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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
The Terrible Trio reading and crafts workshop with Swapna Haddow
Join author Swapna Haddow for an afternoon of stories and capes as she introduces her new book The Terrible Trio: The (n...
Posted: Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Snow White and the Seven Cool Kids at the Playhouse these school holidays
The curtain has opened on the Playhouse Theatre's season of Snow White and the Seven Cool Kids!
Posted: Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2025 PANZ Book Design Awards!
Posted: Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival: Books of Mana
Join these hard-core Māori book nerds as they explore how books become treasured taonga, carrying mana and knowledge acr...
Posted: Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Tia's Layers of Identity
Ōtepoti Dunedin’s creative rangatahi explore their whakapapa through powerful stories of their identity, culture, and be...
Posted: Friday Sep 19, 2025
Kia kaha te reo Māori - right from your inbox!
Bring the spirit of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori into your mahi with these themed email signatures They’re a simple yet powerf...
Posted: Thursday Sep 18, 2025
Snow White and the Seven Cool Kids
At the Playhouse these school holidays, this traditional tale with a fresh and funny twist is brought to life by a young...
Posted: Thursday Sep 18, 2025
Announcing the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026 judges!
Journalists, award-winning writers, reviewers, academics, curators and booksellers are among the 12 experts. That's thei...
Posted: Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Nau mai Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! 50 tau!
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, a movement that has encouraged countless people to take ...
Posted: Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Every Brilliant Thing - "one of the funniest plays about depression you'll see."
Don't miss out! Ends Sunday 21 September 2025.
Posted: Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
“Bodies built for strength, for power, for glory.”
Watch our very own Isla Thomas reading out her powerful poem ‘Harbour Girls’ with thanks to Exeter UNESCO City of Litera...
Posted: Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Call for applications – Tartu UNESCO City of Literature Residency Nov-Dec 2025
International Residency Program for Writers, Poets and Translators. Apply by 26 September 2025.
Posted: Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Book review: Olveston by Jane Ussher and John Walsh
Leah McFall reviews Olveston: Portrait of a Home by Jane Ussher and John Walsh
Posted: Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is officially underway!
Whether it's your very first kupu (word) or you're building towards a full kōrero (conversation), you are part of this j...
Posted: Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival on OAR FM
Festival co-director Kitty Brown provides an overview of the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival programme for 2025
Posted: Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
A display rich in stories of connection and collaboration
When you visit the Ōtepoti UNESCO City of Literature display area on the ground floor of Dunedin City Library you’ll see...
Posted: Monday Sep 15, 2025
Art Books for Lviv: A Gift from Cities of Literature
Ōtepoti City of Literature is thrilled that Dunedin Public Art Gallery has generously gifted three remarkable books for ...
Posted: Monday Sep 15, 2025
Slamming poetry with the best of them
Posted: Monday Sep 15, 2025
Applications open for The University Book Shop Summer Writer in Residence Award, in association with the Robert Lord Writers’ Cottage Trust
Applications close 13th October 2025.
Posted: Monday Sep 15, 2025
E kainamu mai ana Te Wiki o te Reo Māori!
The celebration is set to be bigger than ever!
Posted: Monday Sep 15, 2025
Parishay's Layers of Identity
Ōtepoti Dunedin’s creative rangatahi explore their whakapapa through powerful stories of their identity, culture, and be...
Posted: Friday Sep 12, 2025
Happy publication day for these three fantastic books!
Posted: Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Otago Polyfest Podcasts
OAR FM captured 30+ interviews at the 2025 Polyfest - and they’re all podcasted for you!
Posted: Thursday Sep 11, 2025
NZ Young Writers Festival is on this weekend!
Posted: Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Watch the presentation of the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime novel of the year online!
Saturday 13 September 4.30am NZST- good luck Liam!
Posted: Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
Books hit shelves in new library
South Dunedin’s new library is a hive of activity as staff make final preparations for the opening of the long-awaited f...
Posted: Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
Today on Write Spot
Dunedin Writer, educator and Landfall editor Lynley Edmeades will launch her latest book Hiding Places at University Boo...
Posted: Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
Master Your Craft - Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival
Don't miss out - sign up to the newsletter now for immediate access when the programme drops Wednesday September 10th at...
Posted: Monday Sep 08, 2025
Applications Invited For 2026 Randell Cottage Writers Residency
Applications close Friday 24 October 2025
Posted: Monday Sep 08, 2025
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2025
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) this September
Posted: Monday Sep 08, 2025
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Tranche #2 submissions now open for the 2026 Ockham NZ Book Awards! Entries close 5pm on Wednesday, 16 October 2025.
Posted: Monday Sep 08, 2025
Olveston: Portrait of a home by Jane Ussher and John Walsh
Ten Question Q&A with John Walsh and Jane Ussher
Posted: Monday Sep 08, 2025
New doco Joy, Full & Fearless shines light on beloved author
Watch here!
Posted: Monday Sep 08, 2025
Water and Bread: a contemplation of rescue
The water is translucent blue. Wade in, and it’s shallow for a long stretch, undulating sunlight beckons. The drop into ...
Posted: Friday Sep 05, 2025
The 2025 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Competition
Warmest congratulations to all the 2025 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Competition shortlisted writers
Posted: Friday Sep 05, 2025
Call for Participation: Taif City of Literature Writing Retreat (Novels) 2025
Applications close 30 September 2025
Posted: Friday Sep 05, 2025
Charlie Milne's Layers of Identity
Ōtepoti Dunedin’s creative rangatahi explore their whakapapa through powerful stories of their identity, culture, and be...
Posted: Friday Sep 05, 2025
ANZRB Review: Short/Poto edited by Michelle Elvy and Kiri Piahana-Wong
A bilingual 'celebration of flash fiction' that offers brevity, wit and weight.
Posted: Friday Sep 05, 2025
ANZRB Review: Ten Thousand Nights by Yvette Thomas and The Anatomy of Sand by Mikaela Nyman
Two poets navigate 'the natural world and the ephemerality of its loveliness'.
Posted: Friday Sep 05, 2025
Dan Davin Literary Awards 2025
The Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday, 12 September 2025, at the Kelvin Hotel, Level 6, Invercargill
Posted: Friday Sep 05, 2025
Connecting the World with Dots: Julie Woods’ Braille Project Reaches UNESCO Cities of Literature
Posted: Thursday Sep 04, 2025
Warmest congratulations to all finalists for the 2025 Ngaio Marsh Awards
Especially Wendy Parkins and Vanda Symon!
Posted: Thursday Sep 04, 2025
Young writers to convene for festival
“Mā te huruhuru ka rere te manu” — with feathers, the bird can fly.
Posted: Thursday Sep 04, 2025
Lilliput Libraries Shine at Keep Dunedin Beautiful Awards
Our heartfelt congratulations to Ruth Arnison
Posted: Thursday Sep 04, 2025
Julie Woods chases 60 countries by the times she is 60
When Julie Woods was a little girl, she never thought about travelling the world, or of going blind…
Posted: Wednesday Sep 03, 2025
OAR FM is part of the Otago Polyfest Village
OAR FM Dunedin – Community Access Media is back in the Village with their podcast booth! You can even hear some of last ...
Posted: Wednesday Sep 03, 2025
Cultures being celebrated
In its biggest year to date, the Otago Polyfest is weaving together cultural sharing and community pride.
Posted: Tuesday Sep 02, 2025