Latest happenings
Janet Frame's debut novel retold for the theatre
The creators of a stage version of Owls Do Cry explain how their non-literal retelling pays tribute to Janet Frame’s original.
Posted: Wednesday October 2, 2019
Landfall essay competition joint winners profound and persuasive
Posted: Tuesday October 1, 2019
Issue 18 of Down In Edin Magazine
This issue features: Arts, Culture and Natural Lifestyles of Dunedin and Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Literature, Poetry, Music, Art, Photography, Theatre and Natural Living. This issue features: Penelope Todd interviews author Chris Else on his new novel, 'Waterline"; Jane Woodham interviews artist John Z Robinson; Ed...
Posted: Monday September 30, 2019
Dyslexic author Paul Russell is on a mission to unleash the creativity of children with dyslexia
Posted: Monday September 30, 2019
Secrets of the dark art
There’ll be murder in the library next month as top crime writers from Scotland, Ireland and closer to home gather for the inaugural Celtic Noir crime writing festival. Here, award-winning author Liam McIlvanney explains the popularity of Celtic Noir and what crime fans can expect from the weekend.
Posted: Monday September 30, 2019
Pair added to festival line-up
Posted: Sunday September 29, 2019
Poetry performed
Posted: Saturday September 28, 2019
International Week of the Deaf
Posted: Tuesday September 24, 2019
David Howard meeting Ulyanovsk composer Sofia Filyanina as she arrives by train from Moscow.
Sofia has set a sequence of my poems to music, and was preparing to rehearse musicians for a formal presentation (and world premiere) on 28 September at the Book Palace.
Posted: Monday September 23, 2019
Judge not the nuance navigators
Unesco City of Literature residency writer Liz Breslin finds a way to cool off in Krakow. Or does she?
Posted: Monday September 23, 2019
An interview with David Howard from his special residency in Ulyanovsk UNESCO City of Literature
Posted: Saturday September 21, 2019
Stimulating variety in festival
Posted: Saturday September 21, 2019
Heritage Festival fun returns next weekend
Posted: Friday September 20, 2019
Changing Minds: Memories Lost and Found
The Winner of the Poetry Competition
Posted: Thursday September 19, 2019
REGISTER NOW for the WILD Imaginings Children’s Writers’ and Illustrators’ Hui!
WILD Imaginings promises a scintillating programme delivered by some of the country’s most celebrated children’s book creators and influential industry professionals.
Posted: Thursday September 19, 2019
Chinese Moon Festival
Moon Festival Poetry Competition - 15 September - 18 October 2019
Posted: Thursday September 19, 2019
Lighthearted variety in three short plays
Barbara Frame reviews Cold Season, The Poisoners and Noble Endurance
Posted: Wednesday September 18, 2019
'The Getaway' - a short play by young playwright Paul Liedvogel. It will be performed at the UNESCO Play Festival in Dunedin in September 2019 (and a preview in Heidelberg on 31 August)
Below are a series of Vlogs posted by The Getaway - enjoy their journey!
Posted: Monday September 16, 2019
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Robert Burns Poetry Competition: The Far Foreign Land
Posted: Monday September 16, 2019
Rap Like Robbie Poetry Competition
Write a poem inspired by Robert Burns and score yourself $500, sponsored by the Dunedin-Edinburgh Sister City Society!
Posted: Monday September 16, 2019