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Introducing the second of our ŌTL Playwright Programme writers for 2020.
Posted: Friday July 24, 2020
Tonight we’re introducing the first of our ŌTL playwright programme writers for 2020.
Posted: Friday July 24, 2020
Artist Kerry Mackay's Autumn Lamb
Posted: Thursday July 23, 2020
New Writers at Ōtepoti Theatre Lab
Posted: Wednesday July 22, 2020
Community of writers to host retreat
They all live on the same street, drawing inspiration daily from the Hawkdun Range standing guard at the end of the road.
Posted: Tuesday July 21, 2020
Poetry Shelf poets on their own poems: David Eggleton reads and responds to ‘Heraldry’
David Eggleton reads ‘Heraldry’ from Time of the Icebergs (Otago University Press 2011). This poetry performance video was recorded live by musician and film-maker Richard C. Wallis on July 10, 2020 in Waikouaiti, Otago.
Posted: Tuesday July 21, 2020
Robert Lord Writers Cottage 2020 residencies announced
Canterbury flash fiction writer Sandra Arnold and Wairarapa children’s writer Di Batchelor have been awarded residencies at Dunedin’s Robert Lord Writers Cottage, and applications are currently invited for two further residencies at the cottage.
Posted: Tuesday July 21, 2020
Kānapanapa mai ana a Matariki
Matariki is the Māori new year and an important time in New Zealand. Lawrence Wharerau, our Outreach Curator Māori Specialist – Kaitoko Kaupapa Torotoronga ā-Iwi, provides some background on the festival and describes the footage in our special programme Kānapanapa mai ana a Matariki.
Posted: Tuesday July 21, 2020
Director Ngā Toi Māori
Tāwhiri (the producer of New Zealand Festival of the Arts, Wellington Jazz Festival, Second Unit and Lexus Song Quest) will incorporate two new leadership roles into its Leadership Team: Director Ngā Toi Māori and Director Intercultural Development.
Posted: Monday July 20, 2020
Go NZ: A detour through Dunedin's literary past
Gather round, readers, and let me tell you a story about Dunedin. Actually, would you rather hear one by Janet Frame? Hone Tuwhare? Perhaps Laurence Fearnley?
Posted: Monday July 20, 2020
Is it a workshop? No, it's a bookshop. Welcome to Dead Souls in Dunedin
Dean Havard, owner of Dunedin’s Dead Souls Bookshop, does his best to try and detail his place of work.
Posted: Monday July 20, 2020
Reviews Editor appointed for KETE: New books from Aotearoa New Zealand
The Coalition for Books is delighted to announce that Mark Broatch, former deputy editor and books and culture editor of the New Zealand Listener, has accepted the role of Reviews Editor for a new “lithub”-style website to be launched in September by the Coalition for Books – KETE: New Books...
Posted: Monday July 20, 2020
Diane Brown Poems in New Zealand Poet Laureate blog
Posted: Friday July 17, 2020
Book link to Hodgkins’ father
A small piece of Dunedin’s literary history has been uncovered by a Dunedin man clearing out his garage.
Posted: Tuesday July 14, 2020
Poetry Shelf poets on poems: Kay McKenzie Cooke and Rachel McAlpine read and respond to new poems
Posted: Tuesday July 14, 2020
Kā mihi mahana nui o te wā o te Tau Hou Māori – Happy New Year!
Our Visitor Programmes Organiser, Lynda Cullen, interviews Vicki Lenihan, coordinator of the Dunedin Puaka Matariki Festival
Posted: Monday July 13, 2020
Plays for the Young Competition
Do you have an original and inventive play written for young people, whether you are new or experienced in writing for the young? We are seeking plays written for young audiences and plays written by young writers.
Posted: Monday July 13, 2020
Content Presenter: 2020 New Zealand Young Writers Festival
The NZ Young Writers Festival is four days of free, fun literary focused events held annually in Ōtepoti/Dunedin.
Posted: Monday July 13, 2020
Young Writer in Residence
A four week residency (13 September to Friday 9 October) in the Robert Lord Writers Cottage (Dunedin) to write, and participate in the NZ Young Writers Festival (24-27 September).
Posted: Monday July 13, 2020