News and Opportunities
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2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel: open for entries
The Prize seeks fiction manuscripts by published and unpublished authors who are citizens or permanent residents of New ...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
Inaugural Curator Māori for Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2023 announced
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
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
My Business Stars with 'That Blind Woman' Julie Woods
on Oar FM Tuesdays at 12pm
Posted: Tuesday July 11, 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
Call for the 2024 Prague Residency Program
Apply Now! Deadline for receiving application form: Thursday, August 31, 2023, 11.59 pm CET
Posted: Thursday July 6, 2023
Bell Hill Apartments Dunedin 2023 Poetry Competition is open for entries
Entries close 29 July 2023
Posted: Thursday July 6, 2023
Celebrating the Spectacular Success of Playhouse Theatre's "Badjelly the Witch"!
Heartfelt congratulations to The Playhouse Theatre for your sold-out performance of "Badjelly the Witch"
Posted: Wednesday July 5, 2023
2023 Ngaio Marsh Award longlist for best novel announced!
Congratulations to all who have made the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards longlist!
Posted: Wednesday July 5, 2023
Invitation to contribute to "The Book of Otago"
What does Otago mean to you?
Posted: Wednesday July 5, 2023
Kete Review: Five picture books to make young ones laugh
Featuring Tulip and Sprout!
Posted: Wednesday July 5, 2023
Jan Michalski Foundation’s residency for writers - applications open
The Jan Michalski Foundation’s residency for writers is designed to provide an environment for creative writing and to s...
Posted: Wednesday July 5, 2023
Serhii Plokhy: the history and future of the Ukrainian war
Radio NZ Interview
Posted: Wednesday July 5, 2023
Drop by Drop: Adults Who Write Poetry for Children Competition
A new nationwide competition for adults who write poetry for children has been launched in the lead-up to Phantom Billst...
Posted: Wednesday July 5, 2023
National Schools Pride Week
This month Dunedin Public Libraries celebrated National Schools Pride Week as well as a whole month of the Out on the Sh...
Posted: Wednesday July 5, 2023
National Poetry Day Competition: Poetry on the Edge
Entries close 31 July 2023
Posted: Monday July 3, 2023
Breathtaking collages centrepiece of project
Bright, colourful fabric collages will form a spectacular backdrop for a busy programme of science-based activities in t...
Posted: Monday July 3, 2023
Nominations for the Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement now open!
Nominations for the 2023 awards are open now and close at 1PM, Friday 21 July.
Posted: Monday July 3, 2023