News and Opportunities
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
Poetry Box celebrates the NZCYA Book Awards 2023
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
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
‘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
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
Oar FM talks with Carlos Biggemann about Cumulus: an anthology of skies
Listen here
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