News and Opportunities
A Call for Project/Products for 2016 Bologna Design Week
Posted: Tuesday June 14, 2016
Corpus: Conversations about Medicine and Life
“Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognise… the true poetry of life.”
Sir William Osler (1849-...
Posted: Wednesday June 8, 2016
Director appointed for City of Literature Dunedin
The Dunedin City Council has appointed Nicky Page as Director City of Literature.
Ms Page is currently an Academic Mana...
Posted: Tuesday April 19, 2016
Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection Research Grant – 2016
Posted: Monday March 21, 2016
Thorpe Talbot
Dunedin barely remembers but should honour a pioneer, formerly internationally famous, writer. She is Frances Ellen Talb...
Posted: Thursday December 10, 2015
Dunedin's Missing Literary Link
Thorpe Talbot (1850-1923) was one of Dunedin’s earliest known writers and journalists and be came a celebrity. She becam...
Posted: Monday December 7, 2015
Otago University Press authors longlisted for 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Posted: Wednesday December 2, 2015
New Zealand Book Council Special Membership Offer
Buy a Book Council membership this Christmas and you will also receive a copy of the annual Book Council Lecture – given...
Posted: Wednesday November 25, 2015
A world class UNESCO Creative City
Posted: Friday November 13, 2015
DUNEDIN WRITERS SALON
If you’re keen to hear some of Dunedin’s newest stories, then you might want to pop along to the Dunedin’s Writers’ Salo...
Posted: Thursday November 12, 2015
Who Cared? Otago Nurses in WWI
This immersive and interactive exhibition tells the story of three nurses as they care for wounded soldiers during the G...
Posted: Wednesday November 11, 2015
READERS OF DUNEDIN
Readers of Dunedin, was conceived by with a photo-blog in mind: a mash-up
between the widely popular Humans of New York...
Posted: Sunday November 1, 2015
OUT AND ABOUT IN PRAGUE
Prague, a fellow UNESCO City of Literature, have Dunedin up in lights - and we like it lot!
Posted: Wednesday October 14, 2015
Worldly Literature exhibition and Poetry Projections at Vogel Street Party
Posted: Tuesday October 13, 2015
The Toji Cultural Foundation International Writers’ and Artists’ Residency Program
Programme for Supporting Creative Works and Cultural Exchanges by Foreign Writers,
Artists and Scholars.
Posted: Sunday October 11, 2015
Baxter Memorial a Step Closer
Public recognition of WWI war resister Archibald Baxter is a step closer following the selection of three finalists in a...
Posted: Friday October 2, 2015
Community Read. UNESCO City of Literature booklist
This Summer we invite you to work your way through this recommended list of great reads from the 11 UNESCO Cities of Lit...
Posted: Wednesday September 23, 2015
NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship – Recipient Announced!
We are delighted to announce the winner of the Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2016 is award-winning Otago poet Michae...
Posted: Thursday September 17, 2015
Aliens, Androids & Unicorns.
During March to May 2015, the University of Otago Library mounted an exhibition highlighting the Science Fiction and Fan...
Posted: Monday September 14, 2015
SPEED DATE AN AUTHOR
Imagine spending four hours picking the brains of some of New Zealand’s best poets, authors, illustrators, journalists a...
Posted: Friday September 11, 2015
Dunedin
In October, Dunedin launched Ara Toi Otepoti - Our Creative Future, Dunedin's Arts and Culture Strategy.
At the openi...
Posted: Friday September 11, 2015
Events coming your way from Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature
Posted: Wednesday September 9, 2015
Michael King Writers’ Centre Open for Applications
The Michael King Writers’ Centre invites applications from New Zealand writers for four supported residencies in 2016, w...
Posted: Thursday September 3, 2015
DUNEDIN WRITER SCORES 2016 PRAGUE RESIDENCY
Local Dunedin writer and editor David Howard has been announced as the successful applicant for the 2016 Prague residenc...
Posted: Friday August 28, 2015
Mitre 10 raises $92,000 for Hone Tuwhare Trust
Charity auction generosity contributes towards building new creative residence.
Posted: Sunday July 26, 2015
A World Class UNESCO City of Literature
Dunedin is well known as a creative literary city that treasures its past, celebrates its present and looks forward to i...
Posted: Sunday June 21, 2015
eMultipoetry Project Krakow UNESCO City of Literature
In May a slice of Dunedin editor and writer Emma Neale’s poetry featured on a wall, at a corner of the Main Square and B...
Posted: Saturday June 20, 2015
2015 UNESCO Creative City Conference
Dunedin joined 68 other UNESCO Creative Cities in the UNESCO Craft and Art City of Kanazawa, Japan on 25 May.
Posted: Saturday June 20, 2015
Flying Nun connects UNESCO Creative Cities
At the UNESCO Creative Cities Network meeting in Kanazawa, Japan, the music of Flying Nun and Xpressway provided a creat...
Posted: Friday June 19, 2015
Literature and Light: Vogel Street Party 2015
The date has been set for the return of the popular Vogel Street Party and preparations are well underway for the event ...
Posted: Thursday June 18, 2015
New Zealand Young Writers Festival
The first ever New Zealand Young Writers Festival was held in Dunedin in June, and the critically acclaimed weekend has ...
Posted: Thursday June 18, 2015
New Writer Residency Opportunity in Prague UNESCO City of Literature
Prague is currently looking for applications from writers connected to the UNESCO City of Literature network, with an in...
Posted: Wednesday June 17, 2015
The Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival 2015...
built on the success of the inaugural festival in 2014 and has secured its place on the Dunedin events calendar.
Posted: Wednesday June 17, 2015
Blue Oyster Online Publications
A new and exciting creative arts initiative by Dunedin's very own Blue Oyster Art Project Space.
Posted: Tuesday June 16, 2015
Creative Cameo Writing School
At Macandrew Bay primary school on the beautiful Otago Peninsula, they take creativity seriously! Students are encourage...
Posted: Tuesday June 16, 2015
Dunedin
ISSUE 1 JULY 2015 We are writing our own future and it's a great future as we launch our first online digital magazine in Dunedin, New Zealand's only UNESCO Creative City of Literature.
Posted: Monday June 15, 2015
An International Pop-up Exhibition
Dunedin launched an international Worldly Literature project at the Vogel Street Party in October.
Posted: Tuesday June 9, 2015
Creative Cities of Literature
All 11 Cities of Literature were represented at the IXth annual meeting of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network meeting in...
Posted: Tuesday June 9, 2015
WHAT'S ON...
A lot of happenings are a-happening in our beloved and great small city. If you have any events you would like published...
Posted: Monday June 8, 2015
The Hard To Find Bookshop
In 2013, Warwick Jordan moved 250,000 books the length of the New Zealand to Dowling St, Dunedin and is now the proud ow...
Posted: Monday April 27, 2015
Memoir Workshop with Damian Barr
The Memoir Workshop with Damian Barr, Friday 8 May, 10am–1pm, has sold out, which has disappointed many budding memoiris...
Posted: Sunday April 26, 2015
DWRF Literary Lunch Series: Wed 6 May
Renowned NZ writer Philip Temple, who lives locally, will be talking about his latest novel 'MiStory' as part of the DWR...
Posted: Sunday April 26, 2015
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival, 5–10 May
Remember to get your tickets before you miss out — sooooo many awesome events to see in our City of Literature!
Posted: Sunday April 26, 2015
Robert Burns Poetry Competition
Write a poem in English or Scots, inspired by the life or works of Robert Burns.
Posted: Sunday April 26, 2015
Landfall Essay Competition
Landfall Essay Competition entry deadline is rapidly approaching – 31 July 2015. The competition aims to support vivid, ...
Posted: Sunday April 26, 2015
Young writers festival in June confirmed for Dunedin
New Zealand finally has an annual festival produced by, and for, our young and emerging writers.
Posted: Sunday April 26, 2015
Black Star Books Ōtepoti
Black Star Books Ōtepoti is an infoshop located in Dunedin, Aotearoa.
Posted: Saturday April 25, 2015
Dunedin Writer Spotlight: Sue Wootton
Sue Wootton is an award-winning poet and fiction writer whose work has been widely published and anthologized.
Posted: Saturday April 25, 2015
Dunedin Writer Spotlight: Rogelio Guedea
University of Otago lecturer Dr Rogelio Guedea is living a double life as a top author in Mexico, with his most recent n...
Posted: Saturday April 25, 2015
Regent 24hr Book Sale — May 22
The 24 Hour Book Sale is the largest sale of second-hand books in New Zealand, and reputedly the largest in the Southern...
Posted: Saturday April 25, 2015
Children's Room Story-Time Train to Port Chalmers
All aboard the Story-time Train to Port Chalmers! Grab the kids for a whole bundle of story-telling fun along the West H...
Posted: Saturday April 25, 2015
Dunedin writers and readers festival may 5 - 10
Dunedin has a swag of top international and national authors converging on the city in May for the Dunedin Writers and R...
Posted: Saturday April 25, 2015
Newsletter – April 2015
City of Literature Newsletter — Issue 4 — April 2015 Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival Nau mai, haere mai For Dunedin's first festival as a UNESCO City of Literature, we're thrilled to present an amazing line-up of writers from New Zealand and further afield.
Posted: Saturday April 25, 2015
A sense of wonder reading, writing and publishing children's literature
The University of Otago Centre for the Book is delighted to announce its 2015 annual symposium in Dunedin, New Zealand’s...
Posted: Tuesday April 14, 2015
National poetry day returns for its 18th year. Registrations open Now!
The highly popular and eclectic National Poetry Day will be staged for its 18th year on 28 August 2015. A varied program...
Posted: Tuesday March 24, 2015
Unesco Cities of Literature celebrate book baptism
The launch of Jindra Tichá’s first novel in English will present an opportunity to unite two UNESCO Cities of Literature...
Posted: Friday March 20, 2015
Sue Wootton wins Caselberg prize
First prize of $500 in the fifth annual Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize for 2015 has been won by Dunedin poet...
Posted: Thursday March 5, 2015
Local screenwriter chosen for Literacy Tour
Emerging Dunedin screenwriter Henry Feltham has been chosen to create a 20 minute literary tour of the city to be shown ...
Posted: Friday January 30, 2015