Dunedin author Ian Dougherty's latest book has just been released

The Steepest Street in the World: Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand

Posted: Tuesday October 24, 2023

Local writer heading to Nanjing!

Super exciting news that Kyle Mewburn has been selected as one of six writers/poets/translators from around the world to...

Posted: Monday October 23, 2023

Ōtepoti literary community welcomes Shu-Ling Chua

We are delighted that the inaugural Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident, Shu-Ling Chua h...

Posted: Tuesday October 17, 2023

'The child in me will never die': Author Joy Cowley on embracing life and moving house

Much-loved author Joy Cowley is packing up and moving away from the Wairarapa town she has called home for 20 years.

Posted: Monday October 16, 2023

A History of Kindness

Check out Kirstie McKinnon’s blog post A History of Kindness that gently weaves histories together thanks to the gift of...

Posted: Monday October 16, 2023

Write Spot with Oar FM - Shu-Ling Chua

Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua is in Dunedin as the first-ever Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature ...

Posted: Thursday October 12, 2023

Two Centre for the Book activities to mark in your diary

Public Talk - Monumentum Regale: King Charles I in the John Emmerson Collection, State Library Victoria, Melbourne and C...

Posted: Monday October 9, 2023

Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival

From Jewelled Fantasies to Splendid Rags: Reflecting on Kākā Point Presented by the Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust

Posted: Monday October 9, 2023

What is BookHub?

BookHub is the fast and easy way to browse and buy books from NZ bookstores, it's local, it supports NZ businesses, it’s...

Posted: Monday October 9, 2023

An open secret - Dunedin’s hidden library

Librarian Christine Powley celebrates the Southern Heritage Trust open day in one of the oldest buildings in Dunedin, th...

Posted: Monday October 9, 2023

Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize 2023

Winners Announced!

Posted: Monday October 9, 2023

The stories that got bookworm Tony Eyre hooked

Tony Eyre is a book lover. Now, he is a book writer. His bibliomemoir, The Book Collector, tells the story of a lifetime...

Posted: Monday October 9, 2023

Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival

If mushrooms, foraging, baking, food and health is up your street, then make sure you snap up these tickets

Posted: Monday October 9, 2023

Boosted x Moana

A month-long campaign championing the Pacific arts in Aotearoa New Zealand

Posted: Monday October 9, 2023

Creative NZ Capability Grants 23/24

Māori Arts Festival and Pacific Arts Festival

Posted: Monday October 9, 2023

Old banners made into book bags

Local pre-schoolers have beautiful, colourful bags to carry their books in, thanks to a collaboration between the Read S...

Posted: Wednesday October 4, 2023

Dogs of all shapes and sizes visit Ruth Shaw’s three wee bookshops in Manapōuri

In this special session, join Ruth and Lynn Freeman for a conversation about the bond between humans and canines – and h...

Posted: Wednesday October 4, 2023

David Eggleton reviews:

A Roderick Finlayson Reader edited by Roger Hickin (Cold Hub Press, 2020) and Roderick Finlayson: A Man from Another Wor...

Posted: Wednesday October 4, 2023

Listen to Bookworm Tony Eyre on his passion for second-hand books

Tony Eyre is a proud bibliophile and has taken a lifetime of loving books and wrapped it into a bibliomemoir called The ...

Posted: Wednesday October 4, 2023

Submissions are now open for the 2024 Adam NZ Play Award

Submissions close 1 December

Posted: Tuesday October 3, 2023

Poetry Shelf Cafe: Arihia Latham reads from Birdspeak

Arihia Latham (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) Is a writer, creative, and rongoā practitioner. Her poetry collection Bird...

Posted: Tuesday October 3, 2023

Apply now for the Robert Lord Writers Cottage 2024 Residencies

Applications close 27 November 2023

Posted: Tuesday October 3, 2023

Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival starts in less than two weeks!

Book your tickets now!

Posted: Tuesday October 3, 2023

Entries for The Allen & Unwin NZ Fiction Prize are open!

Entries must be lodged by 31 March 2024

Posted: Monday October 2, 2023

Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust Latest News

Book Launch, Cottage open home, Dates for the Diary...

Posted: Monday October 2, 2023

takahē magazine Best of the Net

2024 nominations

Posted: Monday October 2, 2023

Polyfest promoted sense of belonging

Thirty years ago the first Polyfest acted as a beacon of light for a young Samoan man who is now a stage manager of the ...

Posted: Monday October 2, 2023

The Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ Toloa Secondary and Tertiary Scholarships open TODAY!

These are awesome opportunities for our youth to thrive in STEAM subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Ma...

Posted: Monday October 2, 2023

Dunedin Fringe is offering the Pacific Artist grant for Fringe 2024!!

Learn more and apply here

Posted: Monday October 2, 2023

Pasefika Presence has released their first issue!!

Read the Debut Issue now!

Posted: Monday October 2, 2023

For all our sci-fi/fantasy fans…

What happens when technology is levied against those we fear, or those we refuse to understand?

Posted: Monday October 2, 2023

You could go to the Iceland Writers Retreat in Reykjavík, Iceland in April 2024 for free!

Scholarship applications are now open and close 31 October 2023.

Posted: Friday September 29, 2023

Sound the exciting Ōtepoti Dunedin news alarm!

Dunedin Fringe 2024 Registrations & Artist Grant Applications are NOW OPEN!

Posted: Friday September 29, 2023

The Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival will be over-run with talent

Witi Ihimaera, Stacey Morrison, Coco Solid, Andrea Hotere, Ruth Paul & Louise Wallace, to name a few, will be taking the...

Posted: Friday September 29, 2023

Applications for the 2024 Kaipukahu University of Waikato Writer in Residence are open

Applications close Friday 10 November 2023

Posted: Friday September 29, 2023

Today on Write Spot

Dunedin-based poet Rushi Vyas has released his debut collection 'When I Reach For Your Pulse', which untangles slippery ...

Posted: Thursday September 28, 2023

Ockham NZ Book Awards 2024 Judges Announced

Respected academics, curators, reading and arts advocates, award-winning writers, journalists and reviewers are among th...

Posted: Wednesday September 27, 2023

Stories under the Stars

On at the Otago Museum until 8 October

Posted: Tuesday September 26, 2023

The Wizard of Oz at Playhouse Theatre

Selling out fast! Don't miss out! Book now!

Posted: Tuesday September 26, 2023

Thomas TW Henry (Rā Designs)

An incredible talent that worked on the Otago Polyfest banners

Posted: Tuesday September 26, 2023

What a session this one is going to be!

Barbara Else and Emily Writes in the same room, sharing the same stage AND with the wonderfully funny Swapna Haddow at t...

Posted: Tuesday September 26, 2023

Nine to Noon's Short Story Competition

Entries close Friday 29 September

Posted: Tuesday September 26, 2023

The 2024 Robert Burns Fellow announced ...

Congratulations to Mikaela Nyman

Posted: Monday September 25, 2023

Calling all Book Lovers - join the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival Volunteer Team!

Many hands make light work, and the DWRF are seeking passionate volunteers to be a part of this literary extravaganza.

Posted: Monday September 25, 2023

Interview: Tony Eyre talks about The Book Collector

Tony Eyre shares with NZ Booklovers his bibliomemoir - a celebration of reading, books, authors and second-hand bookshop...

Posted: Monday September 25, 2023

Applications for the 2024 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship are now open

Applications close early November

Posted: Monday September 25, 2023

Get your bells ready!

Celebrate the first returnees for the new season at 1pm on Monday 25 September!

Posted: Sunday September 24, 2023

Write Spot with Tony Eyre

Listen to this fascinating kōrero between Jeff Harford and our very own Tony Eyre about his just-published memoir ‘The B...

Posted: Friday September 22, 2023

2023 PANZ Book Design Awards

The most beautiful books in Aotearoa have been revealed!

Posted: Thursday September 21, 2023

Wheelers Books - Mental Health Awareness Week

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week in Aotearoa, an important week for helping Kiwis to boost their wellbeing and mental h...

Posted: Thursday September 21, 2023

Calling all budding reviewers!!

The Aotearoa NZ Review of Books has two fantastic opportunities coming up.

Posted: Wednesday September 20, 2023

I’m a writer too:

The festival for people afraid to call themselves writers

Posted: Wednesday September 20, 2023

Mātātuhi Foundation's October Funding Round is bigger and better

Good news! Applicants can now apply for $5,000 to $25,000 in funding for a literary project. In previous years, the maxi...

Posted: Wednesday September 20, 2023

The Book Collector - reviewed by Terry Toner

The Book Collector - Reading and living with Literature by Tony Eyre - published in a small gift hardback by Mary Egan P...

Posted: Tuesday September 19, 2023

Storytelling Unplugged: Finding Common Ground Through Podcast Narratives

If you love podcasts, come and listen to the experts explore how and why we make them!

Posted: Tuesday September 19, 2023

Robbie Burns Poetry Competitions

Entries close 1 December 2023

Posted: Tuesday September 19, 2023

Kathryn van Beek's beautiful personal essay, Going Dutch

Read here

Posted: Tuesday September 19, 2023

It's Mental Health Awareness Week

Learn more about GROW Mental Health Community and Support Groups

Posted: Tuesday September 19, 2023

NZ Young Writers Festival Otago Poetry Slam

Step on stage for the NZYWF Poetry Slam! Or, cheer from the audience.

Posted: Monday September 18, 2023


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