Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Playhouse Theatre these school holidays

Will the Wizard of Oz give Scarecrow some brains, the Tin Woodman a heart and the Lion some courage? And can he return D...

Posted: Monday September 18, 2023

Strong Words 3 Extract:

Reasons to Learn Cantonese by Maddie Ballard from Strong Words 3: The Best of the Landfall Essay Competition

Posted: Monday September 18, 2023

Bookish festival ‘bursting with talent’

A large crowd of book lovers gathered at the University Book Shop last week for the launch of the Dunedin Writers & Read...

Posted: Monday September 18, 2023

Submissions for Student Writing in the June 2024 School Journal close 22 September for Levels 2 and 3

This is an amazing chance for young writers to have a piece of work published in the world's longest-running serial publ...

Posted: Sunday September 17, 2023

Host Kim Hill leaves RNZ's Saturday Morning show: 'It is time for a change for me'

Kim Hill is signing off from her flagship Saturday Morning show on RNZ National.

Posted: Friday September 15, 2023

Vira Paky on Write Spot

Storytelling Unplugged - Poet and playwright Vira Paky previews a New Zealand Young Writers Festival event exploring fin...

Posted: Friday September 15, 2023

NZ Young Writers Festival

Starling Micro-Residency Panel Discussion - Sun 24 Sep 1-2pm

Posted: Friday September 15, 2023

Scottish International Storytelling Festival programme announced

Check out the online Global Lab workshop

Posted: Friday September 15, 2023

Michael King Writers Centre 2024 Writers Residencies

Applications now open and close on Monday 2 October, 2023

Posted: Friday September 15, 2023

Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival

“Te Pūao - the place where the river meets the sea” is the theme for this year’s Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival.

Posted: Thursday September 14, 2023

Otago Polyfest Festival Village Map

Have you checked out the Otago Polyfest Festival Village?

Posted: Thursday September 14, 2023

Short story: Isn’t It, by Paula Morris

Thank you Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngāti Whātua) for this ‘stunning homage’ to The Garden Party from Hiw...

Posted: Thursday September 14, 2023

Bloody Scotland Newsletter

The iconic Bloody Scotland festival is about to kick off and who is Craig Robertson’s first recommendation?

Posted: Thursday September 14, 2023

Free Heritage Bus

Otago Polyfest and Otago Museum collaboration

Posted: Tuesday September 12, 2023

It's Day Two of Otago Polyfest

Entry is $2 per person

Posted: Tuesday September 12, 2023

We're off to see the wizard!

Join Dorothy, Toto, Tin Woodman, Scarecrow and Lion these school holidays as The Wizard of Oz returns to the Playhouse s...

Posted: Tuesday September 12, 2023

Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Kete and The Coalition for Books celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori this week...

Posted: Tuesday September 12, 2023

Nau mai ki te Wiki o te Reo Māori!

Welcome to Māori Language Week!

Posted: Sunday September 10, 2023

Introducing Dr van Beek!

Congratulations Kathryn!

Posted: Sunday September 10, 2023

Happy Rāhina Otago.

It's POLYFEST week!

Posted: Sunday September 10, 2023

A history of Otago — page by page

A university professor is putting out a call to craft a page of history.

Posted: Friday September 8, 2023

Micro-folie Digital Museum

Running in Tūhura Otago Museum's Beautiful Science Gallery now through 11 October.

Posted: Friday September 8, 2023

The backbone of Otago Polyfest

Meet the incredible Trustees

Posted: Friday September 8, 2023

Plan your festival weekend!

The New Zealand Young Writers Festival truly has something for everyone. With 17 free events from 21st to 24th September...

Posted: Friday September 8, 2023

Programme for the 2023 Dunedin Readers & Writers Festival is here!

A moment that marks the beginning of a journey, to the place where the river meets the sea - Te Pūao

Posted: Thursday September 7, 2023

Blue Oyster Art Project Space Call for Proposals

Applications close Sun 24 Sep 2023

Posted: Tuesday September 5, 2023

Secure your spot for the KUPU Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi Māori Writers Festival 2023

17-23 September, Rotorua

Posted: Monday September 4, 2023

Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook Student Poetry Competition

Read the winning poems here

Posted: Monday September 4, 2023

PETER OLDS: 2 JUNE 1944 - 31 AUGUST 2023

A get-together to remember Peter will be held on Friday 27 October at the Dunedin Public library.

Posted: Sunday September 3, 2023

Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival

Meet the authors

Posted: Sunday September 3, 2023

International KM100NZ Haiku Competition

Applications close 15 September 2023

Posted: Sunday September 3, 2023

Starling Issue 16 - Online Launch Party

Watch here

Posted: Thursday August 31, 2023

Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival

Meet the authors

Posted: Thursday August 31, 2023

RNZ Book Review

Strong Words 3: The best of the Landfall Essay

Posted: Thursday August 31, 2023

NZ Young Writers Festival 2023 first event

'The One Work That Defines You'

Posted: Thursday August 31, 2023

Poetry Shelf review

Laurence Fearnley’s Winter Time

Posted: Thursday August 31, 2023

2023 New Zealand Young Writers Festival

Meet the Writers

Posted: Tuesday August 29, 2023

'Tung' on Write Spot

Art writer and poet Robyn Maree Pickens has released debut collection Tung through Otago University Press

Posted: Tuesday August 29, 2023

Read NZ Te Pou Muramura announces storyteller Mona Williams will deliver the 2023 Pānui

Read NZ Te Pou Muramura is delighted to announce Mona Williams as the outstanding storyteller who will deliver its annua...

Posted: Tuesday August 29, 2023

Poetry Box new features

Share the word that Poetry Box aims to be a Poetry Hub for poems for and by children

Posted: Monday August 28, 2023

Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories edited by Paula Morris

A new fiction anthology is a 'celebration of the sheer talent of Māori writers'.

Posted: Monday August 28, 2023

Available Art from 'Behind Closed Doors' exhibition at Pea Sea Art

'Nikau Nostalgia' by Lynda Cullen

Posted: Monday August 28, 2023

Results from Te Hautonga

The secondary kapa haka competition in Murihiku / Invercargill

Posted: Monday August 28, 2023

Last chance to donate!

Crowdfunding Campaign to build the Janet Frame Visitor Centre closes today.

Posted: Monday August 28, 2023

Janet Frame Poetry Prize for essa may ranapiri

Janet Frame’s estate is delighted to announce the 2023 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry.

Posted: Sunday August 27, 2023

Captivating Stories

A spotlight on the enchanting window display at our favourite bookshop

Posted: Sunday August 27, 2023

Calling all poets and wordsmiths!

Apply now for the 2024 WOMAD NZ Poetry Slam

Posted: Sunday August 27, 2023

Have you booked your tickets for the New Zealand Young Writers Festival?

Events are almost at capacity so Book Now!!

Posted: Friday August 25, 2023

Legally Blonde - Musical Theatre Dunedin

All Remaining Seats $50! Only 2 Shows Left.

Posted: Friday August 25, 2023

Inaugural Small Press Fest a Success

Check out these photos from the packed weekend ....

Posted: Friday August 25, 2023

Why Katherine Mansfield is still the ultimate literary punk, 100 years after her death

Biographer and memoirist Redmer Yska will be at Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival, speaking to Katherine's work, as wel...

Posted: Wednesday August 23, 2023

Sue Wootton's Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship

Follow her journey

Posted: Wednesday August 23, 2023

What a special Advance Information Sheet from London’s Istros Books

Commenting on Faruk Šehić's 'My Rivers' are both David Howard and Kapka Kassabova!

Posted: Tuesday August 22, 2023

Ati Teepa is writing his poems in kokowai

Don't miss out on your copy

Posted: Tuesday August 22, 2023

The battle for Ukraine's cultural gems

How are the creativity, spaces and heritage of the war-torn country being supported? Beverley D'Silva explores the issue...

Posted: Tuesday August 22, 2023

takahē 108

Multi-talented 2023 Burns fellow Kathryn van Beek is in the Takahē Magazine August issue, with her essay 'Going Dutch'

Posted: Tuesday August 22, 2023

Boosted Campaign

22 days left to contribute to the Elixir & Star Press Boosted campaign

Posted: Monday August 21, 2023


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