News and Opportunities
Wheeler Books - Book of the Week
šš ššµš² šš®š°šµ by beloved author Joy Cowley is an evocative and beautiful book that distils the essence of summer at the ba...
Posted: Sunday November 19, 2023
From Millers Flat to Nanjing, China
Ready to fly . . .Millers Flat author Kyle Mewburn contemplates the contrast between her rural home and Nanjing with a p...
Posted: Wednesday November 15, 2023
All episodes of the Play: Notes Podcast are now available to listen to
Join Dramaturgs Emily Duncan and Allison Horsley as they give you the need-to-know notes on plays that have influenced h...
Posted: Monday November 13, 2023
Landfall Journal are excited to announce a special collaboration with non/fictionLab for 2024
They are joining together to commission a series of essays on the topic of āmaking spaceā. The essays will be trans-Tasm...
Posted: Monday November 13, 2023
Distinguished Research Medal Lecture
Watch here the stream of the Distinguished Research Medal Lecture with recipient of the 2022 University of Otago disting...
Posted: Monday November 13, 2023
Writer 2023
This yearās winners of the University of Otagoās annual creative writing competition read and discuss their works with c...
Posted: Monday November 13, 2023
Reading makes life...full of opportunities
Did you know the OECD considers a love of reading to be the most important indicator of the future success of a child--m...
Posted: Wednesday November 8, 2023
Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua reflects on her time in Dunedin as Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident.
Listen to this delightful kÅrero between Jeff Harford and Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua on āWrite Spot with Duned...
Posted: Wednesday November 8, 2023
Sunday Star Times Short Story Awards 2023
Entries close November 12, 2023 at 11.45pm
Posted: Tuesday November 7, 2023
āWords flowed, sparkled and rippledā
Lovely article by our Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident, Shu-Ling Chua from Melbourne ...
Posted: Monday November 6, 2023
'Is this all there is?'
Reflecting on the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2023 by KiringÄua Cassidy
Posted: Monday November 6, 2023
The NZ Summer Reading Guide is here
This summerās edition is packed with book suggestions and gift ideas for every readerās interests, needs and whims.
Posted: Monday November 6, 2023
Nonnita Rees: Robert Lord's Diaries
Over the weekend, co-editor Nonnita Rees spoke to Kim Hill about Robert Lord Diaries. They talked about Robert's work, f...
Posted: Monday November 6, 2023
Family legacy memorialised
The legacy of one of Dunedinās founding families has been marked with the launch of a publication commemorating the 150t...
Posted: Monday November 6, 2023
Toponymy project in Quebec City
QuƩbec, ville de littƩrature have installed this very cool outdoor exhibition in Quebec City
Posted: Sunday November 5, 2023
A thrilling month for speakers of Polish in Aotearoa!
KrakĆ³w City of Literature announces CZYTAJ PL 2023 which offers 18 bestselling books for reading free online until 30 No...
Posted: Sunday November 5, 2023
Submissions open for 2024 John OāConnor First Book Award
Submissions close 14 January 2024
Posted: Sunday November 5, 2023
Tipping the Balance by Huberta Hellendoorn
Book Information and Reviews
Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023
Robert Lord Diaries ed. Chris Brickell, Vanessa Manhire and Nonnita Rees
The diaries of a groundbreaking queer new playwright with āan abiding ambivalence about being a New Zealanderā.
Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023
Te PÅ«kenga Relevant Research October 2023
Featuring Kathryn van Beek
Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023
2023 Storylines Notable Book Award winners announced
Storylines Childrenās Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa is delighted to once again celebrate excelle...
Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023
FestPAC 2024 Delegation EOI Now Open
MÄori and Pasifika artists, groups and organisations are invited to express their interest to join the Aotearoa delegati...
Posted: Thursday November 2, 2023
Lilliput Library for St Kilda Kindergarten
A new larger lilliput library, designed to accommodate picture books for young children, was unveiled outside the St Kil...
Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023
2024 Fringe MÄori Artist Grants Now Open!
This year Dunedin Fringe is proud to announce a $10,000 grant pool specifically for MÄori artists and/or MÄori-led proje...
Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023
Call for applications - Arts Access fellowships 2023
Applications close at 5pm on Monday November 20th
Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023
Dunedin Public Art Gallery is now inviting proposals for the 2024 Rear Window Moving Image Programme
Applications close Friday 24th of November
Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023
Publishing Scotland International Publishing Fellowship
The Publishing Scotland International Publishing Fellowship is open for applications until January 2024 for an opportuni...
Posted: Wednesday November 1, 2023
Shef Rogers appointed Donald Collie Chair
Associate Professor Shef Rogers has been appointed as the English and Linguistic programmeās Donald Collie Chair.
Posted: Monday October 30, 2023
Creative Impact Lab Åtepoti / Dunedin 2023-24
Open Call for Participants
Posted: Monday October 30, 2023
Kete Books and RNZ announce new partnership targeting more readers for Aotearoa New Zealand books
Kete Books has partnered with RNZ in a new content sharing agreement that will expand coverage about books in Aotearoa a...
Posted: Monday October 30, 2023
Update from the Kiwi Christmas Books kitchen table postage and packaging department
Hundreds of these lovely posters & bookmarks are heading out the door this week, bound for bookstores, schools and busin...
Posted: Monday October 30, 2023
Magnolia tree star of competition-winning story
A magnolia tree whose flowering heralds the arrival of spring for University of Otago staff is the unlikely star of one ...
Posted: Monday October 30, 2023
Centre for the Book Symposium 16-17 November 2023
Theme: Books and Resistance
Posted: Wednesday October 25, 2023
BOOKHUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER IN BOOK BUYING FOR NZ BOOKLOVERS
The Sapling co-founder Sarah Forster shares her thoughts on the new platform.
Posted: Wednesday October 25, 2023
Dunedin author Ian Dougherty's latest book has just been released
The Steepest Street in the World: Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
Posted: Tuesday October 24, 2023
Local writer heading to Nanjing!
Super exciting news that Kyle Mewburn has been selected as one of six writers/poets/translators from around the world to...
Posted: Monday October 23, 2023
Åtepoti literary community welcomes Shu-Ling Chua
We are delighted that the inaugural Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident, Shu-Ling Chua h...
Posted: Tuesday October 17, 2023
'The child in me will never die': Author Joy Cowley on embracing life and moving house
Much-loved author Joy Cowley is packing up and moving away from the Wairarapa town she has called home for 20 years.
Posted: Monday October 16, 2023
A History of Kindness
Check out Kirstie McKinnonās blog post A History of Kindness that gently weaves histories together thanks to the gift of...
Posted: Monday October 16, 2023
Write Spot with Oar FM - Shu-Ling Chua
Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua is in Dunedin as the first-ever Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature ...
Posted: Thursday October 12, 2023
Two Centre for the Book activities to mark in your diary
Public Talk - Monumentum Regale: King Charles I in the John Emmerson Collection, State Library Victoria, Melbourne and C...
Posted: Monday October 9, 2023
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
From Jewelled Fantasies to Splendid Rags: Reflecting on KÄkÄ Point Presented by the Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust
Posted: Monday October 9, 2023
What is BookHub?
BookHub is the fast and easy way to browse and buy books from NZ bookstores, it's local, it supports NZ businesses, itās...
Posted: Monday October 9, 2023
An open secret - Dunedinās hidden library
Librarian Christine Powley celebrates the Southern Heritage Trust open day in one of the oldest buildings in Dunedin, th...
Posted: Monday October 9, 2023
The stories that got bookworm Tony Eyre hooked
Tony Eyre is a book lover. Now, he is a book writer. His bibliomemoir, The Book Collector, tells the story of a lifetime...
Posted: Monday October 9, 2023
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
If mushrooms, foraging, baking, food and health is up your street, then make sure you snap up these tickets
Posted: Monday October 9, 2023
Boosted x Moana
A month-long campaign championing the Pacific arts in Aotearoa New Zealand
Posted: Monday October 9, 2023
Creative NZ Capability Grants 23/24
MÄori Arts Festival and Pacific Arts Festival
Posted: Monday October 9, 2023
Old banners made into book bags
Local pre-schoolers have beautiful, colourful bags to carry their books in, thanks to a collaboration between the Read S...
Posted: Wednesday October 4, 2023
Dogs of all shapes and sizes visit Ruth Shawās three wee bookshops in ManapÅuri
In this special session, join Ruth and Lynn Freeman for a conversation about the bond between humans and canines ā and h...
Posted: Wednesday October 4, 2023
David Eggleton reviews:
A Roderick Finlayson Reader edited by Roger Hickin (Cold Hub Press, 2020) and Roderick Finlayson: A Man from Another Wor...
Posted: Wednesday October 4, 2023
Listen to Bookworm Tony Eyre on his passion for second-hand books
Tony Eyre is a proud bibliophile and has taken a lifetime of loving books and wrapped it into a bibliomemoir called The ...
Posted: Wednesday October 4, 2023
Submissions are now open for the 2024 Adam NZ Play Award
Submissions close 1 December
Posted: Tuesday October 3, 2023
Poetry Shelf Cafe: Arihia Latham reads from Birdspeak
Arihia Latham (KÄi Tahu, KÄti MÄmoe, Waitaha) Is a writer, creative, and rongoÄ practitioner. Her poetry collection Bird...
Posted: Tuesday October 3, 2023
Apply now for the Robert Lord Writers Cottage 2024 Residencies
Applications close 27 November 2023
Posted: Tuesday October 3, 2023
Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival starts in less than two weeks!
Book your tickets now!
Posted: Tuesday October 3, 2023