the advice she gives her students, but she simply could not resist for her latest book. She talks to Rebecca Fox.
Posted: Thursday May 21, 2020
Update from Exisle Publishing
We've Been Publishing Successful Books for Three Decades. Now, We're Ready to Train the Next Generation of Authors.
Posted: Wednesday May 20, 2020
Top award for Milton scholar
English and Linguistics Programme Honorary Fellow Dr John Hale recently received the Milton Society of Americas honoured scholar award for his notable contributions to Milton scholarship.
Posted: Tuesday May 19, 2020
Knowing your Bowie
A new book on David Bowie makes connections, writes Tom McKinlay.
Posted: Tuesday May 19, 2020
Poet comes full circle
Receiving a national poetry award has extra special meaning for Dunedin poet Emma Neale, discovers Rebecca Fox.
Posted: Friday May 15, 2020
'Rock-star' writing from Carter
Shayne Carter of former Dunedin band Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer is a two-time winner in the 2020 Ockham NZ Book Awards for his memoir Dead People I Have Known.
Posted: Wednesday May 13, 2020
Dunedin Writers And Readers Festival Appoints a New Director
After a nationwide search, Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival has selected a new Director, appointing Hannah Molloy.
Posted: Wednesday May 13, 2020
CREATIVE SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT DEPICTING THE UPSIDE OF LOCKDOWN
Artists, designers and writers living in Dunedin are being invited to submit their artwork to a new project from the Dunedin Dream Brokerage, aiming to highlight the importance of the creatives in our neighbourhoods.
Posted: Tuesday May 5, 2020
Admissions by Mira Harrison now available on Amazon
Posted: Monday May 4, 2020
Annabel Wilson talks about the Possibilities Project
on Otago Access Radio
Posted: Monday May 4, 2020
Tulip and Doug by Emma Wood
Posted: Thursday April 30, 2020
Otago University Press announces release of Diane Brown's Every Now and Then I Have Another Child
Posted: Wednesday April 29, 2020
Virtual visit to Hereweka/Harbour Cone through Colin McCahon's Otago Peninsula (1946-49)
Posted: Tuesday April 28, 2020
Highlighting PHILIP JARVIS
Philip Jarvis (b. 1968) completed a BA at the Camberwell School of Art (1987-1990). Born in Winchester, U.K., he has spent the last 24 years making art in Dunedin, which he considers his home.
Posted: Monday April 27, 2020
Notable contributions to Milton Scholarship
Each year the Milton Society of America honours a scholar for notable contributions to Milton scholarship. This year, the award was given to Otagos own John Hale.
Posted: Monday April 27, 2020
Oho! A virtual book launch at a snazzy cocktail bar
Everyone is cordially invited to the virtual launch of a stunning - yeah, it really is; world-class, actually - book of short stories by Dunedin writer Breton Dukes.
Posted: Friday April 24, 2020
Literature can transport us elsewhere, and transform home
Upon first alighting in Edinburgh, I had the oddest feeling of both strangeness and familiarity.
Posted: Thursday April 23, 2020
Calling all literary innovators!
Posted: Wednesday April 22, 2020
Liz Breslin on the Possibilities Project
Liz Breslin talks with Jeff Harford on Otago Access Radio 105.5FM about the Possibilities Project
Posted: Monday April 20, 2020