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Vika Johnson’s Layers of Identity
Ōtepoti Dunedin’s creative rangatahi explore their whakapapa through powerful stories of their identity, culture, and be...
Posted: Saturday Mar 22, 2025
Submissions for the 2025 A&U Fiction Prize closing soon!
Entries close 31 March 2025
Posted: Friday Mar 21, 2025
Poetry Shelf review and readings: Koe: An Aotearoa ecopoetry anthology
To celebrate the anthology, five poets read a poem and Janet Newman answers five questions
Posted: Friday Mar 21, 2025
Celebrating World Poetry Day 2025
Posted: Friday Mar 21, 2025
Call for Applications - University of Exeter Special Collections Ronald Duncan Stipend
Eligible to a writer from Dunedin! Applications close Sunday 15 June 2025
Posted: Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Call for papers, creative contributions, panels or roundtables
Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, November 2025 - rolling deadline until 31 July 2025
Posted: Thursday Mar 20, 2025
2025 Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award – Shortlist Announced
A special congratulations to our very own Samantha Montgomerie!
Posted: Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
The Heidelberg Author Award 2025 is now open for submissions!
Applications close 1 May 2025
Posted: Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers' Fellowship
This is awarded every two years to an established New Zealand literature writer with a significant publication record to...
Posted: Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Poetry Box Review
Go, Scooter, Go!, by Kyle Mewburn, illustrated by Kaye Julian
Posted: Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Wit and wisdom combined in uplifting play
Rare Public Appearance of Miss Georgette Heyer by Terry MacTavish
Posted: Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Puaka Matariki Festival Saturday 14 June to Saturday 12 July 2025
Register to be part of the festival and apply for funding
Posted: Monday Mar 17, 2025
Today on Write Spot
No No No at Dunedin Fringe - Reva Grills from Gammelot Productions previews sci-fi dark comedy No No No, coming to Duned...
Posted: Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Southern authors in final cut for top literary prizes
Posted: Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards - shortlist announced
Heartfelt congratulations to our very own Laurence Fearnley, Emma Neale, Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi, Kāi Tahu) and all the...
Posted: Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
A life in letters
Posted: Monday Mar 03, 2025
The Rush Cottage Writers' Residency
Hawke’s Bay Readers & Writers Trust, in conjunction with Black Barn Retreats, is excited to invite applications for the ...
Posted: Friday Feb 28, 2025
Museum commemorates The Chills founder
The staff at Tūhura Otago Museum hope a new exhibition dedicated to Martin Phillipps will "fill people with warmth".
Posted: Friday Feb 28, 2025
2025 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency
APPLICATIONS CLOSED
Posted: Friday Feb 28, 2025
Review: Books of Mana edited by Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira
Posted: Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Enjoy this wonderful tribute to Brian Turner (1944 – 2025)
"Poetry Shelf invited twelve friends to choose a favourite poem by Brian and write a few words to go with their choice.....
Posted: Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Today on Write Spot
Dunedin writer Jenny Powell talks about her role as South D Poet Lorikeet and some of the publications that have arisen ...
Posted: Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Only 2 weeks until Dunedin Fringe Festival 2025 kicks off
Check out their latest news
Posted: Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Mobile Library Service 75th Anniversary 1950-2025
Tell your bookbus Story! Submission deadline: 14 March 2025
Posted: Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Get your Limited Edition Dunedin Fringe Festival 25th Birthday Merch!
Posted: Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Interview: the BOOKS OF MANA editors speak with Kete
Posted: Monday Feb 24, 2025
Youth writing mentorships open for 2025
Deadline for applications: 6 April 2025
Posted: Monday Feb 24, 2025
Marisel and Panna Kota: The Museum Cats of Odesa
On 24 February 2022, life changed forever for the people and animals of Ukraine.
Posted: Monday Feb 24, 2025
Dunedin in ‘Uttate’ – Okayama’s Beautiful Celebration of Stories
Posted: Friday Feb 21, 2025
The Heat is On: Young Writers on the Climate Crisis in print
To celebrate International Mother Language Day (21 February), we are thrilled to announce the print publication of The H...
Posted: Friday Feb 21, 2025
Reviewers ‘filled with admiration’
Dunedin’s theatre community members came out in force on Monday night to celebrate the achievements of their peers at th...
Posted: Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Eleven things I learnt while writing a novel about alpaca breeders
Duncan Sarkies’ latest novel, Star Gazers, is about the collapse of democracy in a society of alpaca breeders. Here are ...
Posted: Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Blue Oyster is looking for a Gallery Manager to join the team!
Applications close: 5pm Monday, March 3
Posted: Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Let's Celebrate is the theme for Neighbours Aotearoa 2025
Neighbours Aotearoa will take place 1–31 March 2025 but you can participate year round!
Posted: Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
Submissions for the Moana Nui Microfiction Comp '25 are NOW OPEN!
Submissions close Monday 10 March 2025
Posted: Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
‘Remarkable’ year of performances
A "remarkable" year of quality theatre in the midst of hard times will be celebrated at the 13th Otepoti Dunedin Theatre...
Posted: Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
The falcon on Taieri Ridge
Posted: Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
The Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize 2025
Awarded for the best piece of writing on the theme of Fear - Applications close: 1st April 2025 at 23:59 (UK time)
Posted: Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Jacinta Ruru: Books of Mana
Listen to this incredible interview between co-editor Jacinta Ruru and Mihingarangi Forbes about Books of Mana for Satur...
Posted: Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Creative New Zealand Playmarket Moana Pacific Trainee Script Advisor Residency 2025
Applications close Friday 21 February 2025
Posted: Monday Feb 17, 2025
Today on Write Spot - Books of Mana - 180 Māori Authored Books of Significance
Books of Mana celebrates the rich tradition of Māori authorship in Aotearoa New Zealand. Co-editors Angela Wanhalla and ...
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Learnings from Nepal subject of new book
Associate Professor Susan Heydon’s new book ‘Implementing a global health programme’ will be published this February.
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency
Applications are open now and close at 5 PM, Friday 7 March
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Early Career Fund - Toi Tipu Toi Rea
Funding for artists and practitioners at the early stage of their career, to develop new work, new skills and to share t...
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Funding: Translation Grant
Closing date soon! Friday 28 February 2025
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Poetry Shelf celebrates Mary and Peter Biggs Poetry Long List
Robert Sullivan
Posted: Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
More local content on morning radio
Radio listeners can now hear more Dunedin stories over their morning bowl of cornflakes.
Posted: Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Poetry Shelf celebrates the Mary and Peter Biggs long list
Alison Glenny (2024 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident)
Posted: Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
‘My story with taonga begins in 1984’: an excerpt from Books of Mana
Books of Mana: 180 Māori-Authored Books of Significance, edited by Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira ha...
Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025
‘Remarkable’ year of performances
A "remarkable" year of quality theatre in the midst of hard times will be celebrated at the 13th Otepoti Dunedin Theatre...
Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025
Festival throws down challenge
The Dunedin Arts Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a special offering of theatre, dance, circus, cabaret...
Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025
Poetry Shelf: Brian Turner (1944 – 2025)
Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025
The highest peak: a eulogy for Brian Turner
Philip Temple pays tribute to his friend, the great writer Brian Turner (1944-2025)
Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025
Accent on hilarity in Shakespeare in park
The dedicated Dunedin Summer Shakespeare team is back for another silly season of hi-jinks in a production of The Comedy...
Posted: Thursday Feb 06, 2025