Ara Toi Community Hui - Community Presenters Lineup

Join the Creative Dunedin Partnership to present, enjoy and discuss progress on Ara Toi Ōtepoti – Our Creative Future, D...

Posted: Wednesday Nov 29, 2017

Exclusive invitation to celebrate the recently launched Otago Fonebook 1.

Creative Cities Southern Hui are thrilled to offer this exclusive invitation to our delegates.

Posted: Wednesday Nov 22, 2017

Norwich: 900 years a literary city

Ōtepoti – He Puna Auaha, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature
is excited to welcome you to the

Creative Cities Southern H...

Posted: Monday Nov 20, 2017

Transforming creativity, collaboration and community

Ōtepoti – He Puna Auaha, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature is excited to welcome you to the Creative Cities Southern Hu...

Posted: Thursday Nov 16, 2017

Dunedin City of Literature welcomes Bologna City of Music 

Ōtepoti – He Puna Auaha, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature is excited to welcome you to the Creative Cities Southern Hui...

Posted: Tuesday Nov 14, 2017

Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award winner inspired by polar experience

Kāpiti poet Alison Glenny has won the 2017 Kathleen Grattan Award with ‘The Farewell Tourist’, a poetry collection inspi...

Posted: Monday Nov 06, 2017

Landfall Essay Competition winners share prize for radically different topics

Two New Zealand essayists writing on very different topics – life as an army recruit and the power of scent – are joint ...

Posted: Monday Nov 06, 2017

Exhibition by Sam Foley at the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery

The exhibition by Sam Foley at the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery is a collection of paintings in, of and around about D...

Posted: Tuesday Oct 31, 2017

Invitation to the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery 

Delegates are warmly invited to stroll with us to the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery (nearby at 2 Dowling Street) on 30 ...

Posted: Tuesday Oct 31, 2017

Jealous Saboteurs Teen Writing Competition 

Open to young people in years 9-13 of high school

Posted: Friday Oct 27, 2017

A Heritage Christmas

This Reed Gallery exhibition showcases a Christmas-themed assortment of variegated works for all ages from the Heritage ...

Posted: Wednesday Oct 25, 2017

Guest Speaker: Steven Edmund Winduo

Creative Cities Southern Hui is excited to welcome STEVEN EDMUND WINDUO as delegate and guest speaker. Steven will be vi...

Posted: Tuesday Oct 24, 2017

Guest Speaker: Anna Maria Lorusso

Creative Cities Southern Hui is excited to welcome ANNA MARIA LORUSSO as delegate and guest speaker. Anna Maria will be ...

Posted: Monday Oct 23, 2017

Guest Speaker and Facilitator: Noel Waite

Creative Cities Southern Hui is excited to welcome NOEL WAITE as guest speaker and facilitator. Noel will be speaking at...

Posted: Sunday Oct 22, 2017

Guest Speaker: Sue Bidrose

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes SUE BIDROSE as delegate and guest speaker. Sue will be speaking at Creative...

Posted: Saturday Oct 21, 2017

MC: Victor Billot

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes VICTOR BILLOT as delegate and MC. The local writer and poet will be partici...

Posted: Friday Oct 20, 2017

Guest Speaker: Hera Lindsay Bird

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes HERA LINDSAY BIRD as delegate and guest speaker. Hera will be participating...

Posted: Thursday Oct 19, 2017

Centre for the Book Symposium: Books & Users

Join the University of Otago Centre for the Book for a day of scholarly presentations and discussions.

Posted: Wednesday Oct 18, 2017

Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Association Building Open Day

Come by and view the interior of this art deco fronted, Victorian-built gem in Moray Place.

Posted: Wednesday Oct 18, 2017

Guest Speaker: Shayne Carter

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes SHAYNE CARTER as guest speaker and delegate. Shayne will be speaking at Cre...

Posted: Wednesday Oct 18, 2017

Book Lovers' Walking Tours

Posted: Wednesday Oct 18, 2017

Guest Speaker: Craig Cliff

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes CRAIG CLIFF as delegate and guest speaker. Craig will be participating in e...

Posted: Tuesday Oct 17, 2017

Guest Speaker: Rosi Crane 

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes ROSI CRANE as guest speaker. Rosi will be speaking at Centre for the Book: ...

Posted: Monday Oct 16, 2017

Guest Speaker: Mayor Dave Cull

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes MAYOR DAVE CULL as delegate and guest speaker. Dave will be participating i...

Posted: Sunday Oct 15, 2017

Guest Speaker: Phillippa Duffy 

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes PHILLIPPA DUFFY as guest speaker. Phillippa will be speaking at Centre for ...

Posted: Saturday Oct 14, 2017

Special Guest: Lawrie Forbes

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes LAWRIE FORBES. Lawrie will generously be opening his Athenaeum building for...

Posted: Friday Oct 13, 2017

Muse: An Exhibition of Artworks Inspired by the Dunedin Public Libraries Collection

Hidden amongst the Dunedin Public Libraries’ collections is a large group of talented artists. To celebrate the Creative...

Posted: Friday Oct 13, 2017

Mayor’s welcome

Kia ora koutou katoa (Greetings, hello to you all) 

Posted: Friday Oct 13, 2017

Virtual Speaker: Alexander Gillespie

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes ALEXANDER GILLESPIE as virtual speaker. Unable to attend the Hui, Alexander...

Posted: Thursday Oct 12, 2017

Guest Speaker: David Goodwin 

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes DAVID GOODWIN as guest speaker. David will be speaking at Centre for the Bo...

Posted: Wednesday Oct 11, 2017

Guest Speaker: Aaron Hawkins

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes AARON HAWKINS as delegate and guest speaker. Aaron will be participating in...

Posted: Tuesday Oct 10, 2017

Guest Speaker: Raymond Huber

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes RAYMOND HUBER as guest speaker. Raymond will be speaking at Centre for the ...

Posted: Monday Oct 09, 2017

Creative Cities Southern Hui

Posted: Monday Oct 09, 2017

Guest Speaker: Welby Ings

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes WELBY INGS as delegate and guest speaker. Welby’s talk, Disobedient voices,...

Posted: Sunday Oct 08, 2017

Guest Speaker: Warwick Jordan 

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes WARWICK JORDAN as guest speaker. Warwick will be opening the Hui for the Ce...

Posted: Saturday Oct 07, 2017

Guest Speaker: Donald Kerr

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes DONALD KERR as guest speaker. Donald will be speaking at Centre for the Boo...

Posted: Friday Oct 06, 2017

Short Story Conference

The New Zealand Short Story had its very own conference in Invercargill in early September and Athenaeum committee membe...

Posted: Thursday Oct 05, 2017

Guest Speaker: Melanie Kidd

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes MELANIE KIDD from Norwich UNESCO City of Literature. Melanie will be speaki...

Posted: Thursday Oct 05, 2017

Mystery guest: David Loughrey

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes DAVID LOUGHREY as delegate and mystery guest. David will be participating i...

Posted: Wednesday Oct 04, 2017

Guest Speaker: Karen McAulay

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes KAREN McAULAY as guest speaker. Karen will be speaking at Centre for the Bo...

Posted: Tuesday Oct 03, 2017

Guest Speaker: Alexandra Newman

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes ALEXANDRA NEWMAN as guest speaker. Alexandra will be speaking at Centre for...

Posted: Monday Oct 02, 2017

Guest Speaker: Guy Ryan

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes GUY RYAN as delegate and guest speaker. Guy will speaking at Creative Conne...

Posted: Sunday Oct 01, 2017

Guest Speaker: Victor Rodger

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes VICTOR RODGER as delegate and guest speaker. Victor will be participating i...

Posted: Sunday Oct 01, 2017

Guest Speaker: Elaine Webster

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes ELAINE WEBSTER as guest speaker. Elaine will be speaking at Centre for the ...

Posted: Saturday Sep 30, 2017

Guest Speaker: Moira White

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes MOIRA WHITE as guest speaker. Moira will be speaking at Centre for the Book...

Posted: Friday Sep 29, 2017

Guest Speaker: Iona Winter

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes IONA WINTER as delegate and guest speaker. Iona will be speaking at Creativ...

Posted: Thursday Sep 28, 2017

Guest Speaker: Sue Wootton 

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes SUE WOOTTON as guest speaker. Sue will be speaking at Centre for the Book: ...

Posted: Wednesday Sep 27, 2017

Telling tales

Our lives are all made up of many stories and everyone has a tale to tell.

Posted: Friday Sep 22, 2017

LIM - LESS IS MORE 2018

International call for projects

“Created by filmmakers for filmmakers”

Posted: Friday Sep 22, 2017

Festival of Colour hit The Blue Moments Project to perform in Dunedin

It’s a show that brings new meaning to the phrase “music and lyrics”. The Blue Moments Project, an evening of jazz, blue...

Posted: Friday Sep 08, 2017

Navigator by Anne Moir

NAVIGATOR, Anne’s first novel, was inspired by her experiences as a child during the post-World War Two era, when many m...

Posted: Tuesday Sep 05, 2017

September 2017 Script Call

Short Film Otago has a new funding round open for new writers and filmmakers.

It is calling for scripts/film ideas/outl...

Posted: Monday Sep 04, 2017

The third New Zealand Young Writers Festival to be held in Dunedin - UNESCO City of Literature.

Sex, dairy farming and feminism are among the unlikely bedfellows at this year’s New Zealand Young Writers Festival, fif...

Posted: Wednesday Aug 16, 2017

City author wins book awards

Port Chalmers author and illustrator David Elliot has won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the New Zealand Bo...

Posted: Tuesday Aug 15, 2017

Announcement of the Janet Frame Literary Trust Award 2017

Waikato novelist Catherine Chidgey has been named as the recipient of a Janet Frame Literary Trust Award worth $5,000. 

Posted: Friday Jul 21, 2017

Bird Dog Hot Dog

‘Tītī hotdog with horopito pickled onions and mānuka smoked chilli relish’.

Posted: Thursday Jul 20, 2017

Reed Gallery exhibition showcases diverse examples of bookbindings

The latest Reed Gallery exhibition at Dunedin Public Library explores the outer covers of books - their bindings.

Posted: Tuesday Jul 18, 2017

Savoir Faire

Posted: Monday June 26, 2017

Spotlight on colonial feminist ‘fanatic’ Mary Ann Colclough 1836–1885

Polly Plum is a biography of one of New Zealand’s earliest feminists, Mary Ann Colclough, whose publicly voiced opinions...

Posted: Monday Jun 12, 2017

Dunedin author and illustrator shortlisted in prestigious awards

Dunedin author and illustrator David Elliot is a finalist in 2017 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults ...

Posted: Wednesday Jun 07, 2017