News and Opportunities
University welcomes this year's arts fellows
Posted: Friday April 12, 2019
Pop-up Globe coming to Dunedin
Posted: Thursday April 11, 2019
Dunedin duo finish short film
Posted: Thursday April 11, 2019
UNI NEWS: 150th history firmly grounded with the people at the heart of Otago
Posted: Tuesday April 9, 2019
Writing residency in Poland for author
Posted: Tuesday April 9, 2019
2019 Poetry Competition Results
Time to announce the winners of the 2019 Poems in the Waiting Room Poetry Competition
Posted: Tuesday April 9, 2019
Gröndalshús Writer's Home
Posted: Monday April 8, 2019
The Gulf Between Book Launch
The launch of Maxine Alterio’s third novel The Gulf Between (Penguin Random House, 2019) was held at Manaaki restaurant,...
Posted: Monday April 8, 2019
Translation workshop LitTransformer - July 8-18, 2019
Call for participation
Posted: Thursday April 4, 2019
Announcing our 2019 Krakow UNESCO City of Literature Residency Programme Writers!
Posted: Thursday April 4, 2019
Ambitious local war film to Premiere in Dunedin
Posted: Wednesday April 3, 2019
WELCOME TO THE 2019 NFFD COMPETITION
The 2019 National Flash Fiction Day Competition runs February 15 – April 15. Send your best 300-word story * Cash prizes...
Posted: Wednesday April 3, 2019
Open Call for Media Art Residency in Creative City Košice
Košice – the Creative City of Media Arts offers media artists a two-month stay in Košice in autumn 2019. The residency i...
Posted: Wednesday April 3, 2019
Un Holocaust Remembrance Day & Paul Seideman Award 2019 Competition
Posted: Tuesday April 2, 2019
Award-Winning Theatre Company Back With Electric New Season
“Arcade Theatre Company.. is proof that provocative, energetic theatre can still be offered in Dunedin” - THEATREVIEW
Posted: Tuesday April 2, 2019
Storylines Notable Books List 2019
The 2019 Storylines Children’s Literature Notable Book List, for the highest quality books in five genres published duri...
Posted: Monday April 1, 2019
Centre for the Book 2019 Research Symposium - Call for Papers
Biography, Autobiography and Memoirs
Posted: Thursday March 28, 2019
University of Otago College of Education - Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence 2020
Posted: Wednesday March 27, 2019
Rapping like a bard
Rediscovering Shakespeare for the hip-hop generation is just one mission on Writers and Readers Festival visitor Akala’s...
Posted: Tuesday March 26, 2019
The war on truth
Stephen Davis’ life convinces him a war on truth is being waged and must be resisted. That is now our experience too. Br...
Posted: Tuesday March 26, 2019
Interactive adventure in Botanic Garden
Posted: Tuesday March 26, 2019
Gordon Brown on life at 103
Posted: Monday March 25, 2019
Bill Gosden farewells the NZ Film Festival after 40 years
Posted: Sunday March 24, 2019
The Art of healing
Posted: Sunday March 24, 2019
Author's quest to meet 120 Kiwi centenarians: Seeking meaning in longevity
The stories of New Zealand's centenarians show they are a complete cross-section of Kiwi society. Is there any special r...
Posted: Wednesday March 20, 2019
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival - 2019 Programme
The 2019 programme is live! For details see dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz
Posted: Tuesday March 19, 2019
A lead role in her life
In her new book Keepers of History, Dunedin-based writer Renee Hollis preserves the stories of some of our oldest citize...
Posted: Tuesday March 12, 2019
International Writer’s Residence In Reykjavík
In 2019 the Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature for the first time offers a free residency for a writer from another UNE...
Posted: Monday March 11, 2019
Open Call for the International residency in Ulyanovsk for writers and translators from the Cities of Literature of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
This is a unique opportunity to work in the homeland of the great Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, the poet Nikolay Yazyko...
Posted: Monday March 11, 2019
Ruth Carraway creates drama in jail - and toilets!
Trouble-D is a play about the challenges, obstacles and enticements a recently released prisoner faces in the outside wo...
Posted: Monday March 11, 2019
Youth Zone Mobilised
Youth Zone Mobilised is the opportunity to get your music out to the world! This year, OAR FM Dunedin’s Youth Zone is gi...
Posted: Wednesday March 6, 2019
Keynote experts to bring wealth of knowledge to short play festival
Chicago-based producer and director Tanya Palmer will add “an immeasurable wealth of insight, experience and knowledge” ...
Posted: Tuesday March 5, 2019
Truthteller - An Investigative Reporter’s Journey Through The World Of Truth Prevention, Fake News And Conspiracy Theories
An essential guide for understanding the modern media world – for teachers, students and concerned citizens who want to ...
Posted: Monday March 4, 2019
The Incurable Imagination
Audrey has a severe case of ‘imaginitis’! And it’s contagious. A fun-filled story written by a primary school teacher pa...
Posted: Monday March 4, 2019
Saying Goodbye to Barkley
For many children experiencing the loss of a much-loved pet is likely to be their first brush with grief. This touching ...
Posted: Sunday March 3, 2019
Stop Talking, Start Influencing
12 insights from brain science to make your message stick
Posted: Sunday March 3, 2019
The Box Cars - Robert Vescio and Cara King
Remember when you had more fun playing with the box than the gift that was packed in it? This simple story of imaginatio...
Posted: Sunday March 3, 2019
Otago University Press to move to ‘co-publisher’ model
Otago University Press is moving to a new management model in what is thought to be a New Zealand industry first.
Posted: Tuesday February 26, 2019
Five Otago University Press authors in 2019 Ockham Book Awards longlist
Otago University Press congratulates all the authors in the longlist announced today for the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Boo...
Posted: Wednesday January 30, 2019
Are women past caring?
Care is essential to social relationships and individual well-being. It is woven into New Zealand’s key social instituti...
Posted: Thursday January 24, 2019
Writing course participants seek inspiration through exploration
A group of writers visited Port Chalmers yesterday as part of a short course, inspired by Dunedin, City of Literature, a...
Posted: Wednesday January 23, 2019
THE REALIZATION OF A DISTANT LONGING
1st place winner of A Distant Longing: Dunedin Chinese Garden Student Essay Competition
Posted: Tuesday January 22, 2019
Forming a Forever Friendship: The Dunedin’s Chinese Garden
4th place winner of A Distant Longing: Dunedin Chinese Garden Student Essay Competition
Posted: Tuesday January 22, 2019
An Indissoluble Symbol of Friendship: Dunedin Chinese Garden Lan Yuan
2nd equal winner of A Distant Longing: Dunedin Chinese Garden Student Essay Competition
Posted: Tuesday January 22, 2019
Antique Lan Yuan，everlasting milestone：a powerful witness to the China-New Zealand relations across oceans
2nd equal winner of A Distant Longing: Dunedin Chinese Garden Student Essay Competition
Posted: Tuesday January 22, 2019
A Distant Longing: Dunedin Chinese Garden Student Essay Competition Winners
‘How does the Dunedin Chinese Garden, Lan Yuan, enhance the story of Chinese in Otago and what future role does the Gard...
Posted: Tuesday January 22, 2019
KRAKOW UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE RESIDENCY PROGRAM 2019
The Krakow UNESCO City of Literature Residency Program is dedicated to young and emerging writers from the Cities of Lit...
Posted: Tuesday January 22, 2019
The Spirit of Literature Beyond Oceans
Kristyna O'Connell was a University of Otago HUMS301 Intern for Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature 2018
Posted: Monday January 21, 2019
Tank the Flanker
Posted: Monday January 21, 2019
The Vegan Lion
Posted: Monday January 21, 2019
Otter Trouble
Posted: Monday January 21, 2019
The Birthday Boy
Posted: Monday January 21, 2019
The First Donkey in Space
Posted: Monday January 21, 2019
Socks or sausages?
Posted: Monday January 21, 2019
NZ Bookshop Numbers on the Rise
Since January 2018, Booksellers NZ has gained seven brand new members from everywhere from Vulcan Lane in Central Auckla...
Posted: Tuesday January 15, 2019
Mobile App for Dunedin’s Literary Locations
Introducing dtour: a Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature experience
Posted: Monday December 17, 2018