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Today on Write Spot
Dunedin-based poet Rushi Vyas has released his debut collection 'When I Reach For Your Pulse', which untangles slippery ...
Posted: Thursday September 28, 2023
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2024 Judges Announced
Respected academics, curators, reading and arts advocates, award-winning writers, journalists and reviewers are among th...
Posted: Wednesday September 27, 2023
The Wizard of Oz at Playhouse Theatre
Selling out fast! Don't miss out! Book now!
Posted: Tuesday September 26, 2023
Thomas TW Henry (Rā Designs)
An incredible talent that worked on the Otago Polyfest banners
Posted: Tuesday September 26, 2023
What a session this one is going to be!
Barbara Else and Emily Writes in the same room, sharing the same stage AND with the wonderfully funny Swapna Haddow at t...
Posted: Tuesday September 26, 2023
Nine to Noon's Short Story Competition
Entries close Friday 29 September
Posted: Tuesday September 26, 2023
The 2024 Robert Burns Fellow announced ...
Congratulations to Mikaela Nyman
Posted: Monday September 25, 2023
Calling all Book Lovers - join the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival Volunteer Team!
Many hands make light work, and the DWRF are seeking passionate volunteers to be a part of this literary extravaganza.
Posted: Monday September 25, 2023
Interview: Tony Eyre talks about The Book Collector
Tony Eyre shares with NZ Booklovers his bibliomemoir - a celebration of reading, books, authors and second-hand bookshop...
Posted: Monday September 25, 2023
Applications for the 2024 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship are now open
Applications close early November
Posted: Monday September 25, 2023
Get your bells ready!
Celebrate the first returnees for the new season at 1pm on Monday 25 September!
Posted: Sunday September 24, 2023
Write Spot with Tony Eyre
Listen to this fascinating kōrero between Jeff Harford and our very own Tony Eyre about his just-published memoir ‘The B...
Posted: Friday September 22, 2023
2023 PANZ Book Design Awards
The most beautiful books in Aotearoa have been revealed!
Posted: Thursday September 21, 2023
Wheelers Books - Mental Health Awareness Week
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week in Aotearoa, an important week for helping Kiwis to boost their wellbeing and mental h...
Posted: Thursday September 21, 2023
Calling all budding reviewers!!
The Aotearoa NZ Review of Books has two fantastic opportunities coming up.
Posted: Wednesday September 20, 2023
I’m a writer too:
The festival for people afraid to call themselves writers
Posted: Wednesday September 20, 2023
Poetry Box Tuesday Poem: ‘Small Dog’ and ‘Chickens on Chairs’ by Jenny Powell
Read Here
Posted: Wednesday September 20, 2023
Mātātuhi Foundation's October Funding Round is bigger and better
Good news! Applicants can now apply for $5,000 to $25,000 in funding for a literary project. In previous years, the maxi...
Posted: Wednesday September 20, 2023
The Book Collector - reviewed by Terry Toner
The Book Collector - Reading and living with Literature by Tony Eyre - published in a small gift hardback by Mary Egan P...
Posted: Tuesday September 19, 2023
Storytelling Unplugged: Finding Common Ground Through Podcast Narratives
If you love podcasts, come and listen to the experts explore how and why we make them!
Posted: Tuesday September 19, 2023
Kathryn van Beek's beautiful personal essay, Going Dutch
Read here
Posted: Tuesday September 19, 2023
It's Mental Health Awareness Week
Learn more about GROW Mental Health Community and Support Groups
Posted: Tuesday September 19, 2023
NZ Young Writers Festival Otago Poetry Slam
Step on stage for the NZYWF Poetry Slam! Or, cheer from the audience.
Posted: Monday September 18, 2023
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
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
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
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
International KM100NZ Haiku Competition
Applications close 15 September 2023
Posted: Sunday September 3, 2023
NZ Young Writers Festival 2023 first event
'The One Work That Defines You'
Posted: Thursday August 31, 2023