News and Opportunities
“LET THE FLAVOURS RIPPLE”: AN INTERVIEW WITH PAULA GREEN
This year has been huge for Paula Green, the biggest cheerleader of poetry for children in Aotearoa. She’s had two child...
Posted: Tuesday November 22, 2022
Poetry Shelf Occasional Reviews: Roger Hickin and Peter Olds – A Town Trod by Poets
Posted: Friday November 18, 2022
NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PRIZE OPEN FROM 7 OCT 2022 TO 31 JAN 2023
Posted: Monday November 14, 2022
Teddy bears and the ‘Poet Lorikeet’ join forces
Posted: Thursday November 10, 2022
Short story: Fourth wall, by Shima Jack
Posted: Thursday November 10, 2022
Film showcases a spoke’n’word tour of the Otago Central Rail Trail
In late 2020, Liz Breslin, Annabel Wilson and Laura Williamson embarked on a “spoke’n’word tour” of the Otago Central Ra...
Posted: Thursday November 3, 2022
The Storylines Notable Book Awards 2022
Posted: Wednesday November 2, 2022
Lines of Defence
Posted: Wednesday November 2, 2022
Winning writers take to airwaves
Posted: Wednesday November 2, 2022
Rail:lines The:film
Posted: Tuesday November 1, 2022
Shima Jack on The Write Spot
Posted: Friday October 28, 2022
Robert Sullivan receives Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for Poetry 2022
Posted: Friday October 28, 2022
PAGING FICTION WRITERS!
With the generous support of our sponsors, samesame but different is once again running the Peter Wells Short Fiction Co...
Posted: Thursday October 27, 2022
Translating Aotearoa poetry to Spanish
Posted: Tuesday October 25, 2022
Fittick: Fisher of Men by Beatrice Hale
Impulsive. Brave. Dedicated.
Posted: Tuesday October 25, 2022
Hone Tūwhare creative residents named
Posted: Friday October 21, 2022
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Talks about Epiphanies
Posted: Tuesday October 18, 2022
CASELBERG TRUST INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE 2022 – WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Posted: Monday October 17, 2022
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
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature – World Novel Week 2022
Posted: Sunday October 16, 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
Poetic nonfiction: Diane Brown, Vaughan Rapatahana, Charlotte Hamrick, Sophia Wilson & Iona Winter
Posted: Tuesday October 11, 2022
Writers at annual book event in Ukrainian city say storytelling and art have helped many endure violence
Posted: Monday October 10, 2022
Poetry Shelf: Emma Neale’s launch speech for Michael Harlow
Posted: Monday October 10, 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
Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival & Dunedin Arts Festival bringing two author events to Ōtepoti book lovers.
Christine Leunens and Michael Bennett
Posted: Wednesday October 5, 2022
What rapper Scribe and his older brother Matthias Luafutu can't agree on
Posted: Wednesday October 5, 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 Coalition for Books to host a series of online talanoa sessions to support tagata Moana writers in publishing
Posted: Tuesday September 20, 2022
STARLING CONSIDERS WORK FROM NEW ZEALAND WRITERS UNDER 25 YEARS OLD AT TIME OF SUBMISSION.
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
Stesha Brandon from Seattle City of Literature visits Ōtepoti
Posted: Friday September 2, 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