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Enjoy this wonderful tribute to Brian Turner (1944 – 2025)
"Poetry Shelf invited twelve friends to choose a favourite poem by Brian and write a few words to go with their choice.....
Posted: Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Today on Write Spot
Dunedin writer Jenny Powell talks about her role as South D Poet Lorikeet and some of the publications that have arisen ...
Posted: Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Only 2 weeks until Dunedin Fringe Festival 2025 kicks off
Check out their latest news
Posted: Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Mobile Library Service 75th Anniversary 1950-2025
Tell your bookbus Story! Submission deadline: 14 March 2025
Posted: Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Get your Limited Edition Dunedin Fringe Festival 25th Birthday Merch!
Posted: Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Interview: the BOOKS OF MANA editors speak with Kete
Posted: Monday Feb 24, 2025
Youth writing mentorships open for 2025
Deadline for applications: 6 April 2025
Posted: Monday Feb 24, 2025
Marisel and Panna Kota: The Museum Cats of Odesa
On 24 February 2022, life changed forever for the people and animals of Ukraine.
Posted: Monday Feb 24, 2025
Dunedin in ‘Uttate’ – Okayama’s Beautiful Celebration of Stories
Posted: Friday Feb 21, 2025
The Heat is On: Young Writers on the Climate Crisis in print
To celebrate International Mother Language Day (21 February), we are thrilled to announce the print publication of The H...
Posted: Friday Feb 21, 2025
Reviewers ‘filled with admiration’
Dunedin’s theatre community members came out in force on Monday night to celebrate the achievements of their peers at th...
Posted: Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Eleven things I learnt while writing a novel about alpaca breeders
Duncan Sarkies’ latest novel, Star Gazers, is about the collapse of democracy in a society of alpaca breeders. Here are ...
Posted: Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Blue Oyster is looking for a Gallery Manager to join the team!
Applications close: 5pm Monday, March 3
Posted: Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Let's Celebrate is the theme for Neighbours Aotearoa 2025
Neighbours Aotearoa will take place 1–31 March 2025 but you can participate year round!
Posted: Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
Submissions for the Moana Nui Microfiction Comp '25 are NOW OPEN!
Submissions close Monday 10 March 2025
Posted: Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
‘Remarkable’ year of performances
A "remarkable" year of quality theatre in the midst of hard times will be celebrated at the 13th Otepoti Dunedin Theatre...
Posted: Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
The falcon on Taieri Ridge
Posted: Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
The Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize 2025
Awarded for the best piece of writing on the theme of Fear - Applications close: 1st April 2025 at 23:59 (UK time)
Posted: Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Jacinta Ruru: Books of Mana
Listen to this incredible interview between co-editor Jacinta Ruru and Mihingarangi Forbes about Books of Mana for Satur...
Posted: Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Creative New Zealand Playmarket Moana Pacific Trainee Script Advisor Residency 2025
Applications close Friday 21 February 2025
Posted: Monday Feb 17, 2025
Today on Write Spot - Books of Mana - 180 Māori Authored Books of Significance
Books of Mana celebrates the rich tradition of Māori authorship in Aotearoa New Zealand. Co-editors Angela Wanhalla and ...
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Learnings from Nepal subject of new book
Associate Professor Susan Heydon’s new book ‘Implementing a global health programme’ will be published this February.
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency
Applications are open now and close at 5 PM, Friday 7 March
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Early Career Fund - Toi Tipu Toi Rea
Funding for artists and practitioners at the early stage of their career, to develop new work, new skills and to share t...
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Funding: Translation Grant
Closing date soon! Friday 28 February 2025
Posted: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Poetry Shelf celebrates Mary and Peter Biggs Poetry Long List
Robert Sullivan
Posted: Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
More local content on morning radio
Radio listeners can now hear more Dunedin stories over their morning bowl of cornflakes.
Posted: Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Poetry Shelf celebrates the Mary and Peter Biggs long list
Alison Glenny (2024 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident)
Posted: Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
‘My story with taonga begins in 1984’: an excerpt from Books of Mana
Books of Mana: 180 Māori-Authored Books of Significance, edited by Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira ha...
Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025
‘Remarkable’ year of performances
A "remarkable" year of quality theatre in the midst of hard times will be celebrated at the 13th Otepoti Dunedin Theatre...
Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025
Festival throws down challenge
The Dunedin Arts Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a special offering of theatre, dance, circus, cabaret...
Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025
Poetry Shelf: Brian Turner (1944 – 2025)
Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025
The highest peak: a eulogy for Brian Turner
Philip Temple pays tribute to his friend, the great writer Brian Turner (1944-2025)
Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025
Accent on hilarity in Shakespeare in park
The dedicated Dunedin Summer Shakespeare team is back for another silly season of hi-jinks in a production of The Comedy...
Posted: Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Tuned In to All the Sounds
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb reviews: At the Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence Fearnley (Penguin Books NZ, 2024)
Posted: Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Extra-special cameo appearance at Dunedin Summer Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors
Dunedin Summer Shakespeare have got something extra-special on tap for this year's hilarious rendition of THE COMEDY OF ...
Posted: Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Samesame But Different 10th Anniversary
Posted: Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Tartu City of Literature international residency program
This is a 2-month residency in April - May. Applications close 20 February!
Posted: Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Reflections on 2024 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency
From the moment I arrived in Ōtepoti Dunedin to begin my residency at the Caselberg House, I was made to feel at home.
Posted: Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Poetry Shelf celebrates the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry 2025 Longlist
Emma Neale
Posted: Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
This is the place where souls come to be mended
These are the words of poet Annie Villiers, who recently represented Ōtepoti City of Literature in Heidelberg’s “Poetry ...
Posted: Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
The Ockham NZ Book Awards 2025 longlist is announced!
Warmest congratulations to all the nominees ...
Posted: Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Today on Write Spot - Neville Peat
Neville Peat recently received the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement (Non-Fiction) 2024. He di...
Posted: Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Enrolments are open for the Whitireia Graduate Diploma in Publishing (Applied)
Start date: 24 February 2025
Posted: Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Review: Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit by Emma Neale
Anuja Mitra admires the empathy and reminder of our shared humanity within Emma Neale's new poetry collection, LIAR, LIA...
Posted: Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection
A fascinating record of high-end New Zealand fashion and an enigmatic collector.
Posted: Monday Jan 27, 2025
Books of Mana: 180 Māori-Authored Books of Significance edited by Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira
Out on 3 February 2025
Posted: Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Dunedin Fringe '25 Programme Preview
Dunedin Fringe co-directors Ruth Harvey and Kate Schrader preview this year's festival, with online ticket sales now und...
Posted: Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Applications are invited for the 2025 University of Otago City of Literature PhD Scholarship
Applicants can apply any time; however, all applications will be reviewed after 31 January each year for that year's sch...
Posted: Monday Jan 20, 2025
Fringe event to celebrate 25 years
The Dunedin Fringe Festival team have hit the ground running, as they work to bring together more than 85 shows and even...
Posted: Monday Jan 20, 2025
Nine Dots Prize - The 2024/2025 question: Is data failing us?
Applications close 27 January 2025
Posted: Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Check out the prestigious 2025 Dublin Literary Award Longlist
Congratulations to our very own Laurence Fearnley, nominated by Dunedin Public Libraries, for At The Grand Glacier Hotel...
Posted: Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Book Review: The Pets We Have Killed by Barbara Else
Posted: Tuesday Jan 14, 2025