He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
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
Boosted x Moana
A month-long campaign championing the Pacific arts in Aotearoa New Zealand
Posted: Monday Oct 09, 2023
Creative NZ Capability Grants 23/24
Māori Arts Festival and Pacific Arts Festival
Posted: Monday Oct 09, 2023
Old banners made into book bags
Local pre-schoolers have beautiful, colourful bags to carry their books in, thanks to a collaboration between the Read S...
Posted: Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Dogs of all shapes and sizes visit Ruth Shaw’s three wee bookshops in Manapōuri
In this special session, join Ruth and Lynn Freeman for a conversation about the bond between humans and canines – and h...
Posted: Thursday Oct 05, 2023
David Eggleton reviews:
A Roderick Finlayson Reader edited by Roger Hickin (Cold Hub Press, 2020) and Roderick Finlayson: A Man from Another Wor...
Posted: Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Listen to Bookworm Tony Eyre on his passion for second-hand books
Tony Eyre is a proud bibliophile and has taken a lifetime of loving books and wrapped it into a bibliomemoir called The ...
Posted: Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Submissions are now open for the 2024 Adam NZ Play Award
Submissions close 1 December
Posted: Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Poetry Shelf Cafe: Arihia Latham reads from Birdspeak
Arihia Latham (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) Is a writer, creative, and rongoā practitioner. Her poetry collection Bird...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Apply now for the Robert Lord Writers Cottage 2024 Residencies
Applications close 27 November 2023
Posted: Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival starts in less than two weeks!
Book your tickets now!
Posted: Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Entries for The Allen & Unwin NZ Fiction Prize are open!
Entries must be lodged by 31 March 2024
Posted: Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust Latest News
Book Launch, Cottage open home, Dates for the Diary...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Polyfest promoted sense of belonging
Thirty years ago the first Polyfest acted as a beacon of light for a young Samoan man who is now a stage manager of the ...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
The Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ Toloa Secondary and Tertiary Scholarships open TODAY!
These are awesome opportunities for our youth to thrive in STEAM subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Ma...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Dunedin Fringe is offering the Pacific Artist grant for Fringe 2024!!
Learn more and apply here
Posted: Monday Oct 02, 2023
Pasefika Presence has released their first issue!!
Read the Debut Issue now!
Posted: Monday Oct 02, 2023
For all our sci-fi/fantasy fans…
What happens when technology is levied against those we fear, or those we refuse to understand?
Posted: Monday Oct 02, 2023
You could go to the Iceland Writers Retreat in Reykjavík, Iceland in April 2024 for free!
Scholarship applications are now open and close 31 October 2023.
Posted: Friday Sep 29, 2023
Sound the exciting Ōtepoti Dunedin news alarm!
Dunedin Fringe 2024 Registrations & Artist Grant Applications are NOW OPEN!
Posted: Friday Sep 29, 2023
The Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival will be over-run with talent
Witi Ihimaera, Stacey Morrison, Coco Solid, Andrea Hotere, Ruth Paul & Louise Wallace, to name a few, will be taking the...
Posted: Friday Sep 29, 2023
Applications for the 2024 Kaipukahu University of Waikato Writer in Residence are open
Applications close Friday 10 November 2023
Posted: Friday Sep 29, 2023
Today on Write Spot
Dunedin-based poet Rushi Vyas has released his debut collection 'When I Reach For Your Pulse', which untangles slippery ...
Posted: Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2024 Judges Announced
Respected academics, curators, reading and arts advocates, award-winning writers, journalists and reviewers are among th...
Posted: Thursday Sep 28, 2023
The Wizard of Oz at Playhouse Theatre
Selling out fast! Don't miss out! Book now!
Posted: Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Thomas TW Henry (Rā Designs)
An incredible talent that worked on the Otago Polyfest banners
Posted: Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
What a session this one is going to be!
Barbara Else and Emily Writes in the same room, sharing the same stage AND with the wonderfully funny Swapna Haddow at t...
Posted: Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Nine to Noon's Short Story Competition
Entries close Friday 29 September
Posted: Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
The 2024 Robert Burns Fellow announced ...
Congratulations to Mikaela Nyman
Posted: Monday Sep 25, 2023
Calling all Book Lovers - join the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival Volunteer Team!
Many hands make light work, and the DWRF are seeking passionate volunteers to be a part of this literary extravaganza.
Posted: Monday Sep 25, 2023
Interview: Tony Eyre talks about The Book Collector
Tony Eyre shares with NZ Booklovers his bibliomemoir - a celebration of reading, books, authors and second-hand bookshop...
Posted: Monday Sep 25, 2023
Applications for the 2024 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship are now open
Applications close early November
Posted: Monday Sep 25, 2023
Get your bells ready!
Celebrate the first returnees for the new season at 1pm on Monday 25 September!
Posted: Monday Sep 25, 2023
Write Spot with Tony Eyre
Listen to this fascinating kōrero between Jeff Harford and our very own Tony Eyre about his just-published memoir ‘The B...
Posted: Friday Sep 22, 2023
2023 PANZ Book Design Awards
The most beautiful books in Aotearoa have been revealed!
Posted: Friday Sep 22, 2023
Wheelers Books - Mental Health Awareness Week
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week in Aotearoa, an important week for helping Kiwis to boost their wellbeing and mental h...
Posted: Thursday Sep 21, 2023
Calling all budding reviewers!!
The Aotearoa NZ Review of Books has two fantastic opportunities coming up.
Posted: Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
I’m a writer too:
The festival for people afraid to call themselves writers
Posted: Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Poetry Box Tuesday Poem: ‘Small Dog’ and ‘Chickens on Chairs’ by Jenny Powell
Read Here
Posted: Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Mātātuhi Foundation's October Funding Round is bigger and better
Good news! Applicants can now apply for $5,000 to $25,000 in funding for a literary project. In previous years, the maxi...
Posted: Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
The Book Collector - reviewed by Terry Toner
The Book Collector - Reading and living with Literature by Tony Eyre - published in a small gift hardback by Mary Egan P...
Posted: Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Storytelling Unplugged: Finding Common Ground Through Podcast Narratives
If you love podcasts, come and listen to the experts explore how and why we make them!
Posted: Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
It's Mental Health Awareness Week
Learn more about GROW Mental Health Community and Support Groups
Posted: Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
NZ Young Writers Festival Otago Poetry Slam
Step on stage for the NZYWF Poetry Slam! Or, cheer from the audience.
Posted: Monday Sep 18, 2023
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Playhouse Theatre these school holidays
Will the Wizard of Oz give Scarecrow some brains, the Tin Woodman a heart and the Lion some courage? And can he return D...
Posted: Monday Sep 18, 2023
Strong Words 3 Extract:
Reasons to Learn Cantonese by Maddie Ballard from Strong Words 3: The Best of the Landfall Essay Competition
Posted: Monday Sep 18, 2023
Bookish festival ‘bursting with talent’
A large crowd of book lovers gathered at the University Book Shop last week for the launch of the Dunedin Writers & Read...
Posted: Monday Sep 18, 2023