News
Short Story Conference
The New Zealand Short Story had its very own conference in Invercargill in early September and Athenaeum committee member Philippa Duffy and myself trekked to the deep south for a literary feast of a weekend.
Posted: Thursday October 5, 2017
Telling tales
Our lives are all made up of many stories and everyone has a tale to tell.
Posted: Friday September 22, 2017
LIM - LESS IS MORE 2018International call for projects
Created by filmmakers for filmmakers
Posted: Thursday September 21, 2017
Festival of Colour hit The Blue Moments Project to perform in Dunedin
Its a show that brings new meaning to the phrase music and lyrics. The Blue Moments Project, an evening of jazz, blues and spoken word, is coming to Dunedin for a one-off performance at Knox Churchs Stuart Hall on October 2.
Posted: Friday September 8, 2017
Navigator by Anne Moir
NAVIGATOR, Annes first novel, was inspired by her experiences as a child during the post-World War Two era, when many men, including her father and uncles, were ex-servicemen.
Posted: Tuesday September 5, 2017
September 2017 Script Call
Short Film Otago has a new funding round open for new writers and filmmakers.It is calling for scripts/film ideas/outlines for development and possible funding.
Posted: Sunday September 3, 2017
The third New Zealand Young Writers Festival to be held in Dunedin - UNESCO City of Literature.
Sex, dairy farming and feminism are among the unlikely bedfellows at this years New Zealand Young Writers Festival, fifteen free events delivering some of the countrys finest young wordsmiths to Dunedin from September 7-10.
Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2017
City author wins book awards
Port Chalmers author and illustrator David Elliot has won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, which were held in Wellington last night.
Posted: Monday August 14, 2017
Announcement of the Janet Frame Literary Trust Award 2017
Waikato novelist Catherine Chidgey has been named as the recipient of a Janet Frame Literary Trust Award worth $5,000.
Posted: Thursday July 20, 2017
Bird Dog Hot Dog
Tt hotdog with horopito pickled onions and mnuka smoked chilli relish.
Posted: Wednesday July 19, 2017
Reed Gallery exhibition showcases diverse examples of bookbindings
The latest Reed Gallery exhibition at Dunedin Public Library explores the outer covers of books - their bindings.
Posted: Tuesday July 18, 2017
Spotlight on colonial feminist fanatic Mary Ann Colclough 18361885
Polly Plum is a biography of one of New Zealands earliest feminists, Mary Ann Colclough, whose publicly voiced opinions saw her described in the nineteenth century as our own little stray strap of a modern female fanatic.
Posted: Monday June 12, 2017
Dunedin author and illustrator shortlisted in prestigious awards
Dunedin author and illustrator David Elliot is a finalist in 2017 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults announced today, Wednesday 7 June 2017.
Posted: Wednesday June 7, 2017
How We Survive: A Feminist Poetry Show
Lift Womens Voices. Burn The Patriarchy Down.
Posted: Tuesday June 6, 2017
Rescued moggie kickstarts childrens book
When I found the rat on the ground I had no idea it would change my life.
Posted: Monday May 29, 2017
Playwright Robert Lord to be honoured with Dunedin Writers Walk Plaque
Playwright Robert Lord (19451992) is to be honoured with a plaque in the Dunedin Writers Walk in the Octagon.
Posted: Thursday May 11, 2017
Hall of Fame (and Fortune)
Posted: Tuesday May 2, 2017
Landfall celebrates 70th anniversary with new prize for young writers
Landfall, New Zealands leading journal of arts and literature, has announced the winner of the inaugural Charles Brasch Young Writers Essay Competition.
Posted: Thursday April 27, 2017
Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane AustenBy Jocelyn Harris
In Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen, Jocelyn Harris argues that Jane Austen was a satirist, a celebrity-watcher, and a keen political observer.
Posted: Monday April 24, 2017
Capturing Light Roy Miller New Zealand Stained Glass artist,
Capturing Light Roy Miller New Zealand Stained Glass artist, has just won a bronze medal in the Australasian non-fiction section of the American Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Posted: Tuesday April 18, 2017