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Greatness is Infectious
Their written words have made long-lasting, generational impacts on this country - and beyond.
Posted: Monday November 30, 2020
A river runs through him
We only truly know one river in our lives. US writer Thomas McGuane said so and even this struck him as too expansive. So he added: only one part of that river would we know intimately.
Posted: Sunday November 29, 2020
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: The inaugural recipient of The Caselberg Trust’s new Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Residency in 2021
The Caselberg Trust announced today that the inaugural recipient of its new Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Residency in 2021 will be Ōtepoti Dunedin writer Megan Kitching.
Posted: Friday November 27, 2020
Playwright wins top award, $10K prize
Emily Duncan’s sharp, sophisticated, passionate, quirky, evocative and unsettling writing style has won her yet another prestigious award — this time, the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award.
Posted: Wednesday November 25, 2020
Two awards in a month for local writer
Prolific, award-winning Wanaka writer Liz Breslin has had a stellar month: picking up prizes from both the International Writers' Workshop and the Queenstown Writers’ Festival. Two weeks ago, November 5-8, Liz won the adult category of the inaugural Queenstown Writers’ Festival Short Story Competition.
Posted: Tuesday November 24, 2020
POETRY PRIZE 2020 WINNERS ANNOUNCED...
Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize 2020 – winners announced – Third time lucky for Palmerston North poet...
Posted: Monday November 23, 2020
Give a kid a book and you give them the world
Last year the fledgling charity scheme Kiwi Christmas Books gave 1600 children’s books to Auckland Women’s Refuge and the Auckland City Mission. This year they’re going national, as founder Sonya Wilson explains.
Posted: Monday November 23, 2020
SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR 2021 NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
The New Zealand Book Awards Trust is now inviting submissions for the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. These annual awards recognise and celebrate the best books for young readers published in New Zealand.
Posted: Monday November 23, 2020
Landfall 240 has arrived!
Posted: Monday November 23, 2020
Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Sue Wootton’s ‘At Moeraki’
Posted: Monday November 23, 2020
Poetry Shelf review: Bill Manhire’s Wow
Posted: Monday November 23, 2020
A World History of Bluff: Dr Michael Stevens
Ngāi Tahu historian Dr Michael Stevens has just been recognised by the Royal Society Te Apārangi Te Kōpūnui with a Māori Research Award.
Posted: Monday November 23, 2020
Following Colin McCahon
Everything seems to come a little late to Aotearoa New Zealand, and even later to Dunedin, its southernmost university town. As we have learned this year, belatedness can be a good thing. But in the art world, it has often made New Zealanders feel a generation behind the curve.
Posted: Monday November 23, 2020
Read Share Grow — children’s books for South Dunedin
Something big is happening in South Dunedin! It's happening in schools and early childhood centres, in community organisations, and other places children visit across the South of Dunedin, from Concord to Tainui.
Posted: Friday November 20, 2020
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival Newsletter
Posted: Thursday November 19, 2020
te haerenga o reo pepi – the next chapter
The Reo Pēpi series is one of the real success stories in the Aotearoa world of publishing for littlies. The popularity of these labour-of-love board books can be credited as having a major role in kicking off a new wave of reorua/bilingual board books from publishers big and small.
Posted: Monday November 16, 2020
Book review - Landmarks by Grahame Sydney and Owen Marshall
Posted: Monday November 16, 2020
Poetry Shelf Lounge: Alison Wong reads and discusses her poem ‘Earth’
Posted: Monday November 16, 2020