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BOOK SHOP ESTABLISHES NEW ZEALANDWRITERS RESIDENCY
New Zealands first writing residency, the Robert Burns Fellowship, was established in 1958 in Dunedin marking the bicentenary of the birth of Robbie Burns. Now, 58 years later and to mark their seventy years of bookselling, Dunedins University Book Shop has created another New Zealand first with a bookshop-based annual...
Posted: Thursday July 21, 2016
Two books by local author Beatrice Hale
Two books by local author Beatrice Hale, both available as e-books on Smashwords and on Amazon.com, which also provides a print book. Beatrice usually writes on gerontology and caregiving, but has changed direction in retirement to look at her ancestors and write their stories, two of which are fictionalized here.
Posted: Tuesday July 19, 2016
Scholarly Favourites. Researching in Special Collections
de Beer gallery, Special Collections, University of Otago, 10 June to 26 August 2016
Posted: Monday July 11, 2016
Lotteries Award to help establish the first writers residency in the home of a Mori writer
The Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust has just been awarded $100,000 by the Lottery World War One Commemorations, Environment and Heritage Committee to restore and repair the South Otago crib of peoples poet Hone Tuwhare (1922 2008).
Posted: Friday June 17, 2016
CALL for PAPERS - Book and Place
The University of Otago Centre for the Book announces its 2016 Annual SymposiumUniversity of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand2728 October 2016
Posted: Tuesday June 14, 2016
A Call for Project/Products for 2016 Bologna Design Week
Posted: Tuesday June 14, 2016
Michael King Writers Centre Open for Applications
The Michael King Writers Centre invites applications from New Zealand writers for four supported residencies in 2016, with stipends ranging from $8,000 to $30,000.
Posted: Thursday September 3, 2015
DUNEDIN WRITER SCORES 2016 PRAGUE RESIDENCY
Local Dunedin writer and editor David Howard has been announced as the successful applicant for the 2016 Prague residency for writers connected to a UNESCO City of Literature.
Posted: Friday August 28, 2015