He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
Commutes given a literary flavour
Dunedin commuters will have something new to read while waiting for the bus this morning.
Posted: Tuesday May 04, 2021
OAR FM Dunedin Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature - 28-04-2021 - Victor Billot.
Posted: Tuesday May 04, 2021
Heritage Decals on Bus Shelters
We are proud to collaborate with Unesco City of Literature and the Hocken Library to celebrate Dunedin’s transport herit...
Posted: Tuesday May 04, 2021
2021 Centre for the Book Symposium, “Natural” History?—Call for Papers
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Nook and Cranny act ‘so different’
Lift music traditionally has a soothing quality as people are taken up and down in an uncomfortably enclosed space.
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Sophia Wilson shortlisted for the FPM-Hippocrates Health Professional Poetry Prize
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Twelve poems about ice
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2021 highlights
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Seasons of Summers
The upcoming Reed Gallery exhibition Seasons of Summers: New Zealand’s Queen of Romance celebrates New Zealand’s prolifi...
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Thrill of starting something new
Inspired by her travels through the South Island of New Zealand, Auckland best-selling author Nalini Singh has added thr...
Posted: Friday Apr 30, 2021
Committed to his community
Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull is being remembered as an articulate advocate for the city, an inclusive leader and a man...
Posted: Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
David Eggleton: The Wilder Years
There is almost 40 years of poetry for Poet Laureate David Eggleton to choose from for his new Best Of anthology.
Posted: Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Māori and Pacific and other ‘Great War Stories’
Commemorate Anzac Day with us and watch ‘Great War Stories’
Posted: Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull dies
Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull has died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 71.
Posted: Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Kay McKenzie Cooke’s ‘cannot believe my eyes’
Posted: Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Exquisite Corpse Drawing Project
Thank you to the 63 talented and generous artists who participated in the Exquisite Corpse Drawing Project. All of the 2...
Posted: Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Iona Winter launches Gaps in the Light in Wellington
Posted: Thursday Apr 22, 2021
New Landfall editor named
Otago University Press is pleased to announce that Lynley Edmeades has been named the new editor of Landfall: Aotearoa N...
Posted: Thursday Apr 22, 2021
The Sets by Victor Billot Reviewed by Vaughan Rapatahana for takahē magazine
Posted: Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Leading poet Bill Manhire talks to John Campbell at Word Christchurch 2020
Posted: Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Homeless hand press
Over a year ago the Centre for the Book acquired a large Albion hand press from North Otago Museum. They are searching f...
Posted: Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Brian Turner and the open space
Ardent disciple of mountain, valley, river and sky, Brian Turner is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated poets. Michelle...
Posted: Monday Apr 19, 2021
Wordsmiths to judge prison writing competition
The star-studded judging panel for the Otago Daily Times’ prison creative-writing competition can now be revealed.
Posted: Monday Apr 19, 2021
Talk Back Daughter by Hayley Rata Heyes for Verb Wellington.
Posted: Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Ockham NZ Book Awards Finalists
This year’s finalists for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are sixteen books that offer rich reading experiences, atti...
Posted: Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Te Tahua Āki Auahatanga | Innovation Fund
Posted: Thursday Apr 15, 2021
This is a truly wonderful kōrero between Jeff Harford and Jacinta Ruru on Write Spot OAR FM Dunedin
Posted: Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Tree Beings by Raymond Huber
Angela Thompson, Teacher Librarian, Remarkables Primary School, Queenstown
Posted: Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Manchester UNESCO City of Literature announce 2 residencies in partnership with Manchester Literature Festival
Part of Festival of Libraries, writers with strong ties to fellow #CitiesofLit are invited to apply for a 3 week virtual...
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Ministry for Culture and Heritage Funding to create installations and events is now open for applications.
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Poet Laureate David Eggleton picks two Peter Olds poems
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
New Zealand Poetry books available at Dead Souls Bookshop
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
University of Otago Arts Fellowships
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
University Bookshop Otago are hiring!
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Podcast of 'Write Spot' interview with Dougal Rillstone on OAR FM Dunedin - Community Access Media
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: Victor Billot reads from The Sets
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Tales from the back of the painting
What's on the back of a painting can tell as story as fascinating as what's on the front.
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
The Dark is Light Enough: Ralph Hotere: A Biographical Portrait by Vincent O’Sullivan.
Reviewed by Ian Wedde.
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Emma Neale’s ‘Indicator’
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Newspaper has proud history of supporting literary talent
A local commitment to fostering writing talent must be applauded, Tony Eyre writes.
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Māori and Pasifika Books to feast your mind on.
Posted: Friday Apr 09, 2021
Judy Darleys' review for 'Gaps in the Light' by Iona Winter
Posted: Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Lies and ill will
A new play to debut at the Dunedin Arts Festival is not about telling the truth, but might have truths to tell, writes T...
Posted: Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Welcome return to Dunedin for award-winning show
"An unapologetic, sometimes humorous, sometimes confronting feast for the eyes, ears and soul."
Posted: Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Dunedin Fringe 2021 Award winners
Posted: Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Dark Dunedin: Season Two, Episode One
Posted: Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Poet Laureate David Eggleton's selection of Best NZ Poems 2020
Posted: Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
New publisher at University Press
Dunedin poet and prose writer Dr Sue Wootton has been appointed as the new publisher at Otago University Press.
Posted: Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
The directors’ cut
As the Dunedin Fringe Festival closes and two other arts festivals loom, their directors peruse each other’s offerings.
Posted: Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Help The Playhouse Theatre get a refurbishment
Posted: Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
2021 Bucheon Residency Program
Posted: Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Thief! - Dunedin Fringe Festival
Posted: Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Dispatches from the fringes
Posted: Monday Mar 29, 2021
Chinese Garden documentary given to southern schools
Posted: Monday Mar 29, 2021
Prison creative-writing stimulus
The Otago Daily Times prison creative-writing competition is back and promises to be bigger than ever.
Posted: Monday Mar 29, 2021