He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
Poetry Shelf review
Hopurangi-Songcatcher Poems from the Maramataka by Robert Sullivan
Posted: Tuesday May 14, 2024
Expert Feature: Warwick Jordan on looking after books
Warwick Jordan is the founder of the 'Hard to Find: but worth the effort' Second Hand Bookshops... which does exactly wh...
Posted: Tuesday May 14, 2024
Whakataukī of the Week with Robert Sullivan
Robert Sullivan is a poet and an associate professor in creative writing at Massey University who has just published his...
Posted: Tuesday May 14, 2024
Hocken Collections Foyer Display
Celebrating Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa / New Zealand Music Month 2024
Posted: Monday May 13, 2024
This Week, Those Books featuring Admissions, Mira Harrison
Posted: Monday May 13, 2024
'Menswear + Manuscripts' exhibition
Special Collections' de Beer Gallery
Posted: Monday May 13, 2024
Five Wee Pūteketeke
Delightful book illustrated by our very own Jo Pearson
Posted: Friday May 10, 2024
Explaining Otherhood - childless by choice or circumstance
Listen to the RNZ interview here
Posted: Thursday May 09, 2024
Pasifika Book Hub!
Connecting readers with Pacific storytellers and stories, brought to you by Mila’s Books
Posted: Thursday May 09, 2024
Short story: The boat in the shed, by Kyle Mewburn
“How easy it would be to slip a kayak into the river at the back of Len’s section and glide silently past the row of sle...
Posted: Thursday May 09, 2024
The Rush Cottage Writers’ Residency
Hawke’s Bay Readers and Writers Trust Announce The Rush Cottage Writers’ Residency - Applications close 5pm, 31 May 2024
Posted: Wednesday May 08, 2024
Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence 2024
Applications close Friday, 31 May 2024
Posted: Wednesday May 08, 2024
Today on Write Spot
Poet and Writer Annie Villiers is contributing a poem to the Poetry on the Move initiative, marking Heidelberg City of L...
Posted: Wednesday May 08, 2024
May news from AUP!
Featuring two new poetry collections including Hopurangi—Songcatcher Poems from the Maramataka by Robert Sullivan
Posted: Tuesday May 07, 2024
Poetry Shelf review:
Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2024 – a review and eight readings
Posted: Monday May 06, 2024
Time to re-read Majella Cullinane's in-depth interview with Vincent O'Sullivan
"The great contradiction in life and in fiction, is we still believe in freedom, even as entanglements throw a net acros...
Posted: Friday May 03, 2024
Enter the Annual NZPS International Poetry Competition
Entries close midnight 31 May 2024
Posted: Friday May 03, 2024
Otago cancer researchers win PM's Science Award
When Parry Guilford is asked why he has spent nearly 30 years looking for the genetic cause of stomach cancer, he loves ...
Posted: Thursday May 02, 2024
‘Sheer glitter ringing about’: Emma Neale remembers Vincent O’Sullivan
News that the great writer Vincent O’Sullivan has died has spurred a wave of tributes. Here, fellow writer Emma Neale re...
Posted: Thursday May 02, 2024
Expressions of Interest for touring with PANNZ in 2025 are NOW OPEN
Submissions close 5pm, Monday 3 June
Posted: Thursday May 02, 2024
Entries for the 2024 PANZ Book Design Awards are now open!
Entries close Friday 31 May 2024
Posted: Thursday May 02, 2024
Call for Granada Writers in Residence Programme November 2024
Applications close 20 June 2024
Posted: Thursday May 02, 2024
Call for UNESCO City of Literature Wonju Residency 2024
Spend eight weeks in South Korea, at the Toji Cultural Centre
Posted: Thursday May 02, 2024
Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship Applications
Applications close 14 June 2024
Posted: Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Kete Book Reviews
Ash, Katūīvei: Contemporary Pasifika Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand and A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotear...
Posted: Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tūhura photography competition
Otago’s own awards to celebrate our nature, our landscapes, and you, our people, taking images of all of it!
Posted: Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Creative Connections Residency 2025 - submissions open
Applications close 5pm 31 May
Posted: Monday Apr 29, 2024
Young poets/artists are invited to join WordPlay as part of Nottingham Poetry Festival
Deadline: 6 May
Posted: Monday Apr 29, 2024
Congratulations Kimberley Fridd!!
Winner of the Drama NZ Life Membership Award for 2024
Posted: Monday Apr 29, 2024
Today on Write Spot
City of Literature South D Poet Lorikeet, Jenny Powell discussing her work as a poet, working with new entrants at prima...
Posted: Monday Apr 29, 2024
A History of Kindness
Drawing lights the way - an interview with Claire Beynon
Posted: Monday Apr 29, 2024
Our heartfelt condolences and aroha to the whānau and friends of Sir Vincent O'Sullivan
New Zealand Poetry Society announcement
Posted: Monday Apr 29, 2024
8-week Creative Writing Workshop for adults with Majella Cullinane
Secure your spot now!
Posted: Monday Apr 29, 2024
Look Blue Go Purple - Taite Music Prize 2024 Winner!
Huge congratulations to our City of Literature whānau Look Blue Go Purple on receiving their Independent Music NZ Classi...
Posted: Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Oar FM 'Māori Gods' podcast
Youth Zone broadcaster and podcaster Ajax Banstola (10) received some goodies from author Gavin Bishop
Posted: Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Poetry Shelf Ockham NZ Book Award feature
Megan Kitching – a reading, a review, a poem
Posted: Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Poetry Shelf Weekly Newsletter
This week - a poem by Vaughan Rapatahana and a musing on The Poet Laureate role
Posted: Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Sun Gum Saan – New Gold Mountain Digital Lesson Plans
Resources designed to help your ākonga learn about and explore the world of Cantonese settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Posted: Monday Apr 22, 2024
NZ artists win prestigious Venice Biennale award
Mataaho collective have been awarded the Golden Lion by a jury at the 60th Venice Biennale for their large scale work in...
Posted: Monday Apr 22, 2024
"Contribution to Field"
An exhibition by English PhD candidate Liz Breslin - zines, cut & paste poems and very badly done cross stitch!
Posted: Monday Apr 22, 2024
Poetry Shelf pays tribute to John Allison
Posted: Friday Apr 19, 2024
Edible delights all year
At the Dunedin City Library from 6pm on Tuesday, Jason Ross, Rory Harding and Sue Novell will talk about how to grow foo...
Posted: Friday Apr 19, 2024
This week’s bestselling books – April 19
The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, with occasional pithy remarks
Posted: Friday Apr 19, 2024
Reading from The Best Small Fiction 2022 & 2023
Drop The Mic(ro) Reading Series
Posted: Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Dunedin history brought to life in a novel centred around Larnach's Castle
Dunedin's history is front and centre of a new book by Karen McMillan
Posted: Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Send a mobile library to Ukraine
Support Libraries Connected to raise £10,000 to buy and deliver a mobile library to Ukraine
Posted: Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Creative New Zealand Playmarket Moana Pacific Trainee Script Advisor Residency for 2024
Applications close Friday 19 April 2024
Posted: Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Check out the winning entries to this year’s Great Kiwi Poster Competition!
An exhibition of the winning posters at Tūhura Otago Museum Level 2 Atrium, on until Sun 19 May
Posted: Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Applications for the Kraków UNESCO City of Literature International Residency Program for writers are now open
Applications close Friday 31 May 2024
Posted: Monday Apr 15, 2024
Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day
Congratulations to Elizabeth Jones - winner of the 2024 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for a lifetime achievement and co...
Posted: Friday Apr 12, 2024
Huia Publishers wins big at Bologna
New Zealand’s leading indigenous publishers have been recognised for their excellence on the world stage at this year’s ...
Posted: Friday Apr 12, 2024
Poetry Shelf musings:
Louise Wallace – On poetic form in romesh dissanayake’s novel When I open the shop
Posted: Friday Apr 12, 2024
2024 marks the bicentenary of Lord Byron's death
Heritage Collections, Dunedin City Library, is doing its bit: a small display of Byron materials - signatures and book -...
Posted: Thursday Apr 11, 2024