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Poetry Shelf celebrates Poetry Day with Janet Frame
∗ an intro and three poems chosen by Paula Green ∗ a poem written by Bill Manhire for Janet ∗ three poems chosen by Pame...
Posted: Friday Aug 23, 2024
Happy Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day!
Today’s the day to celebrate the power of poetry in all its forms.
Posted: Friday Aug 23, 2024
South Dunedin SuperGrans capture their dreams through poetry
Posted: Friday Aug 23, 2024
Celebrating Art and Science: flows like water Book Launch
Weaver, sculptor, photographer and curator Pam McKinlay recently celebrated the launch of her latest book, flows like wa...
Posted: Friday Aug 23, 2024
Meet the Pasifika poet and 2024 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow making history.
Congratulations to Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh ONZM, FRSNZ who has been awarded the 2024 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellows...
Posted: Thursday Aug 22, 2024
Rediscover your library
Read what the library means to Jessica Hinerangi Thompson-Carr - Māori Mermaid
Posted: Thursday Aug 22, 2024
Rediscover your library
Read what the library means to Ian Chapman - Dr Glam
Posted: Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Heritage Collections has put together two small displays to celebrate Janet Frame's legacy
Dunedin author Janet Frame would have turned 100 this month.
Posted: Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
A Poem: Connect - arrival and departure
We're excited that Kirstie will be appearing in our awesome National Poetry Day line-up on Friday
Posted: Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
“I was so hungry for anything other than the way I grew up” - writer and poet Sasha LaPointe
Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe from Seattle City of Literature will be appearing in several sessions at the WORD Christchurch ...
Posted: Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards longlist revealed
Congratulations to the 15 fantastic Kiwi storytellers who are this year's finalists, across three categories.
Posted: Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Moa in the Matukituki Valley: A Cento
With the lead-up to National Poetry Day, enjoy this wonderful new poetry video by David Eggleton and Richard Wallis
Posted: Monday Aug 19, 2024
Help Me Hera: Is it selfish to RVSP ‘no’ to my good friend’s fancy Spanish wedding?
I can afford it, but not by heaps, and I’d love to go, but I’m unsure how much she values my presence. Help!
Posted: Monday Aug 19, 2024
Beach House Pictures documentary film making internship, Singapore
Applications close 28 August 2024
Posted: Monday Aug 19, 2024
Stories reimagined in 3-D form
Award-winning illustrator and writer David Elliot has delved into the art of 3-D drawing, an exciting and original way o...
Posted: Friday Aug 16, 2024
Winners of the 2024 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults announced
Congratulations to all the winners!
Posted: Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Today on Write Spot
National Poetry Day - Michelle Elvy looks ahead to National Poetry Day celebrations to be held at Dunedin City Library o...
Posted: Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
NZ Young Writers Festival Competition
Entries close Thursday 22 August 2024 8.00pm
Posted: Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
Melbourne City of Literature Virtual Writer in Residence
Writers from other UNESCO Cities of Literature, including Dunedin, are invited to apply to Melbourne City of Literature’...
Posted: Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
National Poetry Day would not be complete without David Merritt's poetry 'bricks'!
Find out where you can read David's poems on 23 August here:
Posted: Monday Aug 12, 2024
Name the chick competition
The Royal Cam chick needs a name. Submit your name along with an environmental action to be in to win great prizes. Entr...
Posted: Monday Aug 12, 2024
Sunshine Scoop August Issue
Check out the 'Spotlight' featuring our very own Susan Frame
Posted: Thursday Aug 08, 2024
Poetry Box Listening Corner
Elena reads 5 poem + a spooky popUP poem challenge
Posted: Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Creative Impact Fund 2024 - Round 2 open
For activities taking place between:4 Dec 2024 - 4 Jun 2026. Closes: 17 Sep 2024, 1PM
Posted: Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Creative Fellowship Fund 2024 - Round 2 open
For activities taking place between:4 Dec 2024 - 4 Jun 2026. Closes: 19 Sep 2024, 1PM
Posted: Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Bookshop detectives: Gareth and Louise Ward
Listen to this! And then get all hyped up and excited to meet them at UBS August 29.
Posted: Monday Aug 05, 2024
Help Me Hera: Should I publish a creative essay about my ex?
I’m worried my musings will be less Richard Gadd and more Martha.
Posted: Monday Aug 05, 2024
Fiona Kidman documentary screens at New Zealand International Film Festival
A film which holds the camera up to the life and writing work of Aotearoa literary luminary Dame Fiona Kidman has been s...
Posted: Monday Aug 05, 2024
Short story: Hitch, by Emma Neale
A gothic masterpiece by the great Emma Neale
Posted: Monday Aug 05, 2024
Megan Kitching and her Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day Poster!
You can find her poem ‘Botanising’ on George Street here in Ōtepoti and in other locations around the country!
Posted: Friday Aug 02, 2024
'Marimari' - Paul Wolffram interview on OAR FM
Jeff talks with Producer/director Paul Wolffram about his urgent documentary 'Marimari', showing at the Regent Theatre 1...
Posted: Friday Aug 02, 2024
New podcast fund to support media coverage of arts and culture
Applications close 1pm, 9 August 2024
Posted: Friday Aug 02, 2024
100 days of Janet Frame
Poems read on Arrow FM to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Janet's birth
Posted: Friday Aug 02, 2024
Passion for poetry shared through workshops
We were thrilled to collaborate with SuperGrans Dunedin on this series of poetry workshops led by wonderful City of Lite...
Posted: Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Our very own Sue Wooton features in a thrilling new anthology, Forty South Short Story Anthology 2024
'Mandatory' is one of the ten best entries from the Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2024. Congratulations Sue!
Posted: Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast Podcast
Listen to this interview between Mikaela Nyman and Lola Elvy on Mikaela’s radio show Sugar Loafing Arts Cast
Posted: Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Today on Write Spot - Frances Pavletich talks about the upcoming Small Press Fest
Frances Pavletich from Evening Books is coordinating the Small Press Fest, a three-day programme for small presses and i...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
Congratulations Dunedin City Library
Dunedin Public Libraries wins Best Community Library Display in the 2024 Out on the Shelves Display Competiton
Posted: Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Samoan for Samoa
Starting from scratch to create a dictionary for a language – and a culture
Posted: Monday Jul 29, 2024
BabyHex one of 40 works selected for the international Media Arts Exhibit at the 2024 Electronic Literature Organization conference in Florida
Congratulations to University of Otago English and Linguistics Associate Professor David Ciccoricco for the launch of hi...
Posted: Monday Jul 29, 2024
Stories of past sought by group
South Dunedin Oral History Project members hope to capture homespun tales of people from the area
Posted: Monday Jul 29, 2024
New Zealand's most beautifully designed books revealed
The most beautifully designed books in Aotearoa have been revealed with the announcement today of the 2024 PANZ Book Des...
Posted: Thursday Jul 25, 2024
2024 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose competition
Entries close 31 July 2024
Posted: Thursday Jul 25, 2024
University Creative writing competition open
Entries close at midnight on Wednesday 11 September 2024
Posted: Monday Jul 22, 2024
2024 New Zealand Churchill Fellowship round
Applications for the next round are now open, closing 14 August
Posted: Monday Jul 22, 2024
NZIFF returns with a bumper selection
Film fans rejoice! The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) is just a month away, and printed programmes have...
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Otago's medical hero
'Frontline Surgeon: New Zealand Medical Pioneer Douglas Jolly' is written by Mark Derby (right) and published by Massey ...
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
ACICIS journalism professional practicum
Applications close 11 August 2024
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Nominations are open for the 2024 Keep Dunedin Beautiful Awards!!
Know a neighbour who has been a community garden rockstar? Pop in a nomination, let their mahi be recognised!
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Book Review: Claire Williamson reviews NELL, a new novel by Penelope Todd
'Eleanor Preston – aka Nell – is born in 1897 on a South Island sheep farm homestead. During childhood, her world is the...
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Seven questions with Five Wee Pūteketeke illustrator Jo Pearson
'I like the metaphor of breathing for creative work – sometimes you’re able to breathe out (and produce your own work), ...
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024