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'A Definitely Different Summer'
New young adult novel based on Kiwi maritime tragedy
Posted: Monday December 13, 2021
CALLING NEW ZEALAND FICTION WRITERS!
Are you the next big thing in fiction writing? Have you got a burning idea for a bestselling novel? Could you be the next Jodi Picoult, Rose Carlyle or Jacqueline Bublitz?
Posted: Monday December 13, 2021
OARsome Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature
Check out the latest Podcast with Poet Sudha Rao - the current resident in the Robert Lord Writers' Cottage
Posted: Monday December 13, 2021
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Toitoi office!
Check out the Toitoi website for some awesome gift ideas for your young writers and artists
Posted: Wednesday December 8, 2021
Announcing the winner of the 2021 Takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize judged by John Allison:
Claire Beynon
Posted: Tuesday December 7, 2021
Congratulations to author Diana Morrow who has been awarded a Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grant for her upcoming biography on Ruth Dallas.
Diana is the author of 'Kate Edger: The life of a pioneering feminist', which was published earlier this year. We look forward to working with her on her new project.
Posted: Tuesday December 7, 2021
For Aotearoa Writers!
Apply now to be mentored by an established writer, poet or playwright under our NZSA Mentor Programme
Posted: Tuesday December 7, 2021
Looking for a cracking job in publishing?
OUP is seeking a new Marketing & Publicity Coordinator
Posted: Tuesday December 7, 2021
A tribute to Stephen Stratford, who died suddenly at his Cambridge home last weekend
Posted: Tuesday December 7, 2021
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature turns 7!
Get your free Dunedin Author Postcards from the City Library
Posted: Friday December 3, 2021
Iona Winter, Rena Priest & Sasha LaPointe: Indigenous Poetry & Perspectives
Iona Winter, Rena Priest and Sasha LaPointe share their work and discuss shared themes and resonance within their writing.
Posted: Friday December 3, 2021
Open Call: Writer in the Park, Literary Residency in Ljubljana
Writers! Here's your chance to enjoy a one-month residency in Ljubljana!
Posted: Friday December 3, 2021
Government invests to support a classic Kiwi summer
Vaccinated New Zealanders can look forward to Kiwi summer events with confidence, following the launch of the Arts and Culture Event Support Scheme.
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Hannah Marshall talks about attending the Young Writers Festival
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Vanda Symon – juggling human drama, health research and tea trays
From community pharmacy to crime scene forensics, Dunedin author and University of Otago researcher Dr Vanda Symon’s career path contains quite a few unexpected plot twists.
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Voices of World War II - Renée Hollis: Untold Kiwi war stories brought to life
The visually stunning compendium of photos and written accounts offers a snapshot of what life was like before and during WWII, from the point of view of those who lived through it.
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2021
A massive congratulations to Michael Steven who is the winner of the Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2021 for his manuscript 'Night School', which will be published by Otago University Press next April.
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021