News and Opportunities
For Aotearoa Writers!
Apply now to be mentored by an established writer, poet or playwright under our NZSA Mentor Programme
Posted: Tuesday December 7, 2021
Looking for a cracking job in publishing?
OUP is seeking a new Marketing & Publicity Coordinator
Posted: Tuesday December 7, 2021
A tribute to Stephen Stratford, who died suddenly at his Cambridge home last weekend
Posted: Tuesday December 7, 2021
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature turns 7!
Get your free Dunedin Author Postcards from the City Library
Posted: Friday December 3, 2021
Iona Winter, Rena Priest & Sasha LaPointe: Indigenous Poetry & Perspectives
Iona Winter, Rena Priest and Sasha LaPointe share their work and discuss shared themes and resonance within their writin...
Posted: Friday December 3, 2021
Open Call: Writer in the Park, Literary Residency in Ljubljana
Writers! Here's your chance to enjoy a one-month residency in Ljubljana!
Posted: Friday December 3, 2021
Government invests to support a classic Kiwi summer
Vaccinated New Zealanders can look forward to Kiwi summer events with confidence, following the launch of the Arts and C...
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Hannah Marshall talks about attending the Young Writers Festival
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Vanda Symon – juggling human drama, health research and tea trays
From community pharmacy to crime scene forensics, Dunedin author and University of Otago researcher Dr Vanda Symon’s car...
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Voices of World War II - Renée Hollis: Untold Kiwi war stories brought to life
The visually stunning compendium of photos and written accounts offers a snapshot of what life was like before and durin...
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2021
A massive congratulations to Michael Steven who is the winner of the Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2021 for his manu...
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
City of Readers, Children's Summer Reading Programme
Pre-registrations are open for the annual Summer Reading Programme for children in Years 1-8
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Submissions are now open for the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
These annual awards recognise and celebrate the best books for young readers published in New Zealand and we can't wait ...
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Do you have memories to share about the Dunedin City Library?
How good is your memory? We're celebrating the 40th birthday of the current Dunedin City Library building by inviting yo...
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
The city’s foodbanks need your help!
If you wish to donate non-perishable food items, there are collection points at all Dunedin Public Libraries.
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Landfall 242 is now out!
This is the first edition from new editor Lynley Edmeades and is full of literary treasures and competition results.
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Stuck for Christmas present ideas for your staff, friends or family?
How about buying a book for a kid in need on their behalf?
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
'Bruce Hunt wants us to share his special place'
Jim Eagles reviews TUSSOCK by Bruce Hunt, published by Bateman Books
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Congratulations to Anna Woods who has been selected as the Caselberg Trust Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writer in Residence for 2022!
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Caselberg’s International Poetry Prize Awards Night
Posted: Wednesday December 1, 2021
Melbourne City of Lit meets Dunedin’s University Book Shop
Check out this wonderful article
Posted: Monday November 29, 2021
Dublin Book Festival 2021: Crime in the City
Enjoy this video featuring our own Vanda Symon!
Posted: Monday November 29, 2021
Judith Binney Fellow for 2022
Congratulations to Dr Jonathan West who has been named the Judith Binney Fellow for 2022. Jonathan is the award-winning ...
Posted: Monday November 29, 2021
Looking for book recommendations this Christmas?
Check out Kete Books' Christmas catalogue.
Posted: Monday November 29, 2021
Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2021
A massive congratulations to Michael Steven who is the winner of the Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2021 for his manu...
Posted: Monday November 29, 2021
Undiscovered Gems
Write a Short Story Based On Your Unpublished Book Win USD $500 and Publishing Opportunities with Exisle and EK Books
Posted: Monday November 29, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems
Posted: Sunday November 28, 2021
Poetry Shelf review: Liz Breslin’s in bed with the feminists
in bed with the feminists, Liz Breslin, Dead Bird Books, 2021
Posted: Tuesday November 23, 2021
One hundred years ago: the University of Otago’s own Professor Robert Jack made the first public radio broadcast in New Zealand.
Robert Jack is seated at the centre in this photograph of the university’s Physics Department staff and senior students,...
Posted: Tuesday November 23, 2021
Susannah Whaley reviews Kākāpō Keeper by Gay Buckingham
Posted: Tuesday November 16, 2021
OARsome Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature
Check out the latest Podcast with Kerry Mackay from The Art Dept
Posted: Monday November 15, 2021
Bumblebee Grumblebee
Posted: Thursday November 11, 2021
Review: Clare Reilly's Eye of the Calm
Dionne Christian reviews EYE OF THE CALM by Clare Reilly, published by Exisle Publishing - 'A beautiful meditative explo...
Posted: Wednesday November 10, 2021
Oar FM NZ Young Writers Festival Podcast
Six sessions from the recent NZ Young Writers Festival in full
Posted: Wednesday November 10, 2021
Robert Lord Writers Cottage currently looking for writers
Stay between April 2022 and early January 2023
Posted: Monday November 8, 2021
Read and listen (in Polish) to 12 bestsellers completely free!
Czytaj PL 2021 ACTION IS OUT!
Posted: Monday November 8, 2021
‘Taste Nature’ Salt, Sea and Sensory Writing
Saturday, 11 September 1-5pm
Posted: Wednesday August 25, 2021
RAINBOW BOOKS & CULTURE CLUB
Join us on the 3rd Tuesday of each month for hot drinks/snacks and chat about books, films, culture and all things Rainb...
Posted: Tuesday August 24, 2021
“Winsome to Worldly: Lake Wanaka and its people” – Deed of Trust Anniversary
Dr Jonathan West, the Hocken Friends’ Research Award 2019 recipient, will speak about his research on the southern lakes...
Posted: Tuesday August 24, 2021
James Courage Diaries, edited by Chris Brickell
A series of journals by a trailblazing New Zealand author, locked away in the Hocken for decades after his death, has be...
Posted: Monday August 23, 2021
DUNEDIN UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE – AUTHOR POSTCARDS
Posted: Monday August 9, 2021
DUNEDIN UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE BOOK LAUNCH EVENT – MEETING RITA by JENNY POWELL
In partnership with Dunedin Public Libraries and Cold Hub Press, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature was proud to host a w...
Posted: Monday August 9, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: Jenny Powell reads from Finding Rita
Posted: Monday August 9, 2021
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Sixteen poems of land
Posted: Monday August 9, 2021
Given Words competition 2021 – Noho Mai
Posted: Monday August 9, 2021
Virtual Writer in Residence
Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature is now open for applications for our first virtual writers in residence program
Posted: Friday August 6, 2021
Entries now open for 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Posted: Friday August 6, 2021
Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews The Memory Thief by Leonie Agnew, published by Penguin Random House NZ
Posted: Friday August 6, 2021
Applications are open for the sixth University Book Shop Otago & Robert Lord Writers' Cottage Trust Emerging Writers Residency.
Posted: Thursday August 5, 2021
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Paula Green reviews Jenny Powell’s Meeting Rita at Kete Books
Posted: Tuesday August 3, 2021
2022 Michael Gifkins Prize opens
Posted: Friday July 30, 2021
Interview with Leonie Agnew
Posted: Friday July 30, 2021
Verb Wellington 2021 Writer in Residence
Posted: Tuesday July 27, 2021
Media Art Residency in Košice – UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts
Posted: Monday July 26, 2021
2021 International Poetry Competition results
Posted: Monday July 26, 2021
Writers’ group speaks up on vandalism
The poem "Being and Pointlessness" is the latest target of vandals in the often quiet, unsealed Peninsula Beach Rd behin...
Posted: Sunday July 25, 2021