At the Point of Seeing by Megan Kitching

The end of the world: a debut collection on 'the fragility of the earth under our feet '.

Posted: Friday June 30, 2023

‘OTHERHOOD: NEW BOOK AIMS TO SMASH THE TABOO OF NOT BEING A MOTHER

30 Kiwis have bravely shared their stories about a topic that remains taboo: not being a mother. In ‘OTHERHOOD, an essay...

Posted: Thursday June 29, 2023

New Zealand International Science Festival

... begins Friday 30 June!

Posted: Wednesday June 28, 2023

Matariki 2023

Guide to the stars and Events

Posted: Tuesday June 27, 2023

Flash Frontier - An Adventure in Short Fiction

Call for Submissions

Posted: Monday June 26, 2023

Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature

Vanda Symon talks about her long-awaited crime novel, Expectant

Posted: Thursday June 22, 2023

The Sunday Essay: Who shot the last huia?

It might have been my uncle.

Posted: Thursday June 22, 2023

A Celebration of Sandra Morris, ONZM

In the realm of children’s literature and art, Sandra Morris stands out as a remarkable talent whose illustrations have ...

Posted: Thursday June 22, 2023

Cover story: Aftermaths: Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

Completely unscientifically and from a book buyer’s point-of-view, rather than a designer’s well- honed eye, each month,...

Posted: Thursday June 22, 2023

Tulip and Sprout

Out Now!

Posted: Thursday June 22, 2023

The 2023 Micro Madness Short List, one micro at a time!

Find the top stories in this year's micro competition here, congratulations to these writers! It's exciting to see anoth...

Posted: Wednesday June 21, 2023

Short story: The Mysteries of My Sister, by Barbara Else

A family saga in 10 instalments

Posted: Tuesday June 20, 2023

Reed Gallery

An exhibition by Dunedin Public Libraries

Posted: Tuesday June 20, 2023

Poetry Box review:

Tulip and Sprout by Emma Wood & Carla Martell

Posted: Monday June 19, 2023

Poetry Shelf Towns and Cities:

Ōtepoti Dunedin

Posted: Monday June 19, 2023

Book of the Week: ‘My wife is two people’

A bitter divorce and the death of an overworked partner ends up happily ever after for a Dunedin memoirist

Posted: Sunday June 18, 2023

***NEW OPPORTUNITY***

Re:In:Act - Applications Due 26 June

Posted: Thursday June 15, 2023

University Book Shop Summer Writer in Residence in association with Robert Lord Writers’ Cottage Trust

Applications open 1 July – 20 August

Posted: Wednesday June 14, 2023

Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence

Applications close Monday 19 June 2023

Posted: Tuesday June 13, 2023

Applications Open for the 2023 CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award

This $25,000 award is one of the investments made through the CLNZ Cultural Fund

Posted: Monday June 12, 2023

Huge congratulations to Abby Howells

2023 Billy T Award Winner

Posted: Monday June 12, 2023

APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON for the 2023 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship

The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship allows a writer to spend no less than three months in Menton, France, with acc...

Posted: Sunday June 11, 2023

Submissions open for Yale Drama Series 2024 playwriting competition

The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of their manu...

Posted: Sunday June 11, 2023

Submissions Open for The Fun Size Festival 7 - 16 March 2024!

Have a funny play inside of you? Then it’s time to write it down!

Posted: Sunday June 11, 2023

The 2023 NFFD Short List!

Congratulations to the ten writers

Posted: Sunday June 11, 2023

Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award 2023

Entries close 31 July 2023

Posted: Friday June 9, 2023

Lindsay Rabbitt Reviews:

O me voy o te vas / One of us must go by Rogelio Guedea with English translations by Roger Hickin (Otago University Pres...

Posted: Friday June 9, 2023

Poetry Shelf review:

This is a story about your mother by Louise Wallace

Posted: Friday June 9, 2023

Watch Being Me: Julie Woods

brought to you by Attitude Pictures

Posted: Friday June 9, 2023

Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival welcomes new Events Coordinator

Jennifer Stokes

Posted: Friday June 9, 2023

Boosted Campaign

Help support the costs for Carrie Rudzinski and Olivia Hall to attend the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Hysterical...

Posted: Tuesday June 6, 2023

Nominations open for Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi (Te Waka Toi Awards)

Annual awards that celebrate and recognise the artistic excellence, achievement and contribution of Māori artists workin...

Posted: Tuesday June 6, 2023

Call for Submissions

Society for Humanistic Anthropology 2023 Ethnographic Poetry Competition

Posted: Tuesday June 6, 2023

Kia Mau Festival 2023 featuring The World's First Lovers!

Full Programme Here

Posted: Tuesday June 6, 2023

Poetry Shelf pays tribute to Kevin Ireland (1933 – 2023)

Like many other readers and writers in Aotearoa I was saddened by the news of Kevin Ireland's recent passing. To see the...

Posted: Tuesday June 6, 2023

Poetry Shelf review:

David Eggleton’s Respirator: A Poet Laureate Collection 2019 – 2022

Posted: Thursday June 1, 2023

Poetry Box review

The Lighthouse Princess by Susan Wardell and Rose Northey

Posted: Thursday June 1, 2023

Reading Room Book of the Week: An incident on Banks Peninsula

Paddy Richardson is swept away by a magical new novel

Posted: Thursday June 1, 2023

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

2023 Finalists Announced

Posted: Thursday June 1, 2023

Poetry Shelf favourite poems: Kay McKenzie Cooke’s ‘Blue Person’

Favourite Poems is an ongoing series where a poet chooses a favourite poem from their own backlist and writes a short no...

Posted: Thursday June 1, 2023

Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa: Samoan Picture Books

It’s Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa / Samoan Language Week!

Posted: Thursday June 1, 2023

Creative Writing for Games and Interactive Media

At the University of Otago - on campus and distance!

Posted: Thursday June 1, 2023

Celebrate Samoa Language Week 2023: Sunday 28 May - Saturday 3 June

The theme for Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language Week 2023 is ‘Mitamita i lau gagana, maua’a lou fa’asinomaga’ wh...

Posted: Monday May 29, 2023

2023 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition

Entries open 1 June

Posted: Monday May 29, 2023

The 2023 Dunedin Puaka Matariki Festival event registration and contestable funding round is open

Applications close 5pm Wednesday 31 May 2023

Posted: Monday May 29, 2023

Beautiful mystery behind donated photo at Port Chalmers' Pea Sea Art Gallery

It's a beautiful mystery

Posted: Monday May 29, 2023

Inaugural recipient of the Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency announced

Warmest congratulations to Melbourne City of Literature’s award-winning writer and essayist Shu-Ling Chua 蔡淑羚

Posted: Friday May 26, 2023

Books in world languages

Books in world languages help reinforce a sense of identity. Having them for students to enjoy, allows you to build a cu...

Posted: Thursday May 25, 2023

Calling student poets from Aotearoa!

a fine line is searching for their next Featured Student Poet for their winter edition.

Posted: Thursday May 25, 2023

Legend signs Parkins' 'inspiring' novel about gaslighting in the 19th century

Legend Press has signed a "moving and powerful historical novel" An Idle Woman by Wendy Parkins, based on true events.

Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2023

Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature

Poet Louise Wallace talks about her new collection - This is a story about your mother

Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2023

2023 Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition Winner

Xiaole Zhan

Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2023

The Elsie Locke Writing Prize 2023

Submissions for this year's Writing Prize are now open!

Posted: Wednesday May 24, 2023

Poetry Shelf reading

Jane Arthur

Posted: Monday May 22, 2023

Poetry Shelf Monday Poem

Emer Lyons’s ‘Anthem’

Posted: Monday May 22, 2023

Birth, death and love poems: A conversation between Louise Wallace and Jane Arthur

Poets Louise Wallace and Jane Arthur talk their new collections, writing about motherhood, birth, death, love poems… and...

Posted: Monday May 22, 2023


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