He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
2025 Robert Burns Fellow, Dr Octavia Cade at UBS tomorrow!
The University of Otago Robert Burns Fellow, Dr Octavia Cade, will be in-store sharing her knowledgeable insights on Cli...
Posted: Friday Oct 10, 2025
University Book Shop Summer Writer in Residence
Applications close Monday 13 October 2025.
Posted: Friday Oct 10, 2025
Everything But the Medicine by Dr Lucy O'Hagan
Number 1 seller for NZ independent book shops!
Posted: Friday Oct 10, 2025
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
Celebrating the Short Form in Many Languages
Posted: Friday Oct 10, 2025
Laureates line up: a special poetry event with our most celebrated poets
Wellington - 27 November 2025
Posted: Friday Oct 10, 2025
Have you ever dreamed of being a book judge? Now’s your chance!
Applications close on 30 October.
Posted: Friday Oct 10, 2025
Two of our fabulous authors are in this year's The Women's Bookshop - New Zealand Ladies' Litera-Tea
What a stunning line-up! Auckland - Sunday 2 November 2025
Posted: Friday Oct 10, 2025
Celebrating 250 issues of art and writing from across the motu
This month marks the release of Landfall Tauraka 250: Spring 2025 edited by Lynley Edmeades
Posted: Friday Oct 10, 2025
The Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka - University of Otago Arts Fellows have been selected for 2026
Rachel O’Neill will take up the Robert Burns Fellowship and Jeremy Beck (Ngāi Tahu) will take up the Caroline Plummer Fe...
Posted: Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Banned Books Week | October 5-11, 2025
These books have a record… of being banned, challenged, or restricted in New Zealand. These rebellious reads are now rea...
Posted: Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Expression of Interest - The Hannah and Auckland Live new work in development
Due: Midday Thursday 6 November
Posted: Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Adam NZ Play Award Submissions are open
Submissions close 1 December 2025
Posted: Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Emerging Māori Writer in Residence
Applications now open for the 2025 Emerging Māori Writer in Residence—apply by 31 October 2025.
Posted: Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize 2025 - winners announced
Posted: Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Playmarket is delighted to announce the winning entries for Plays for the Young 2025
"Congratulations to our other finalists and a huge thanks to everyone who entered the competition, sharing their work wi...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
Don't miss our 2025 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident, Sihle Ntuli from Durban UNESCO ...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Today on Write Spot
Poet, editor and classicist Sihle Ntuli is Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writer in residence for 20...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
Bloody Minded: In Conversation with Susie Ferguson
Posted: Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Applications open for the Kaipukahu University of Waikato Writer in Residence 2026
Applications close on Friday 24 October 2025
Posted: Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Watch the live broadcast from Te Whata o Kaituna, the new South Dunedin Library Opening
This video was recorded during the live broadcast from Taupuni Oro, the recording studio located at Te Whata o Kaituna, ...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
This week is Fijian Language Week
The 2025 theme for Fijian Language Week is ‘Na noqu vosa me na tekivu mai vale – My language starts at home’.
Posted: Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
In Conversation
Grace Yee & Solli Raphael on Emma Neale’s Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit (Otago University Press)
Posted: Monday Oct 06, 2025
Warmest congratulations to Jilly O'Brien
Winner of the Wigtown Scots Poetry Prize 2025 for The Scaum o Sky an Sowl
Posted: Monday Oct 06, 2025
Decorative Arts in Aotearoa
Monday 27 Oct, 5.30pm - DPAGS Office, The Octagon, next to i-Site
Posted: Monday Oct 06, 2025
Burhan's Layers of Identity
Ōtepoti Dunedin’s creative rangatahi explore their whakapapa through powerful stories of their identity, culture, and be...
Posted: Monday Oct 06, 2025
Dunedin Dystopia
ODT editorial artist Austin Milne chats to 2025 Burns Fellow Dr Octavia Cade ahead of her upcoming talk at the Dunedin W...
Posted: Monday Oct 06, 2025
Confessions of an experience junkie
Popular Radio NZ presenter and interviewer Susie Ferguson will have the tables turned on her at the Dunedin Writers & Re...
Posted: Monday Oct 06, 2025
The Love Your Bookshop Competition is now online!
Tell BookHub what makes your favourite local bookshop or indie online store so special, and you could WIN $250 in book t...
Posted: Monday Oct 06, 2025
Even the rain couldn’t stop the fun!
Families braved the weather to join author Swapna Haddow for an afternoon of stories, laughter, and capes as she introdu...
Posted: Monday Oct 06, 2025
Ōtepoti Dunedin Heritage Festival Programme available now
Posted: Friday Oct 03, 2025
Dunedin Fringe Festival 2026 registrations are LIVE!
Be part of the wild heart of the arts in Ōtepoti.
Posted: Friday Oct 03, 2025
Book review: The Anatomy of Sand by Mikaela Nyman
Harry Ricketts reviews The Anatomy of Sand by Mikaela Nyman, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press.
Posted: Friday Oct 03, 2025
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
Duncan Sarkies is coming to Ōtepoti! The co-writer of cult classic Scarfies returns home this month for not one, but TWO...
Posted: Thursday Oct 02, 2025
The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference - 18-21 Nov 2025
The final programme is now available, and registrations are open!
Posted: Thursday Oct 02, 2025
Book Review - Olveston: Portrait of a Home by Jane Ussher & John Walsh
Reviewer: Karen McMillan - Massey University Press
Posted: Thursday Oct 02, 2025
New Zealand Liberation Museum in Le Quesnoy, France
Watch: Chris Watts, Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Visitor Programmes Coordinator, speaks about the recently opened New Zea...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Poetry Shelf review
A Shell-Print of Waves – Aramoana Poems ed David Eggleton and Michelle Elvy (At the Bay | I Te Kokoru, 2025)
Posted: Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
Hope is a shovel and will give you blisters...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
Two powerful stories. Two extraordinary voices. One unforgettable conversation about the elemental art of storytelling.....
Posted: Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Official opening of Te Whata o Kaituna - South Dunedin Community Library
How many people does it take to open a library? It takes mana whenua, a passionate community, a committed council, and a...
Posted: Monday Sep 29, 2025
This week is Tuvalu Language Week
The 2025 theme for Tuvalu Language Week is ‘Faipati mo te mautinoa kae amanaia tou fakavae – Speak confidently and respe...
Posted: Monday Sep 29, 2025
Lilliput Library - Celebrating 10 Years 🥳
Ruth Arnison’s tiny Lilliput Libraries have become very, very big indeed. Heartfelt congratulations Ruth!
Posted: Monday Sep 29, 2025
A Columbian/NZ poetry project curated by Trevor Hayes
Gestures of Poetry brings together poets of different nationalities to share their art and create a repository of living...
Posted: Monday Sep 29, 2025
Jayden's Layers of Identity
Ōtepoti Dunedin’s creative rangatahi explore their whakapapa through powerful stories of their identity, culture, and be...
Posted: Friday Sep 26, 2025
Ngaio Marsh Awards Winners Announced
Warmest congratulations to all winners especially Ōtepoti’s very own Wendy Parkins, winner of the 2025 Ngaio Marsh Award...
Posted: Friday Sep 26, 2025
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival: Shop Book Events
Head to Dunedin this October to join with like-minded book lovers as they gather around the ancient fire of story!
Posted: Friday Sep 26, 2025
Nominations for The FAME Mid-Career Awards in 2026 will open 10am Monday 13 October 2025
Applications close 5pm Friday 21 November 2025
Posted: Friday Sep 26, 2025
Snow White and the Seven Cool Kids closes Sunday
If you're in the market for some fairytale fare these school holidays, we only have FIVE more performances of Snow White...
Posted: Thursday Sep 25, 2025
2025 Pikihuia Awards Finalists
Māori Literature Trust is proud to announce the finalists for the 2025 Keri Hulme Award recognising the contributions of...
Posted: Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
Today on Write Spot
Dunedin writer Kathryn van Beek previews the sessions she will host with writers Laurence Fearnley and Louise Wallace at...
Posted: Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
Durban's literary voice Sihle Ntuli represents SA at Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival
Posted: Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Out Soon! The Black Thistle by Beatrice Hale and N.J. Mills (Kellas Cat Press)
The sequel to The Resolute Heart, by Beatrice Hale
Posted: Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
The Tuwhare Poetry Series: It Won’t be a Lonely Walk
The 2025 Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust Poetry Series takes its name from one of Tuwhare’s quiet, resonant lines… it won’...
Posted: Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
2025 NZ Young Writers Festival Podcasts
OAR FM Dunedin had the privilege of capturing the insightful kōrero at the NZYWF last weekend, and they're thrilled to s...
Posted: Tuesday Sep 23, 2025