News and Opportunities
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
NFFD winning stories published!
Posted: Sunday July 2, 2023
Phantom Billstickers takes our poems to amazing places!
Posted: Friday June 30, 2023
Mānawatia a Matariki
This year's Coalition for Books Matariki Winter Reading catalogue is out.
Posted: Friday June 30, 2023
2023 Young Authors Challenge Competition
What you would do if you could change the world? The Young Authors Challenge is a short story competition open to all pr...
Posted: Friday June 30, 2023
A Kind of Shelter / Whakaruru-taha ed. Witi Ihimaera and Michelle Elvy
A new anthology of 'creative thinkers' in conversation.
Posted: Friday June 30, 2023
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
Submissions for the third 2023 At the Bay | I Te Kokoru publication, 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 close 15 July 2023
Submit your manuscript now!
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
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
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
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
Poetry Shelf: Nine Readings from A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha
Posted: Tuesday June 13, 2023
Robert Lord Diaries: edited by Chris Brickell, Vanessa Manhire and Nonnita Rees
Due out in October
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
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
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
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
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival - Friday 13 to Sunday 15 October 2023
New website!
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