Creative writing competition winners 2022

A humorous take on the theme “Brave New World” has won Lennox Tait one of the top places in the University of Otago’s an...

Posted: Monday October 17, 2022

A Dove Flies around Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature

Posted: Wednesday October 12, 2022

Cities of Literature Scary Stories Anthology

Posted: Wednesday October 12, 2022

International Literacy Day

Posted: Wednesday October 12, 2022

Local snapper gets international recognition

Posted: Wednesday October 12, 2022

City of Literature Super Grans to the rescue!

Posted: Wednesday October 12, 2022

Festival curtains open with opera and dance

The Dunedin Arts Festival begins today, bringing a range of local acts and international productions to the city. It ope...

Posted: Tuesday October 11, 2022

Light on her feet: remembering Keri Hulme

Posted: Tuesday October 11, 2022

A Recital of Poems: Chris Tse & David Eggleton

Posted: Tuesday October 11, 2022

The Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize

Posted: Friday October 7, 2022

Book Launch: David Howard & Michael Harlow

Posted: Friday October 7, 2022

Ōtepoti fundraiser for relief in Ukraine

Posted: Friday October 7, 2022

‘Josephine’ comes to life

Reading the picture book Josephine Off The Rails on the train’s 150th birthday on Wednesday are Rose Videler and her dau...

Posted: Friday October 7, 2022

‘Arts...illuminate the world we live in’: 2023 fellows appointed

Albert Einstein once said "creativity is contagious — pass it on". With that in mind, the University of Otago has appoin...

Posted: Wednesday October 5, 2022

Open Call for Nanjing International Writers Residency 2022

Nanjing is offering 6 virtual residencies in 2022 to writers, poets and translators from all UNESCO Cities of Literature...

Posted: Wednesday October 5, 2022

SuperGrans team with visiting authors on reading mission

Two Dunedin authors and a SuperGran visited a local kindergarten recently as part of the SuperGrans Readaloud Programme.

Posted: Friday September 30, 2022

Are you the new Director of Blue Oyster?

Posted: Thursday September 29, 2022

APPLICATION: Writers Residencies 2023

Posted: Tuesday September 20, 2022

The Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellowship

The 2023 Creative New Zealand RCWT residency will run from May to October 2023.

Posted: Monday September 19, 2022

Māori scholar receives top award

Being awarded the University of Otago’s top honour has left Jacinta Ruru emotional, saying it is a significant moment fo...

Posted: Sunday September 18, 2022

Light after darkness

A desire to speak the truth and see change in the care and justice system for young people has seen Fa’amoana John Luafu...

Posted: Friday September 16, 2022

Ben Wilson on The Write Spot radio show

Posted: Friday September 16, 2022

The 8th New Zealand Young Writers Festival

Posted: Tuesday September 13, 2022

Insight ahead of arts festival

OAR FM’s weekday OARsome Morning Show is presenting interviews with national and international artists and directors in ...

Posted: Wednesday September 7, 2022

Mansfield stories form new operas

Opera Otago returns to the Mayfair Theatre stage this weekend with an ambitious production of The Mansfield Trilogy, thr...

Posted: Wednesday September 7, 2022

Talk features acclaimed Scottish crime writers

"Revenge and death and violence and bloodshed and mayhem" — what more could you want? Dunedin crime fiction fans will be...

Posted: Wednesday September 7, 2022

Portrait: Peter Olds, by Victor Billot

On a delinquent, a wanderer, a literary icon

Posted: Wednesday September 7, 2022

How Covid affected the arts

The impact of Covid-19 on creativity was among the topics of a panel discussion with the 2022 University of Otago Arts F...

Posted: Sunday September 4, 2022

Review: Return to Harikoa Bay

A review by Sam Finnemore

Posted: Thursday September 1, 2022

A trio of Chinese celebrations

A celebration on September 10 aims to thread the strands of Dunedin’s multicultural community together.

Posted: Thursday September 1, 2022

Theatre group marks 30th year

Theatre folk from across the country came together in Dunedin at the weekend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of profes...

Posted: Thursday September 1, 2022

Teen’s trilogy shows he’s a creative force

Kavanagh College pupil Tom Davis (15) has published three books since 2019, a trilogy which now resides in the school li...

Posted: Monday August 29, 2022

WE ARE MOVING BACK... UPDATE

Posted: Thursday August 25, 2022

'In Plain Air'

One feature of the new Pauline Bellamy website is that it's home to 'In Plain Air', the 2020 short documentary film abou...

Posted: Thursday August 25, 2022

Tour of New Zealand with cabaret show is 'last hurrah' for poet laureate

David Eggleton’s current tour of the country is his “last hurrah” as New Zealand’s poet laureate.

Posted: Wednesday August 24, 2022

Dirty Deeds Down Under - crime on both sides of the Tasman

It's apparently the first ever compilation of Australian and New Zealand crime short stories, but already several more a...

Posted: Monday August 22, 2022

A new novel remembers the plight of German internees

The brutality endured by First World War internees on Wellington's Matiu/Somes Island is remembered by Dunedin author Pa...

Posted: Monday August 22, 2022

1981 Springbok tour movie set to be filmed in city

The drama of the 1981 Springbok tour is set to return to Dunedin streets in a coming-of-age feature film.

Posted: Sunday August 21, 2022

Kidd wins media award

Otago Daily Times reporter Rob Kidd was named regional journalist of the year at the Voyager Media Awards in Auckland on...

Posted: Sunday August 21, 2022

The University of Otago City of Literature PhD Scholarship

The English and Linguistics Programme at the University of Otago invites applications for a doctoral scholarship in lite...

Posted: Friday August 19, 2022

My Grandfather is a Canoe

My Grandfather is a Canoe has received heartfelt praise and accolades and now has another season – warmest congratulatio...

Posted: Wednesday August 17, 2022

Short play competition

SaHara Breeze Productions launches its annual Shot Glass Shorts short play competition from tonight, showcasing new and ...

Posted: Wednesday August 17, 2022

A treat for Jane Austen fans

The stately Olveston Historic Home will be the backdrop for a Jane Austen-themed soiree, with Regency dance, this week.

Posted: Wednesday August 17, 2022

Belated welcome for university arts fellows

It was late, but that was better than never, as the University of Otago last night welcomed its 2022 arts fellows.

Posted: Wednesday August 17, 2022

First Maori literature hub launched online

The first Māori literature hub has just been launched online.

Posted: Wednesday August 17, 2022


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