News and Opportunities
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
Talk Back Daughter by Hayley Rata Heyes for Verb Wellington.
Posted: Thursday April 15, 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
This is a truly wonderful kōrero between Jeff Harford and Jacinta Ruru on Write Spot OAR FM Dunedin
Posted: Wednesday April 14, 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
Ministry for Culture and Heritage Funding to create installations and events is now open for applications.
Posted: Monday April 12, 2021
Poet Laureate David Eggleton picks two Peter Olds poems
Posted: Monday April 12, 2021
New Zealand Poetry books available at Dead Souls Bookshop
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
Podcast of 'Write Spot' interview with Dougal Rillstone on OAR FM Dunedin - Community Access Media
Posted: Monday April 12, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: Victor Billot reads from The Sets
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
The Dark is Light Enough: Ralph Hotere: A Biographical Portrait by Vincent O’Sullivan.
Reviewed by Ian Wedde.
Posted: Sunday April 11, 2021
Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Emma Neale’s ‘Indicator’
Posted: Sunday April 11, 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
Māori and Pasifika Books to feast your mind on.
Posted: Friday April 9, 2021
Judy Darleys' review for 'Gaps in the Light' by Iona Winter
Posted: Wednesday April 7, 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
Poet Laureate David Eggleton's selection of Best NZ Poems 2020
Posted: Tuesday March 30, 2021
New publisher at University Press
Dunedin poet and prose writer Dr Sue Wootton has been appointed as the new publisher at Otago University Press.
Posted: Tuesday March 30, 2021
The directors’ cut
As the Dunedin Fringe Festival closes and two other arts festivals loom, their directors peruse each other’s offerings.
Posted: Tuesday March 30, 2021
Help The Playhouse Theatre get a refurbishment
Posted: Tuesday March 30, 2021
2021 Bucheon Residency Program
Posted: Tuesday March 30, 2021
Thief! - Dunedin Fringe Festival
Posted: Monday March 29, 2021
Dispatches from the fringes
Posted: Sunday March 28, 2021
Chinese Garden documentary given to southern schools
Posted: Sunday March 28, 2021
Prison creative-writing stimulus
The Otago Daily Times prison creative-writing competition is back and promises to be bigger than ever.
Posted: Sunday March 28, 2021
Significant Archibald Baxter poetry find
A Dunedin student’s discovery and publication of poems by World War 1 conscientious objector Archibald Baxter is sheddin...
Posted: Sunday March 28, 2021
Pupils put favourite things to verse
Anderson’s Bay School pupils prefer climbing trees and writing poetry.
Posted: Friday March 26, 2021
UNESCO Creative Cities of Literature join forces to celebrate World Poetry Day 2021
Posted: Tuesday March 23, 2021
Memoir tells the story of a Dunedin family
A new book, Mornington Memoirs, delves into the lives of the Jelley family, their friends and neighbours.
Posted: Friday March 19, 2021
Multitude of events for Race Relations Week
Race Relations Week will celebrate diversity, Dunedin Multi-Ethnic Council president Lux Selvanesan says.
Posted: Thursday March 18, 2021
New festival celebrates women’s art and music
The Dunedin Festival of Women’s Art and Music (DfestWAM) will be launched this weekend, as part of the Dunedin Fringe Fe...
Posted: Thursday March 18, 2021
Festival showcasing homegrown diversity
As New Zealand travellers pile into camper vans to discover beaches and bistros across the country, the Dunedin Writers ...
Posted: Wednesday March 17, 2021