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

Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2023

Submissions close on 15 December 2023

Posted: Monday August 21, 2023

Creative Connections Resident 2024

Artist, educator, and remote community arts worker Katie Breckon

Posted: Monday August 21, 2023

How to cook to feel good: Alby Hailes on his debut cookbook 'Good Vibes'

2021 Great Kiwi Bake Off winner Alby Hailes joins Susie Ferguson to celebrate the release of his debut cookbook 'Good Vi...

Posted: Sunday August 20, 2023

Drop by Drop Poetry for Children Competition

Congratulations to Samantha Montgomerie who has been successful in having two commended poems in the Drop by Drop Poetry...

Posted: Sunday August 20, 2023

Uni News

Kaupapa Māori Professor Anne-Marie Jackson delivers IPL on Marae

Posted: Sunday August 20, 2023

International NZPS - Open Junior Competition

Two young Dunedin poets had success in the International NZPS Competition.

Posted: Sunday August 20, 2023

Medieval manuscripts ‘most amazing things’

Centuries-old manuscripts can still tell us much about art and life. That is the opinion of Dr Christopher de Hamel, an ...

Posted: Thursday August 17, 2023

‘no time to lollygag’ on Write Spot

Caselberg Press is publishing a second anthology of poetry, featuring highly commended and winning entries from its poet...

Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023

From birdsong to body dysmorphia ‘What makes a winning essay?’

Emma Neale on Landfall’s Strong Words #3 and thinking aloud about New Zealand culture.

Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023

The 2023 Out of the Limelight Awards

Congratulations to the recipients

Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023

Robert Lord Writers Cottage Newsletter, August 2023

Catch up on cottage news

Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023

AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU Katherine Mansfield creative writing competition

Entries close 1 September

Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023

takahē Magazine Monica Taylor Poetry Prize

Entries close 31 August 2023

Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023

Flash Frontier forthcoming issues

Submit your story here

Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023

Writer 2023 creative writing competition

Kathryn van Beek has a few hot tips to get started!

Posted: Tuesday August 15, 2023

Prof John Plotz: finding new meaning in old books

Among his varied interests, leading Victorian literature scholar and prison educator Professor John Plotz revisits forgo...

Posted: Tuesday August 15, 2023

Crime writer in her element on TV show ‘The Traitors’

Crime novelist Vanda Symon is a contestant on The Traitors, a murder mystery game show on Three

Posted: Monday August 14, 2023

Write Spot with Frances from Evening Books

Frances from Evening Books previews a festival bringing together small presses and independent publishers from across Ao...

Posted: Monday August 14, 2023

Heidelberg City of Literature Writers in Residence Programme

Applications close 17 September 2023

Posted: Sunday August 13, 2023

Virtual Writer in Residence

Apply Now - Applications close Mon 11 Sep 2023

Posted: Sunday August 13, 2023

Signals Young Writers Awards 2023

Enter online by 28 August 2023

Posted: Sunday August 13, 2023

‘Poetic’ story wins best first book prize

A debut Dunedin author has tasted instant success for her "poetic and beautifully written" story.

Posted: Friday August 11, 2023

Congratulations to our very own Susan Wardell

2023 Winner of the NZSA Best First Book Award

Posted: Friday August 11, 2023

Councillor Christine Garey presents gift from City of Literature to the Secretary General

Our part of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ may have come to end, but it’s nice to know a little piece of Ōtepoti Duned...

Posted: Friday August 11, 2023

The New Zealand Young Writers Festival programme is live!

21 - 24 September 2023

Posted: Thursday August 10, 2023

International Youth Day 2023: Cities of Literature and young people

International Youth Day is taking place on Saturday 12th August 2023. To celebrate International Youth Day 2023, Notting...

Posted: Tuesday August 8, 2023

Rōmeo rāua ko Hurieta (Auckland University Press, 2023)

A te reo Māori translation of Shakespeare’s tragic drama of young love between two feuding families.

Posted: Tuesday August 8, 2023

2023 Nanjing International Writers Residency

Applications close 20 September 2023

Posted: Monday August 7, 2023

108th issue of takahē Magazine coming soon!

Stay tuned for fresh work by guests Emma Neale, Tusiata Avia, Dan Taua, and Sefton Rani, with fiction guest edited by Er...

Posted: Sunday August 6, 2023

Dunedin Fringe News

Check out the latest news from Dunedin Fringe covering the NZ Young Writers Festival, 2023 Guest Curator Jennifer Cheuk ...

Posted: Friday August 4, 2023

2023 Surrey Hotel Writers Residency Award

Applications close Sunday 20 August

Posted: Friday August 4, 2023

Aberdeen-born author Beatrice Hale has launched two new titles with Kellas Cat Press in Aberdeen

'Fittick’s Farewell: Tales of Fittick and Torry' and 'Fittick, Fisher of Men'

Posted: Thursday August 3, 2023

Today on Write Spot - Strong Words 3

Writer, poet and Landfall editor Lynley Edmeades discusses Strong Words 3, the latest showcase of the best of Aotearoa N...

Posted: Wednesday August 2, 2023

Small Press Fest 18-20 Aug - Programme Live!

Small Press Fest is bringing together small-presses and independent publishers from across the motu to Ōtepoti for three...

Posted: Wednesday August 2, 2023

Submissions for Playmarket's Brown Ink development programme close 1 October 2023

Playmarket's annual Brown Ink development programme looks for the best new and original work by Māori and Pasifika write...

Posted: Wednesday August 2, 2023

The Book Collector: Reading and Living with Literature

Could our very own Tony Eyre be holding a beautiful advance copy of ‘The Book Collector: Reading and Living with Literat...

Posted: Wednesday August 2, 2023

Book review: Aria by Jessica Hinerangi

Airini Beautrais reviews Āria by Jessica Hinerangi published by Auckland University Press

Posted: Wednesday August 2, 2023

NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship

Annual award of $10,000 – open until 20 August 2023

Posted: Tuesday August 1, 2023

Poetry Shelf review: Landfall 245

'Ah. Literary journal bliss. Usually I dip and delve, and leap frog from one poem that takes my fancy to the next, but o...

Posted: Tuesday August 1, 2023


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