Latest happenings
Work on evolving tome loved
Emeritus Prof Colin Townsend (72) must have read his doorstopper on ecology more than 100 times over the past year, while checking proofs for a new edition. He talks to Marjorie Cook about his 35-year labour of love.
Posted: Monday May 31, 2021
Love makes children of us all – Philip Temple
Posted: Monday May 31, 2021
Lockdown Zines
A group of Otago Polytechnic Design learners have had their Covid-related work acknowledged in Kātoitoi, the Aotearoa Design Archive.
Posted: Monday May 31, 2021
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Thirteen poems about water
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
Solidarity Myanmar Concert
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
Quotes from Kathryn van Beek's Kindergarten visits
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
Hagley Writers' Institute' welcome Kathryn van Beek as mentor this year!
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
Dunedin Unesco City of Literature and SuperGrans have formed a new partnership.
This week Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature has been lucky to have Kathryn van Beek and Emma Wood visiting and reading their stories to kindergarten children in the South Dunedin region.
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
May, from the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
Bridport Prize 2021
Posted: Thursday May 27, 2021
Dunedin Public Art Gallery - great for the cooler months
Posted: Thursday May 27, 2021
Third Transported decal
Posted: Wednesday May 26, 2021
Poetry New Zealand Yearbook student poetry competition.
Calling all young poets!
Posted: Wednesday May 26, 2021
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Submissions called to inaugural poetry calendar
Compound Press and Minarets Journal announce a call for submissions to our inaugural poetry calendar, edited by Craig Foltz.
Posted: Tuesday May 25, 2021
2021 cycle of Ōtepoti Theatre Lab's Playwright Programme!
Now accepting submissions for our 2021 cycle of Ōtepoti Theatre Lab's Playwright Programme!
Posted: Tuesday May 25, 2021
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2021 revisited
Posted: Tuesday May 25, 2021
‘Surreal’ experience of lockdown inspires book
The "surreal" days of Covid-19 lockdown were the inspiration for a unique collaborative publishing project for a Mosgiel author.
Posted: Monday May 24, 2021
Ice Escape: the story of a rescue from the icefloes of the north.
Dunedin resident, and Aberdeen-born author Beatrice Hale has relaunched her children’s book, Ice Escape, with The Kellas Cat Press in Aberdeen.
Posted: Friday May 21, 2021
Our UNESCO City of Literature - Dunedin
This feature is a follow-up to UNESCO Memory of the World Programme article in the last issue. We shine a light on Dunedin, our UNESCO City of Literature, learn how the status was achieved and what it means for the city, the public library and the community.
Posted: Thursday May 20, 2021