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Louis Johnson New Writer's Bursary 2021
The annual Louis Johnson New Writer's Bursary provides a stipend that enables a published writer or playwright at an early stage of their career to create a new work.
Posted: Wednesday March 3, 2021
Nominations for Te Putanga Toi Arts Access Awards 2021
Arts Access Aotearoa is calling for nominations to Te Putanga Toi Arts Access Awards 2021. There are six awards, plus the Arts Access Accolade. Each award has a separate webpage where you can complete and submit your nomination form.
Posted: Wednesday March 3, 2021
Hotere biography among finalists
One of Dunedin’s best known and most prolific authors can add to a long list of accolades after being shortlisted for a national book prize.
Posted: Wednesday March 3, 2021
2021 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS - FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Finalists Reveal a Shift in New Zealand Writing and Publishing
Posted: Wednesday March 3, 2021
Top Adam award for Dunedin playwright
A ‘‘shocking, lacerating and wicked’’ writing style has won Emily Duncan another major playwriting award.
Posted: Wednesday March 3, 2021
Two poems from 'Whisper of a Crow's Wing' by Majella Cullinane translated into Italian.
Posted: Tuesday March 2, 2021
Tou Hou Hari Haina! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Chinese New Year in the Year of the Ox!
The Kotahitaka Trust Board is collaborating with the Dunedin Multi Ethnic Council (“DMEC”) on a special project to help commemorate the forthcoming Race Relations Week in March.
Posted: Tuesday March 2, 2021
NZPS International Poetry Competition
Posted: Tuesday March 2, 2021
Dunedin art in unexpected spaces
Off The Ground is a new project that's given Dunedin events stymied by the pandemic the funding they need to proceed.
Posted: Tuesday March 2, 2021
The Sets by Victor Billot out now
Posted: Monday March 1, 2021
Residency Opportunity in Dunedin
Posted: Monday March 1, 2021
Discover a new city through books
Recommended reading lists from our UNESCO City of Literature Virtual Writers in Residence
Posted: Monday March 1, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates Ockham NZ Book Award poetry long list
Elizabeth Morton reads from This is your real name
Posted: Wednesday February 24, 2021
Issue 11 of Starling Magazine is online now
Posted: Wednesday February 24, 2021
Read two poems by Ruth Arnison - Silent Lyrics and Driving to Wanaka’s Festival of Colour for David Eggleton's blog
Posted: Wednesday February 24, 2021
Reo Pēpi
Two Ngāi Tahu cousins from Otago are behind the Reo Pēpi bilingual board books - writing and illustrating them. Kitty Brown talks to Kathryn about how she and her whanaunga Kirsten Parkinson came up with the concept.
Posted: Tuesday February 23, 2021
Poetry Shelf review: Richard Langston’s Five O’Clock Shadows
Posted: Monday February 22, 2021
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Posted: Monday February 22, 2021
Creative Engagement/Design Development: Mosgiel Safer Streets
As part of the Mosgiel Safer Schools project, DCC wishes to work with the community to create painted asphalt art on trial kerb-build outs at three intersections in Mosgiel. The purpose in the first instance is to increase awareness of the adjacent schools and pedestrian activity, and to encourage slower...
Posted: Monday February 22, 2021