Latest happenings
New Zealand women in World War II: Author puts out call for letters, diaries
Posted: Monday April 4, 2022
How cool is this!
Posted: Monday April 4, 2022
Exhibition - The Four Seasons (Spring)
Posted: Sunday April 3, 2022
I Know a Published Author
The New Zealand Women's Weekly ran a short story competition which Christine Athenaeum from Dunedin Athenaeum & Mechanics' Institute entered and won!
Posted: Sunday April 3, 2022
Te Papa Tupu 2022 – applications open!
Posted: Thursday March 31, 2022
2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Samplers
Posted: Wednesday March 30, 2022
5,000 words, $10,000
Entries open for NZ’s richest short story competition
Posted: Wednesday March 30, 2022
Listen to Swapna Haddow on the OARSome Breakfast Show
Posted: Wednesday March 30, 2022
Dunedin Fringe Festival Beyond Words Award sponsored by the City of Literature
.... and the winner is ....
Posted: Tuesday March 29, 2022
Entries are now open for the Secret Lives Short Story Competition.
Posted: Tuesday March 29, 2022
Win for Dunedin playwright
Dunedin playwright Emily Duncan has won the McNaughton South Island Play Award at the Adam Foundation New Zealand Play Awards, with an adaptation of a Katherine Mansfield short story.
Posted: Tuesday March 29, 2022
My Grandfather is a Canoe wins prestigious Dunedin Fringe Festival’s Touring Award to perform at Auckland Fringe
Posted: Tuesday March 29, 2022
Poet well versed in taking it to street
Do you wish you were quick, concise and confident in your speaking? It can be hard enough stringing together a sentence, but one poet is proving her proficiency with words by writing poems for pedestrians on the streets of Dunedin.
Posted: Sunday March 27, 2022
Mātātuhi Foundation's Biannual Seed Funding round is NOW OPEN
Do you know some new and imaginative ways to increase the reach and engagement of NZ writers with NZ readers? The Mātātuhi Foundation wants to hear from you!
Posted: Sunday March 27, 2022
Centuries of Ngai Tahu history in 50 stories
Posted: Sunday March 27, 2022
Adam NZ Play Awards announced
Congratulations to all the wonderful winners in the Adam NZ Play Awards, including our own Emily Duncan who again won the McNaughton South Island Play Award, this time for The Woman at the Store adapted from the short story by Katherine Mansfield.
Posted: Sunday March 27, 2022
Contributions sought for centenary limited-edition hand-printed publication
Posted: Sunday March 27, 2022
New Zealand writers under 25
Starling are seeking submissions for the 14th issue of Starling
Posted: Thursday March 24, 2022