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Winner of the 2023 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award
Congratulations to Jo McNeice, for her manuscript, Blue Hour
Posted: Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Winner of the 2023 Landfall Essay Competition
Congratulations to Siobhan Harvey for her powerful essay, ‘A Jigsaw of Broken Things’
Posted: Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Internetnz Web Accessibility Grant open
This grant will help charities and Māori organisations to make their websites more accessible. Applications close 15 Dec...
Posted: Monday Nov 27, 2023
Reflections on 2023 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency
It was an absolute joy and honour to live and write in the Caselberg House, as the inaugural recipient of the Caselberg ...
Posted: Monday Nov 27, 2023
Dr April-Rose Geers - University Book Shop Emerging Writer in Residence
Dr April-Rose Geers has been announced as the University Book Shop Emerging Writer in Residence. She will take up the re...
Posted: Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Much-loved bard travelled a hard road
Otago’s own Gaelic bard, Angus Robertson, has been rescued from obscurity and his literary achievements are about to be ...
Posted: Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Write Spot with OAR FM - WONDERlust project for World Braille Day
A book by That Blind Woman Julie Woods, illustrated by husband Ron Esplin, is being gifted to several Cities of Literatu...
Posted: Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Bridport Prize International Creative Writing Competition
Deadline 31 May 2024
Posted: Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
A History of Kindness
Read Kirstie Mckinnon's latest Substack, When Kindness Hurts and create your own Substack to connect your publication wi...
Posted: Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Let the little ones colour in kiwi creatures, and learn te reo along the way
Starring native birds, insects, plants and sea animals, the Reo Pēpi Bilingual Colouring Book will teach te reo vocabula...
Posted: Monday Nov 20, 2023
Wheeler Books - Book of the Week
𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 by beloved author Joy Cowley is an evocative and beautiful book that distils the essence of summer at the ba...
Posted: Monday Nov 20, 2023
From Millers Flat to Nanjing, China
Ready to fly . . .Millers Flat author Kyle Mewburn contemplates the contrast between her rural home and Nanjing with a p...
Posted: Thursday Nov 16, 2023
All episodes of the Play: Notes Podcast are now available to listen to
Join Dramaturgs Emily Duncan and Allison Horsley as they give you the need-to-know notes on plays that have influenced h...
Posted: Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Landfall Journal are excited to announce a special collaboration with non/fictionLab for 2024
They are joining together to commission a series of essays on the topic of ‘making space’. The essays will be trans-Tasm...
Posted: Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Distinguished Research Medal Lecture
Watch here the stream of the Distinguished Research Medal Lecture with recipient of the 2022 University of Otago disting...
Posted: Monday Nov 13, 2023
Writer 2023
This year’s winners of the University of Otago’s annual creative writing competition read and discuss their works with c...
Posted: Monday Nov 13, 2023
Reading makes life...full of opportunities
Did you know the OECD considers a love of reading to be the most important indicator of the future success of a child--m...
Posted: Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua reflects on her time in Dunedin as Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident.
Listen to this delightful kōrero between Jeff Harford and Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua on ‘Write Spot with Duned...
Posted: Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Sunday Star Times Short Story Awards 2023
Entries close November 12, 2023 at 11.45pm
Posted: Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
‘Words flowed, sparkled and rippled’
Lovely article by our Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident, Shu-Ling Chua from Melbourne ...
Posted: Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
'Is this all there is?'
Reflecting on the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2023 by Kiringāua Cassidy
Posted: Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
The NZ Summer Reading Guide is here
This summer’s edition is packed with book suggestions and gift ideas for every reader’s interests, needs and whims.
Posted: Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Nonnita Rees: Robert Lord's Diaries
Over the weekend, co-editor Nonnita Rees spoke to Kim Hill about Robert Lord Diaries. They talked about Robert's work, f...
Posted: Monday Nov 06, 2023
Family legacy memorialised
The legacy of one of Dunedin’s founding families has been marked with the launch of a publication commemorating the 150t...
Posted: Monday Nov 06, 2023
Toponymy project in Quebec City
Québec, ville de littérature have installed this very cool outdoor exhibition in Quebec City
Posted: Monday Nov 06, 2023
A thrilling month for speakers of Polish in Aotearoa!
Kraków City of Literature announces CZYTAJ PL 2023 which offers 18 bestselling books for reading free online until 30 No...
Posted: Monday Nov 06, 2023
Submissions open for 2024 John O’Connor First Book Award
Submissions close 14 January 2024
Posted: Monday Nov 06, 2023
Robert Lord Diaries ed. Chris Brickell, Vanessa Manhire and Nonnita Rees
The diaries of a groundbreaking queer new playwright with ‘an abiding ambivalence about being a New Zealander’.
Posted: Friday Nov 03, 2023
2023 Storylines Notable Book Award winners announced
Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa is delighted to once again celebrate excelle...
Posted: Friday Nov 03, 2023
FestPAC 2024 Delegation EOI Now Open
Māori and Pasifika artists, groups and organisations are invited to express their interest to join the Aotearoa delegati...
Posted: Friday Nov 03, 2023
Lilliput Library for St Kilda Kindergarten
A new larger lilliput library, designed to accommodate picture books for young children, was unveiled outside the St Kil...
Posted: Thursday Nov 02, 2023
2024 Fringe Māori Artist Grants Now Open!
This year Dunedin Fringe is proud to announce a $10,000 grant pool specifically for Māori artists and/or Māori-led proje...
Posted: Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Call for applications - Arts Access fellowships 2023
Applications close at 5pm on Monday November 20th
Posted: Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Dunedin Public Art Gallery is now inviting proposals for the 2024 Rear Window Moving Image Programme
Applications close Friday 24th of November
Posted: Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Publishing Scotland International Publishing Fellowship
The Publishing Scotland International Publishing Fellowship is open for applications until January 2024 for an opportuni...
Posted: Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Shef Rogers appointed Donald Collie Chair
Associate Professor Shef Rogers has been appointed as the English and Linguistic programme’s Donald Collie Chair.
Posted: Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Creative Impact Lab Ōtepoti / Dunedin 2023-24
Open Call for Participants
Posted: Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Kete Books and RNZ announce new partnership targeting more readers for Aotearoa New Zealand books
Kete Books has partnered with RNZ in a new content sharing agreement that will expand coverage about books in Aotearoa a...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Update from the Kiwi Christmas Books kitchen table postage and packaging department
Hundreds of these lovely posters & bookmarks are heading out the door this week, bound for bookstores, schools and busin...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Magnolia tree star of competition-winning story
A magnolia tree whose flowering heralds the arrival of spring for University of Otago staff is the unlikely star of one ...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Centre for the Book Symposium 16-17 November 2023
Theme: Books and Resistance
Posted: Thursday Oct 26, 2023
BOOKHUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER IN BOOK BUYING FOR NZ BOOKLOVERS
The Sapling co-founder Sarah Forster shares her thoughts on the new platform.
Posted: Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Dunedin author Ian Dougherty's latest book has just been released
The Steepest Street in the World: Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
Posted: Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Local writer heading to Nanjing!
Super exciting news that Kyle Mewburn has been selected as one of six writers/poets/translators from around the world to...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Ōtepoti literary community welcomes Shu-Ling Chua
We are delighted that the inaugural Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident, Shu-Ling Chua h...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
'The child in me will never die': Author Joy Cowley on embracing life and moving house
Much-loved author Joy Cowley is packing up and moving away from the Wairarapa town she has called home for 20 years.
Posted: Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
A History of Kindness
Check out Kirstie McKinnon’s blog post A History of Kindness that gently weaves histories together thanks to the gift of...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Write Spot with Oar FM - Shu-Ling Chua
Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua is in Dunedin as the first-ever Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature ...
Posted: Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Two Centre for the Book activities to mark in your diary
Public Talk - Monumentum Regale: King Charles I in the John Emmerson Collection, State Library Victoria, Melbourne and C...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
From Jewelled Fantasies to Splendid Rags: Reflecting on Kākā Point Presented by the Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust
Posted: Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
What is BookHub?
BookHub is the fast and easy way to browse and buy books from NZ bookstores, it's local, it supports NZ businesses, it’s...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
An open secret - Dunedin’s hidden library
Librarian Christine Powley celebrates the Southern Heritage Trust open day in one of the oldest buildings in Dunedin, th...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
The stories that got bookworm Tony Eyre hooked
Tony Eyre is a book lover. Now, he is a book writer. His bibliomemoir, The Book Collector, tells the story of a lifetime...
Posted: Monday Oct 09, 2023
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
If mushrooms, foraging, baking, food and health is up your street, then make sure you snap up these tickets
Posted: Monday Oct 09, 2023