News and Opportunities
Sunday Star Times Short Story Awards 2023
Entries close November 12, 2023 at 11.45pm
Posted: Tuesday November 7, 2023
‘Words flowed, sparkled and rippled’
Lovely article by our Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident, Shu-Ling Chua from Melbourne ...
Posted: Monday November 6, 2023
'Is this all there is?'
Reflecting on the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2023 by Kiringāua Cassidy
Posted: Monday November 6, 2023
The NZ Summer Reading Guide is here
This summer’s edition is packed with book suggestions and gift ideas for every reader’s interests, needs and whims.
Posted: Monday November 6, 2023
Nonnita Rees: Robert Lord's Diaries
Over the weekend, co-editor Nonnita Rees spoke to Kim Hill about Robert Lord Diaries. They talked about Robert's work, f...
Posted: Monday November 6, 2023
Family legacy memorialised
The legacy of one of Dunedin’s founding families has been marked with the launch of a publication commemorating the 150t...
Posted: Monday November 6, 2023
Toponymy project in Quebec City
Québec, ville de littérature have installed this very cool outdoor exhibition in Quebec City
Posted: Sunday November 5, 2023
A thrilling month for speakers of Polish in Aotearoa!
Kraków City of Literature announces CZYTAJ PL 2023 which offers 18 bestselling books for reading free online until 30 No...
Posted: Sunday November 5, 2023
Submissions open for 2024 John O’Connor First Book Award
Submissions close 14 January 2024
Posted: Sunday November 5, 2023
Tipping the Balance by Huberta Hellendoorn
Book Information and Reviews
Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023
Robert Lord Diaries ed. Chris Brickell, Vanessa Manhire and Nonnita Rees
The diaries of a groundbreaking queer new playwright with ‘an abiding ambivalence about being a New Zealander’.
Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023
Te Pūkenga Relevant Research October 2023
Featuring Kathryn van Beek
Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023
2023 Storylines Notable Book Award winners announced
Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa is delighted to once again celebrate excelle...
Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023
FestPAC 2024 Delegation EOI Now Open
Māori and Pasifika artists, groups and organisations are invited to express their interest to join the Aotearoa delegati...
Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023
Lilliput Library for St Kilda Kindergarten
A new larger lilliput library, designed to accommodate picture books for young children, was unveiled outside the St Kil...
Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023
2024 Fringe Māori Artist Grants Now Open!
This year Dunedin Fringe is proud to announce a $10,000 grant pool specifically for Māori artists and/or Māori-led proje...
Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023
Call for applications - Arts Access fellowships 2023
Applications close at 5pm on Monday November 20th
Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023
Dunedin Public Art Gallery is now inviting proposals for the 2024 Rear Window Moving Image Programme
Applications close Friday 24th of November
Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023
Publishing Scotland International Publishing Fellowship
The Publishing Scotland International Publishing Fellowship is open for applications until January 2024 for an opportuni...
Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023
Shef Rogers appointed Donald Collie Chair
Associate Professor Shef Rogers has been appointed as the English and Linguistic programme’s Donald Collie Chair.
Posted: Monday October 30, 2023
Creative Impact Lab Ōtepoti / Dunedin 2023-24
Open Call for Participants
Posted: Monday October 30, 2023
Kete Books and RNZ announce new partnership targeting more readers for Aotearoa New Zealand books
Kete Books has partnered with RNZ in a new content sharing agreement that will expand coverage about books in Aotearoa a...
Posted: Monday October 30, 2023
Update from the Kiwi Christmas Books kitchen table postage and packaging department
Hundreds of these lovely posters & bookmarks are heading out the door this week, bound for bookstores, schools and busin...
Posted: Monday October 30, 2023
Magnolia tree star of competition-winning story
A magnolia tree whose flowering heralds the arrival of spring for University of Otago staff is the unlikely star of one ...
Posted: Monday October 30, 2023
Centre for the Book Symposium 16-17 November 2023
Theme: Books and Resistance
Posted: Wednesday October 25, 2023
BOOKHUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER IN BOOK BUYING FOR NZ BOOKLOVERS
The Sapling co-founder Sarah Forster shares her thoughts on the new platform.
Posted: Wednesday October 25, 2023
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
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
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