He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
Blue Oyster call for proposals
Blue Oyster is pleased to announce a call for solo, duo, group and curated exhibition proposals for the first half of 20...
Posted: Tuesday Aug 02, 2016
Call for Participation for the forthcoming 5th International Summit of the Book 2016, Limerick City, Ireland
Please note the information below and consider whether you may wish to respond to the call and/or to make suggestions fo...
Posted: Friday Jul 22, 2016
BOOK SHOP ESTABLISHES NEW ZEALAND
WRITERS RESIDENCY
New Zealand’s first writing residency, the Robert Burns Fellowship, was established in 1958 in Dunedin marking the bicen...
Posted: Friday Jul 22, 2016
Two books by local author Beatrice Hale
Two books by local author Beatrice Hale, both available as e-books on Smashwords and on Amazon.com, which also provides ...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Scholarly Favourites. Researching in Special Collections
de Beer gallery, Special Collections, University of Otago, 10 June to 26 August 2016
Posted: Monday Jul 11, 2016
Lotteries Award to help establish the first writers’ residency in the home of a Māori writer
The Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust has just been awarded $100,000 by the Lottery World War One Commemorations, Environmen...
Posted: Friday Jun 17, 2016
CALL for PAPERS - Book and Place
The University of Otago Centre for the Book announces its 2016 Annual Symposium
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zeala...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 15, 2016
A Call for Project/Products for 2016 Bologna Design Week
Posted: Wednesday Jun 15, 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 Jun 08, 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 Apr 19, 2016
Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection Research Grant – 2016
Posted: Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
Thorpe Talbot
Dunedin barely remembers but should honour a pioneer, formerly internationally famous, writer. She is Frances Ellen Talb...
Posted: Friday Dec 11, 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 Dec 07, 2015
Otago University Press authors longlisted for 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Posted: Wednesday Dec 02, 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 Nov 25, 2015
A world class UNESCO Creative City
Posted: Friday Nov 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 Nov 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: Thursday Nov 12, 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: Monday Nov 02, 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 Oct 14, 2015
Worldly Literature exhibition and Poetry Projections at Vogel Street Party
Posted: Tuesday Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 02, 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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: Thursday Sep 10, 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 Sep 03, 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 Aug 28, 2015
Mitre 10 raises $92,000 for Hone Tuwhare Trust
Charity auction generosity contributes towards building new creative residence.
Posted: Sunday Jul 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 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: Friday Jun 19, 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 17, 2015
Blue Oyster Online Publications
A new and exciting creative arts initiative by Dunedin's very own Blue Oyster Art Project Space.
Posted: Wednesday Jun 17, 2015
Creative Cameo Writing School
At Macandrew Bay primary school on the beautiful Otago Peninsula, they take creativity seriously! Students are encourage...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 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: Wednesday Jun 10, 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 Jun 09, 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 Jun 08, 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 Apr 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: Monday Apr 27, 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: Monday Apr 27, 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: Monday Apr 27, 2015
Robert Burns Poetry Competition
Write a poem in English or Scots, inspired by the life or works of Robert Burns.
Posted: Monday Apr 27, 2015
Landfall Essay Competition
Landfall Essay Competition entry deadline is rapidly approaching – 31 July 2015. The competition aims to support vivid, ...
Posted: Monday Apr 27, 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 Apr 26, 2015
Black Star Books Ōtepoti
Black Star Books Ōtepoti is an infoshop located in Dunedin, Aotearoa.
Posted: Sunday Apr 26, 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: Sunday Apr 26, 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: Sunday Apr 26, 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 Apr 25, 2015