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Anthology unveiled on poetry day
Dunedin’s National Poetry Day celebrations marked a very special milestone, as about 40 creatives — poets, authors, musi...
Posted: Thursday Sep 05, 2024
160 performances at upcoming Otago Polyfest
9 - 13 September 2024 at the Edgar Centre
Posted: Thursday Sep 05, 2024
Stories reimagined in 3-D form
Award-winning illustrator and writer David Elliot has delved into the art of 3-D drawing, an exciting and original way o...
Posted: Friday Aug 16, 2024
Short story: Hitch, by Emma Neale
A gothic masterpiece by the great Emma Neale
Posted: Monday Aug 05, 2024
Passion for poetry shared through workshops
We were thrilled to collaborate with SuperGrans Dunedin on this series of poetry workshops led by wonderful City of Lite...
Posted: Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Stories of past sought by group
South Dunedin Oral History Project members hope to capture homespun tales of people from the area
Posted: Monday Jul 29, 2024
NZIFF returns with a bumper selection
Film fans rejoice! The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) is just a month away, and printed programmes have...
Posted: Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Connection between art and science fostered
Art and science rarely intertwine, but a "speed date" in Dunedin between artists and scientists sparked a magical collab...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Memories central to Art+Science
Exploring the concept of memory, as it relates to humans and the planet, is at the heart of the Art+Science 2024 project...
Posted: Monday Jul 08, 2024
Mission fulfilled to publish brother’s poetry
After her younger brother’s sudden death, a Dunedin woman made it her mission to share his poems with the world.
Posted: Monday Jul 08, 2024
I love Invercargill – and its poetry festival, too
A diary of the Dan Davin Literary Foundation Poetry Festival that took place Invercargill over the first weekend of June...
Posted: Monday Jul 01, 2024
Play turns to the past to guide the present
Ōtepoti-based director, casting agent and writer Cindy Diver (Kāi Tahu) is bringing to the stage her first full-length p...
Posted: Thursday Jun 20, 2024
King's Birthday honours
Congratulations to Lisa Warrington on being made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to the...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Poet teaches pupils to be life detectives
Read about the great mahi of City of Literature South D Poet Lorikeet Jenny Powell with our wonderful young writers! Tha...
Posted: Friday May 24, 2024
Poet ‘surprised, overwhelmed’ by book award
Megan Kitching won the Best First Book Award Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry for her work 'At the Point of Seeing' at the...
Posted: Monday May 20, 2024
Otago cancer researchers win PM's Science Award
When Parry Guilford is asked why he has spent nearly 30 years looking for the genetic cause of stomach cancer, he loves ...
Posted: Thursday May 02, 2024
‘Sheer glitter ringing about’: Emma Neale remembers Vincent O’Sullivan
News that the great writer Vincent O’Sullivan has died has spurred a wave of tributes. Here, fellow writer Emma Neale re...
Posted: Thursday May 02, 2024
Edible delights all year
At the Dunedin City Library from 6pm on Tuesday, Jason Ross, Rory Harding and Sue Novell will talk about how to grow foo...
Posted: Friday Apr 19, 2024
Dunedin history brought to life in a novel centred around Larnach's Castle
Dunedin's history is front and centre of a new book by Karen McMillan
Posted: Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Tale of famous Baldwin St updated
The Steepest Street in the World, Ian Dougherty Saddle Hill Press - reviewed by Jim Sullivan
Posted: Monday Apr 08, 2024
Thousands expected to attend Pacific festival
A Dunedin festival which brings the Pacific "to people's backyards" is expected to continue its rapid growth and attract...
Posted: Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Women play men in caricature of toxic masculinity
Five Dunedin women are tackling toxic masculinity by stepping into the shoes of white men.
Posted: Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Far away city, but also close to home
Far away they may be but Dunedin and Edinburgh share a special bond, Sarah Boyack writes.
Posted: Monday Mar 18, 2024
City’s theatre scene celebrated
Huge congratulations to all the winners of the 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards
Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Taranaki author wins international award for poetry
Wonderful recognition for the 2024 University of Otago Robert Burns Fellow, Mikaela Nyman. Congratulations Mikaela.
Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024
University appoints first deputy vice-chancellor Māori
Distinguished Māori legal scholar Prof Jacinta Ruru is ready to start her new role as the first deputy vice-chancellor M...
Posted: Monday Feb 12, 2024
Actors prepare to take on complete works of Shakespeare
Actors prepare to take on the entire works of William Shakespeare in their 90 minute performance in Chingford Park over ...
Posted: Friday Feb 09, 2024
Awards finalists announced
The Dunedin Theatre Reviewers Collective has announced the finalists for this month’s 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards.
Posted: Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Quicksand in Portobello
Today is the last day of the novelist Kathryn van Beek’s year-long tenure as Dunedin’s Robert Burns Fellow
Posted: Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Freedom in ‘high speed’ Bard play
Three actors, 37 plays, 100 props and hundreds of characters will come together in a high-energy mashup, as Dunedin Summ...
Posted: Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Gentlemen, gentlewomen and scholars — the Burns Fellows
As Kathryn van Beek’s time as the University of Otago’s Robert Burns Fellow comes to an end, she contemplates the litera...
Posted: Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Theatre awards to celebrate past two years
The best of local theatre from the past two years will be celebrated at next month’s Dunedin Theatre Awards, which retur...
Posted: Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Art seen: Marilynn Webb
The Dunedin Public Art Gallery is celebrating the life of Bay of Plenty-born Otago artist Marilynn Webb with a comprehen...
Posted: Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Xmas: the best poetry books of 2023
Erena Shingade selects the 10 best poetry collections of 2023
Posted: Monday Dec 18, 2023
Bringing Pacific’s artists to the world
Pacific Arts Aotearoa brings together the stories of more than 120 artists, curators and community voices spanning six d...
Posted: Friday Dec 15, 2023
Psychological thriller wins inaugural Phoenix Prize
A pacy psychological thriller set in contemporary Sydney has won the inaugural Phoenix Prize for its author Rachel Paris...
Posted: Friday Dec 15, 2023
Celebration of writers, readers
Listen to the 2023 Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival Podcasts
Posted: Monday Dec 04, 2023
Plaque added for Gaelic bard
The Otago Scottish Heritage Council, Dunedin Public Libraries and the Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature celebrated the u...
Posted: Monday Dec 04, 2023