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

2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel: open for entries

The Prize seeks fiction manuscripts by published and unpublished authors who are citizens or permanent residents of New ...

Posted: Tuesday August 1, 2023

Boosted X Moana

This year, there is a whopping $110K lined up for the Pacific Arts in Aotearoa with EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST OPEN TODAY!

Posted: Monday July 31, 2023

Wireless Books on OAR FM Dunedin

Every second Sat @ 12pm

Posted: Monday July 31, 2023

The results from the annual NZPS International Poetry Competition are out!

Congratulations to the winning and highly commended poets, especially competition winner Susan Wardell

Posted: Monday July 31, 2023

Interview: Jessica Hinerangi talks about Āria

Jessica Hinerangi connects to Te Ao Marama through her toi practice, and is motivated by aroha and reconnecting with her...

Posted: Monday July 31, 2023

Photographer set to launch first book

Award-winning Dunedin photographer Carlos Biggemann is due to launch his new book Cumulus: An Anthology of Skies next mo...

Posted: Monday July 31, 2023

Actor ‘quite enamoured’ with author’s horseback autobiography

An obscure book by a Dunedin author has popped up in the biggest movie of the year and has won praise from one of its st...

Posted: Monday July 31, 2023

Congratulations to Rakibul Khan...

...who recently submitted his PhD thesis “Hope in the Anthropocene: Eco-Collectivism and Twenty-First-Century South Asia...

Posted: Monday July 31, 2023

First Authors announced for Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival 2023

These wildly talented writers and thinkers span genres from memoir, fiction and non-fiction, poetry and wellbeing.

Posted: Monday July 31, 2023

Recipient can find a book for everyone

University Bookshop retail manager Anna Hoek-Sims named emerging bookseller of the year

Posted: Monday July 31, 2023

Waikato Times Book Review: At the Point of Seeing

Megan Kitching’s poetry has appeared in The Frogmore Papers (UK), takahē, Poetry New Zealand, and Landfall. In 2021, she...

Posted: Saturday July 29, 2023

Ōtepoti Dunedin winners at Te Hapori Matihiko Awards

Congratulations to these awesome Ōtepoti Dunedin winners at the recent Te Hapori Matihiko Awards.

Posted: Thursday July 27, 2023

Poetry Shelf review: Sea Skins by Sophia Wilson

In 2022 Sophia Wilson was the joint winner of the Flying Islands Manuscript Prize for Emerging Poets. That manuscript, o...

Posted: Wednesday July 26, 2023

Iona Winter's poem ‘Intuit’ featured in mural

To celebrate the FIFA Fan Festival™, six incredible artists are painting a mural outside the Municipal Chambers in the O...

Posted: Wednesday July 26, 2023

Creatives in Schools - Apply Now - Applications close 21 August 2023

The Creatives in Schools programme is a wellbeing programme delivered by the Ministry of Education in partnership with t...

Posted: Wednesday July 26, 2023

The 2023 PANZ Book Design Awards shortlist has been announced

Congratulations to all shortlisted designers and publishers

Posted: Wednesday July 26, 2023

Ōtepoti songwriters and musicians to play at the free FIFA Fan Festival™

We're delighted to see that some of our awesome Ōtepoti songwriters and musicians will play at the free FIFA Fan Festiva...

Posted: Saturday July 22, 2023

Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: ‘Into the Light’ by Michael Harlow

Into the Light for Laura Garavaglia, Como

Posted: Thursday July 20, 2023

Creative NZ Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement

Nominations close 1pm Monday 24 July 2023

Posted: Thursday July 20, 2023

Poetry Shelf review: Fiona Farrell’s The Deck

The novelist is about to step out onto the unknown ground that is every new book. She will make up characters and a sett...

Posted: Thursday July 20, 2023

Word CHC '23: A festival of kupu, stories and ideas for all - 23-27 August

Our friends in Ōtautahi have launched their incredible Word Christchurch 2023 festival programme

Posted: Thursday July 20, 2023

On Write Spot Today - Kathryn van Beek on Otherhood

Listen to this exceptional kōrero on ‘Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature’ in which Jeff Harford speaks wi...

Posted: Thursday July 20, 2023

Apply to tour with PANNZ in 2024

Expressions of Interest close 5pm Monday 24 July 2023

Posted: Thursday July 20, 2023

Artists paint the town for Cup

The FIFA Fan Festival™ starts tomorrow and work will begin on a street mural to be painted by six incredible artists out...

Posted: Wednesday July 19, 2023

Pictura's mid-winter sale

20% off all children’s books

Posted: Tuesday July 18, 2023

Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 Books - Vote Now!

Vote now to ensure your favourite kids' books appear on the Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 Books list for 2023! Plus be in with...

Posted: Tuesday July 18, 2023

Poetry Shelf audio: Megan Kitching reads from At the Point of Seeing

Listen to 'Headland', 'Crematorium' and 'Houseplants'

Posted: Tuesday July 18, 2023

Poet in residence: Observations from Ati Teepa

Current poet in residence at Kaka Point staying in the cottage that was the home of the late Hone Tuwhare, Ati Teepa joi...

Posted: Tuesday July 18, 2023

'A Town Trod by Poets' gifted to the Switzerland women's national football team

The Switzerland women's national football team is now in Dunedin ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, which starts...

Posted: Tuesday July 18, 2023

Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories

An essential new anthology of our best Māori short fiction - Available 10 August

Posted: Tuesday July 18, 2023

University of Otago’s annual creative writing competition

The University’s annual creative writing competition opens for entries today, with the theme: The Getting of Wisdom.

Posted: Tuesday July 18, 2023

Landfall Essay Competition 2023

Entries close 31 July 2023

Posted: Tuesday July 11, 2023

My Business Stars with 'That Blind Woman' Julie Woods

on Oar FM Tuesdays at 12pm

Posted: Tuesday July 11, 2023

Limited Edition, Whenua

Get your copy

Posted: Thursday July 6, 2023

Landfall Journal - This Green Corner Review

Owen Marshall Reviews The Deck by Fiona Farrell

Posted: Thursday July 6, 2023

Gecko Press End of Line Sale

Choose from curiously good Gecko Press favourites, including picture books, gift books and novels priced at $5 and $10.

Posted: Thursday July 6, 2023

Write Spot with writer and poet Kirstie McKinnon

Kirstie talks about her writing process and being featured on Paula Green's recent blog Poetry Shelf Towns and Cities, Ō...

Posted: Thursday July 6, 2023

Boosted Campaign - Small Press Fest

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

Posted: Thursday July 6, 2023


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