News and Opportunities
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Eleven poems about the moon
Posted: Monday May 17, 2021
Faking It: My Life In Transition by Kyle Mewburn, reviewed by Renata Hopkins for Kete Books
Posted: Sunday May 16, 2021
Join the SSBD Board
Posted: Thursday May 13, 2021
Liz Jack, daughter of Essie Summers, remembers her mother
Posted: Thursday May 13, 2021
Poetry Shelf congratulates Tusiata Avia, the Ockham NZ Book Award Poetry winner (ten things she loves, a poem, an interview)
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2021 Winners Announced
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Author’s awards cover full spectrum
One of Dunedin’s most celebrated and versatile authors has added yet another award to an already bulging trophy cabinet.
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
A Clear Dawn: anthology of emerging Asian writers
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Author interview with Dunedin writers Vanda Symon and Heather McQuillan
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Richard Langston's heartfelt Mother's Day poem
Born to a Lebanese immigrant family in Dunedin, and a Country Calendar director by trade, Richard Langston is constantly...
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
PLAYWRIGHTS b4 25
Playmarket and Auckland Live are thrilled to announce the short-listed plays and playwrights for this year's Playwrights...
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Application forms for the Caselberg Creative Connections Residency 2022 are available now
Submissions will be accepted until 5pm on the 31st May!
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Study English at Otago University
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Check out the latest captivating Oral History Podcasts – so special, thank you NZSA
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: Nine poets read from A Clear Dawn
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Transport Decals
Every week we will be showing off one of our Transport decals.
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
The conclusion of Philip Temple's biography of Maurice Shadbolt
He wrestled with demons, including depression and alcohol, for most of his life. But writer Maurice Shadbolt still manag...
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Ten poems about dreaming
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Unseen forces make great fantasy
Being legally blind since birth, Steff Green has dealt with rejection her whole life.
Posted: Friday May 7, 2021
35 Years of Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi: Nominations Open Now
Creative New Zealand is proud to recognise 35 years of Ngā Taonga Toi o Te Waka Toi, the Te Waka Toi Awards in 2021 and ...
Posted: Thursday May 6, 2021
Map for the Heart: Ida Valley essays by Jillian Sullivan reviewed by Tim Saunders for Landfall Review online
Posted: Thursday May 6, 2021
A Clear Dawn reviewed by Claire Mabey for Kete books
Posted: Thursday May 6, 2021
Author’s success right out of fiction
Aucklander Rose Carlyle is still coming to terms with becoming a published author and having her book scooped up by Holl...
Posted: Thursday May 6, 2021
Nouns, verbs, etc. (selected poems) by Fiona Farrell reviewed by Mary Cresswell
Posted: Thursday May 6, 2021
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
OAR FM Dunedin Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature - 28-04-2021 - Victor Billot.
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
2021 Centre for the Book Symposium, “Natural” History?—Call for Papers
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
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Sophia Wilson shortlisted for the FPM-Hippocrates Health Professional Poetry Prize
Posted: Monday May 3, 2021
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Twelve poems about ice
Posted: Monday May 3, 2021
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2021 highlights
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
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
Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Kay McKenzie Cooke’s ‘cannot believe my eyes’
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
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Iona Winter launches Gaps in the Light in Wellington
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
The Sets by Victor Billot Reviewed by Vaughan Rapatahana for takahē magazine
Posted: Thursday April 22, 2021
Leading poet Bill Manhire talks to John Campbell at Word Christchurch 2020
Posted: Tuesday April 20, 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