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Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Cilla McQueens Gossamer
Posted: Monday September 7, 2020
2020 Nanjing International Writers Virtual Residency
Posted: Friday September 4, 2020
Mori Language Moment: Be the 1 in a million
Honour the past, keep ourselves safe now and prepare for the future together!
Posted: Thursday September 3, 2020
Recordings of Hone Tuwhare
Posted: Thursday September 3, 2020
THOMAS POTTS OF CANTERBURY Colonist and conservationist by Paul Star
Posted: Thursday September 3, 2020
A Poetry Shelf gathering: A handful of Starlings read from the latest issue
Starling 10 is not long out so I decided to celebrate this fabulous issue with a wee poetry reading. Starling was founded by Louise Wallace and is co-edited by Francis Cooke. It is a meeting ground for writers in Aotearoa under 25. Long may it continue.
Posted: Tuesday September 1, 2020
Teenage poet bags another top award
Darcy Monteath has a way with words.
Posted: Wednesday August 26, 2020
Rhian Gallagher's poetry collection Far flung
Poet Rhian Gallagher's latest collection Far Flung takes us from South Island bush to Dunedin's notorious Seacliff Mental Hospital.
Posted: Monday August 24, 2020
Having the goods
Choie Sew Hoy was one of Otagos most prominent entrepreneurs. Raised in Guandong, China, Sew Hoy came to Dunedin in 1869, via the California and Victoria goldfields.
Posted: Monday August 24, 2020
Stories in words and pictures
Comic artist Veronica Brett is capturing her world in words and pictures.
Posted: Monday August 24, 2020
Noirwich Crime Writing Festival announces two UNESCO City of Literature Virtual Writers in Residence
Noirwich Crime Writing Festival today announced two virtual UNESCO City of Literature Virtual Writers in Residence for the 2020 Festival: Anita Terpstra from Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, and Paddy Richardson from Dunedin, New Zealand.
Posted: Wednesday August 19, 2020
Call for proposals for JanuaryDecember 2021
Blue Oyster Art Project Space invites proposals from arts practitioners for projects between JanuaryDecember 2021.
Posted: Monday August 17, 2020
Arts Pupils ideas brought to life
Kids say the darndest things especially when it comes to creating their own story books.
Posted: Monday August 17, 2020
Kate di Goldi - creating our first Reading Ambassador
Here in New Zealand we rather pride ourselves in our enthusiasm for reading. But it doesn't happen by accident, here or overseas.
Posted: Monday August 17, 2020
Dunedin Writer Diane Brown previews Ten Perspectives, a National Poetry Day celebration.
Posted: Thursday August 13, 2020
Entries are now open for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Entries are now open for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, for New Zealand books published between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020.
Posted: Thursday August 13, 2020
Truthteller: Inside the war on truth with Stephen Davis
Posted: Thursday August 13, 2020
Readings from the latest issue of Landfall
To celebrate the arrival of Landfall 239, edited by Emma Neale, NZ Poetry Shelf invited a few poets to read their poems from the issue.
Posted: Thursday August 13, 2020
Author Shirley Deuchrass has just released her new book, Kicking Goals.
Posted: Tuesday August 11, 2020
Applications for the second round of 110 projects in 2021 are now open.
The Ministry of Education is looking for professional artists and creative practitioners to partner with schools and kura in designing creative projects for delivery over 820 weeks.
Posted: Monday August 10, 2020