Latest happenings
OARsome Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature
Check out the latest Podcast with Kerry Mackay from The Art Dept
Posted: Monday November 15, 2021
Bumblebee Grumblebee
Posted: Thursday November 11, 2021
Review: Clare Reilly's Eye of the Calm
Dionne Christian reviews EYE OF THE CALM by Clare Reilly, published by Exisle Publishing - 'A beautiful meditative exploration of a life and a life's work'
Posted: Wednesday November 10, 2021
Oar FM NZ Young Writers Festival Podcast
Six sessions from the recent NZ Young Writers Festival in full
Posted: Wednesday November 10, 2021
Robert Lord Writers Cottage currently looking for writers
Stay between April 2022 and early January 2023
Posted: Monday November 8, 2021
Read and listen (in Polish) to 12 bestsellers completely free!
Czytaj PL 2021 ACTION IS OUT!
Posted: Monday November 8, 2021
‘Taste Nature’ Salt, Sea and Sensory Writing
Saturday, 11 September 1-5pm
Posted: Wednesday August 25, 2021
RAINBOW BOOKS & CULTURE CLUB
Join us on the 3rd Tuesday of each month for hot drinks/snacks and chat about books, films, culture and all things Rainbow.
Posted: Tuesday August 24, 2021
“Winsome to Worldly: Lake Wanaka and its people” – Deed of Trust Anniversary
Dr Jonathan West, the Hocken Friends’ Research Award 2019 recipient, will speak about his research on the southern lakes, towards the 2024 publication of a book by Otago University Press.
Posted: Tuesday August 24, 2021
James Courage Diaries, edited by Chris Brickell
A series of journals by a trailblazing New Zealand author, locked away in the Hocken for decades after his death, has been revealed by a Dunedin professor.
Posted: Monday August 23, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: Jenny Powell reads from Finding Rita
Posted: Monday August 9, 2021
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Sixteen poems of land
Posted: Monday August 9, 2021
Given Words competition 2021 – Noho Mai
Posted: Monday August 9, 2021
Virtual Writer in Residence
Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature is now open for applications for our first virtual writers in residence program
Posted: Friday August 6, 2021
Entries now open for 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Posted: Friday August 6, 2021
Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews The Memory Thief by Leonie Agnew, published by Penguin Random House NZ
Posted: Friday August 6, 2021
Applications are open for the sixth University Book Shop Otago & Robert Lord Writers' Cottage Trust Emerging Writers Residency.
Posted: Thursday August 5, 2021
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Paula Green reviews Jenny Powell’s Meeting Rita at Kete Books
Posted: Tuesday August 3, 2021
2022 Michael Gifkins Prize opens
Posted: Friday July 30, 2021