Latest happenings
2019 Poetry Competition Results
Time to announce the winners of the 2019 Poems in the Waiting Room Poetry Competition
Posted: Tuesday April 9, 2019
Gröndalshús Writer's Home
Posted: Monday April 8, 2019
The Gulf Between Book Launch
The launch of Maxine Alterio’s third novel The Gulf Between (Penguin Random House, 2019) was held at Manaaki restaurant, Otago Polytechnic, 4th April. In keeping with the theme for the evening, guests were treated to Neapolitan finger food and prosecco.
Posted: Monday April 8, 2019
Translation workshop LitTransformer - July 8-18, 2019
Call for participation
Posted: Thursday April 4, 2019
Announcing our 2019 Krakow UNESCO City of Literature Residency Programme Writers!
Posted: Thursday April 4, 2019
Ambitious local war film to Premiere in Dunedin
Posted: Wednesday April 3, 2019
WELCOME TO THE 2019 NFFD COMPETITION
The 2019 National Flash Fiction Day Competition runs February 15 – April 15. Send your best 300-word story * Cash prizes * Adult and Youth competitions
Posted: Wednesday April 3, 2019
Open Call for Media Art Residency in Creative City Košice
Košice – the Creative City of Media Arts offers media artists a two-month stay in Košice in autumn 2019. The residency is organized by the NGO Creative Industry Košice – a focal point of UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts, and K.A.I.R. Košice Artist in Residence.
Posted: Wednesday April 3, 2019
Un Holocaust Remembrance Day & Paul Seideman Award 2019 Competition
Posted: Tuesday April 2, 2019
Award-Winning Theatre Company Back With Electric New Season
“Arcade Theatre Company.. is proof that provocative, energetic theatre can still be offered in Dunedin” - THEATREVIEW
Posted: Tuesday April 2, 2019
Storylines Notable Books List 2019
The 2019 Storylines Children’s Literature Notable Book List, for the highest quality books in five genres published during 2018, is compiled from more than 100 entries from publishers by expert panels of authors, teachers, librarians, academics and parents.
Posted: Monday April 1, 2019
Centre for the Book 2019 Research Symposium - Call for Papers
Biography, Autobiography and Memoirs
Posted: Thursday March 28, 2019
University of Otago College of Education - Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence 2020
Posted: Wednesday March 27, 2019
Rapping like a bard
Rediscovering Shakespeare for the hip-hop generation is just one mission on Writers and Readers Festival visitor Akala’s mind, writes Dionne Christian.
Posted: Tuesday March 26, 2019
The war on truth
Stephen Davis’ life convinces him a war on truth is being waged and must be resisted. That is now our experience too. Bruce Munro talks to the award-winning investigative journalist about government cover-ups, big business tactics and the role of conspiracies in the Christchurch mosques massacre.
Posted: Tuesday March 26, 2019
Interactive adventure in Botanic Garden
Posted: Tuesday March 26, 2019
Gordon Brown on life at 103
Posted: Monday March 25, 2019
Bill Gosden farewells the NZ Film Festival after 40 years
Posted: Sunday March 24, 2019
The Art of healing
Posted: Sunday March 24, 2019
Author's quest to meet 120 Kiwi centenarians: Seeking meaning in longevity
The stories of New Zealand's centenarians show they are a complete cross-section of Kiwi society. Is there any special reason they ticked on so long? JOHN McCRONE reports.
Posted: Wednesday March 20, 2019