Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador

Find out about the new role of Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador for children and young people. The first Read...

Posted: Wednesday May 5, 2021

Mātātuhi Foundation

Our May 2021 Funding Round is open and ready for the next tranche of genius ideas on how we can grow and expand NZ's lit...

Posted: Wednesday May 5, 2021

Buy a book from NZ bookshops this #MothersDay 📚

Take a look at the latest Mother's Day campaigns from our NZ publishers for inspiration ⬇

Posted: Wednesday May 5, 2021

Second Creative Spaces funding round opens

Second Creative Spaces funding round opens

Posted: Wednesday May 5, 2021

Acts of creation

Tane, Maui and Hine-nui-te-po are back, reclaimed and recast for new generations by master story teller Witi Ihimaera, w...

Posted: Wednesday May 5, 2021

Writers & Readers Festival features NZ’s top talent

Curating a festival during a global pandemic would be tough for anyone, but it is a challenge Hannah Molloy has embraced...

Posted: Wednesday May 5, 2021

Collaboration honours print and publishing trade

Bespoke hardcover book Alert Level Four is the fruit of a special collaboration, says author Athol Parks. Parks worked w...

Posted: Tuesday May 4, 2021

The Gifts of Gary Blackman

Thomas McLean has lived in Dunedin for 16 years, during which time he has had the chance to enjoy the city's artistic ri...

Posted: Tuesday May 4, 2021

Remembering Dave Cull

Posted: Tuesday May 4, 2021

Commutes given a literary flavour

Dunedin commuters will have something new to read while waiting for the bus this morning.

Posted: Tuesday May 4, 2021

Heritage Decals on Bus Shelters

We are proud to collaborate with Unesco City of Literature and the Hocken Library to celebrate Dunedin’s transport herit...

Posted: Monday May 3, 2021

Nook and Cranny act ‘so different’

Lift music traditionally has a soothing quality as people are taken up and down in an uncomfortably enclosed space.

Posted: Monday May 3, 2021

Seasons of Summers

The upcoming Reed Gallery exhibition Seasons of Summers: New Zealand’s Queen of Romance celebrates New Zealand’s prolifi...

Posted: Sunday May 2, 2021

Thrill of starting something new

Inspired by her travels through the South Island of New Zealand, Auckland best-selling author Nalini Singh has added thr...

Posted: Friday April 30, 2021

Committed to his community

Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull is being remembered as an articulate advocate for the city, an inclusive leader and a man...

Posted: Tuesday April 27, 2021

David Eggleton: The Wilder Years

There is almost 40 years of poetry for Poet Laureate David Eggleton to choose from for his new Best Of anthology.

Posted: Tuesday April 27, 2021

Māori and Pacific and other ‘Great War Stories’

Commemorate Anzac Day with us and watch ‘Great War Stories’

Posted: Tuesday April 27, 2021

‘I (being senior)’

A New Zealand officer in World War One

Posted: Tuesday April 27, 2021

Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull dies

Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull has died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 71.

Posted: Tuesday April 27, 2021

Exquisite Corpse Drawing Project

Thank you to the 63 talented and generous artists who participated in the Exquisite Corpse Drawing Project. All of the 2...

Posted: Thursday April 22, 2021

New Landfall editor named

Otago University Press is pleased to announce that Lynley Edmeades has been named the new editor of Landfall: Aotearoa N...

Posted: Thursday April 22, 2021

Homeless hand press

Over a year ago the Centre for the Book acquired a large Albion hand press from North Otago Museum. They are searching f...

Posted: Monday April 19, 2021

Brian Turner and the open space

Ardent disciple of mountain, valley, river and sky, Brian Turner is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated poets. Michelle...

Posted: Monday April 19, 2021

Wordsmiths to judge prison writing competition

The star-studded judging panel for the Otago Daily Times’ prison creative-writing competition can now be revealed.

Posted: Monday April 19, 2021

Ockham NZ Book Awards Finalists

This year’s finalists for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are sixteen books that offer rich reading experiences, atti...

Posted: Thursday April 15, 2021

Te Tahua Āki Auahatanga | Innovation Fund

Posted: Thursday April 15, 2021

Tree Beings by Raymond Huber

Angela Thompson, Teacher Librarian, Remarkables Primary School, Queenstown

Posted: Wednesday April 14, 2021

Manchester UNESCO City of Literature announce 2 residencies in partnership with Manchester Literature Festival

Part of Festival of Libraries, writers with strong ties to fellow #CitiesofLit are invited to apply for a 3 week virtual...

Posted: Monday April 12, 2021

University of Otago Arts Fellowships

Posted: Monday April 12, 2021

University Bookshop Otago are hiring!

Posted: Monday April 12, 2021

Tales from the back of the painting

What's on the back of a painting can tell as story as fascinating as what's on the front.

Posted: Monday April 12, 2021

Newspaper has proud history of supporting literary talent

A local commitment to fostering writing talent must be applauded, Tony Eyre writes.

Posted: Sunday April 11, 2021

Lies and ill will

A new play to debut at the Dunedin Arts Festival is not about telling the truth, but might have truths to tell, writes T...

Posted: Tuesday April 6, 2021

Welcome return to Dunedin for award-winning show

"An unapologetic, sometimes humorous, sometimes confronting feast for the eyes, ears and soul."

Posted: Tuesday April 6, 2021

Dunedin Fringe 2021 Award winners

Posted: Thursday April 1, 2021

Dark Dunedin: Season Two, Episode One

Posted: Thursday April 1, 2021


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