News and Opportunities
Submissions for the third 2023 At the Bay | I Te Kokoru publication, šš¼š¼šø š¼š³ š¦šµš¼šæš š¦šš¼šæš¶š²š 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 childrenās 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 buyerās point-of-view, rather than a designerās 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: āMy wife is two peopleā
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 Writersā Cottage Trust
Applications open 1 July ā 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 Writersā 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 itās 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 NgÄ Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi (Te Waka Toi Awards)
Annual awards that celebrate and recognise the artistic excellence, achievement and contribution of MÄori 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 ā 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 Eggletonās Respirator: A Poet Laureate Collection 2019 ā 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 Cookeās āBlue Personā
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
Itās 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 āMitamita i lau gagana, mauaāa lou faāasinomagaā 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 Literatureās award-winning writer and essayist Shu-Ling Chua č”ę·ē¾
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 Writersā 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
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 poemsā¦ and...
Posted: Monday May 22, 2023
Review: This is a story about your mother
"Great tenderness pervades many of the poems, underlying the sharp questioning of societyās undervaluing of womenās labo...
Posted: Monday May 22, 2023
Save the dates: 13-15th Oct 2023
Star studded Opera premiere opens the flow of exciting events...
Posted: Monday May 22, 2023
Review: A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha: An anthology of new writing for a changed world
"So much fine thinking and beautiful writing curated expertly by the master editors," Tania Roxborogh reviews A Kind of ...
Posted: Monday May 22, 2023