News and Opportunities
Plan your festival weekend!
The New Zealand Young Writers Festival truly has something for everyone. With 17 free events from 21st to 24th September...
Posted: Friday September 8, 2023
Programme for the 2023 Dunedin Readers & Writers Festival is here!
A moment that marks the beginning of a journey, to the place where the river meets the sea - Te Pūao
Posted: Thursday September 7, 2023
Blue Oyster Art Project Space Call for Proposals
Applications close Sun 24 Sep 2023
Posted: Tuesday September 5, 2023
Secure your spot for the KUPU Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi Māori Writers Festival 2023
17-23 September, Rotorua
Posted: Monday September 4, 2023
Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook Student Poetry Competition
Read the winning poems here
Posted: Monday September 4, 2023
PETER OLDS: 2 JUNE 1944 - 31 AUGUST 2023
A get-together to remember Peter will be held on Friday 27 October at the Dunedin Public library.
Posted: Sunday September 3, 2023
International KM100NZ Haiku Competition
Applications close 15 September 2023
Posted: Sunday September 3, 2023
NZ Young Writers Festival 2023 first event
'The One Work That Defines You'
Posted: Thursday August 31, 2023
'Tung' on Write Spot
Art writer and poet Robyn Maree Pickens has released debut collection Tung through Otago University Press
Posted: Tuesday August 29, 2023
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura announces storyteller Mona Williams will deliver the 2023 Pānui
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura is delighted to announce Mona Williams as the outstanding storyteller who will deliver its annua...
Posted: Tuesday August 29, 2023
Poetry Box new features
Share the word that Poetry Box aims to be a Poetry Hub for poems for and by children
Posted: Monday August 28, 2023
Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories edited by Paula Morris
A new fiction anthology is a 'celebration of the sheer talent of Māori writers'.
Posted: Monday August 28, 2023
Captivating poem graces a head-turning mural in our City of Literature
Posted: Monday August 28, 2023
Available Art from 'Behind Closed Doors' exhibition at Pea Sea Art
'Nikau Nostalgia' by Lynda Cullen
Posted: Monday August 28, 2023
Results from Te Hautonga
The secondary kapa haka competition in Murihiku / Invercargill
Posted: Monday August 28, 2023
Last chance to donate!
Crowdfunding Campaign to build the Janet Frame Visitor Centre closes today.
Posted: Monday August 28, 2023
Janet Frame Poetry Prize for essa may ranapiri
Janet Frame’s estate is delighted to announce the 2023 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry.
Posted: Sunday August 27, 2023
Captivating Stories
A spotlight on the enchanting window display at our favourite bookshop
Posted: Sunday August 27, 2023
Calling all poets and wordsmiths!
Apply now for the 2024 WOMAD NZ Poetry Slam
Posted: Sunday August 27, 2023
2023 Centre of the Book Research Symposium - ‘Books and Resistance’ (University of Otago 16–17 Nov 23)
Call for abstracts due 1 September
Posted: Sunday August 27, 2023
Have you booked your tickets for the New Zealand Young Writers Festival?
Events are almost at capacity so Book Now!!
Posted: Friday August 25, 2023
Legally Blonde - Musical Theatre Dunedin
All Remaining Seats $50! Only 2 Shows Left.
Posted: Friday August 25, 2023
Poetry Shelf and Poetry Box celebrate National Poetry Day
Posted: Friday August 25, 2023
Inaugural Small Press Fest a Success
Check out these photos from the packed weekend ....
Posted: Friday August 25, 2023
Why Katherine Mansfield is still the ultimate literary punk, 100 years after her death
Biographer and memoirist Redmer Yska will be at Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival, speaking to Katherine's work, as wel...
Posted: Wednesday August 23, 2023
Sue Wootton's Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship
Follow her journey
Posted: Wednesday August 23, 2023
What a special Advance Information Sheet from London’s Istros Books
Commenting on Faruk Šehić's 'My Rivers' are both David Howard and Kapka Kassabova!
Posted: Tuesday August 22, 2023
Ati Teepa is writing his poems in kokowai
Don't miss out on your copy
Posted: Tuesday August 22, 2023
The battle for Ukraine's cultural gems
How are the creativity, spaces and heritage of the war-torn country being supported? Beverley D'Silva explores the issue...
Posted: Tuesday August 22, 2023
takahē 108
Multi-talented 2023 Burns fellow Kathryn van Beek is in the Takahē Magazine August issue, with her essay 'Going Dutch'
Posted: Tuesday August 22, 2023
Boosted Campaign
22 days left to contribute to the Elixir & Star Press Boosted campaign
Posted: Monday August 21, 2023
Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2023
Submissions close on 15 December 2023
Posted: Monday August 21, 2023
Creative Connections Resident 2024
Artist, educator, and remote community arts worker Katie Breckon
Posted: Monday August 21, 2023
How to cook to feel good: Alby Hailes on his debut cookbook 'Good Vibes'
2021 Great Kiwi Bake Off winner Alby Hailes joins Susie Ferguson to celebrate the release of his debut cookbook 'Good Vi...
Posted: Sunday August 20, 2023
Drop by Drop Poetry for Children Competition
Congratulations to Samantha Montgomerie who has been successful in having two commended poems in the Drop by Drop Poetry...
Posted: Sunday August 20, 2023
Poetry Box celebrates the NZCYA Book Awards 2023
Posted: Sunday August 20, 2023
Uni News
Kaupapa Māori Professor Anne-Marie Jackson delivers IPL on Marae
Posted: Sunday August 20, 2023
International NZPS - Open Junior Competition
Two young Dunedin poets had success in the International NZPS Competition.
Posted: Sunday August 20, 2023
Medieval manuscripts ‘most amazing things’
Centuries-old manuscripts can still tell us much about art and life. That is the opinion of Dr Christopher de Hamel, an ...
Posted: Thursday August 17, 2023
‘no time to lollygag’ on Write Spot
Caselberg Press is publishing a second anthology of poetry, featuring highly commended and winning entries from its poet...
Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023
From birdsong to body dysmorphia ‘What makes a winning essay?’
Emma Neale on Landfall’s Strong Words #3 and thinking aloud about New Zealand culture.
Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023
The 2023 Out of the Limelight Awards
Congratulations to the recipients
Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023
Robert Lord Writers Cottage Newsletter, August 2023
Catch up on cottage news
Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023
AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU Katherine Mansfield creative writing competition
Entries close 1 September
Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023
takahē Magazine Monica Taylor Poetry Prize
Entries close 31 August 2023
Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2023
Writer 2023 creative writing competition
Kathryn van Beek has a few hot tips to get started!
Posted: Tuesday August 15, 2023
Prof John Plotz: finding new meaning in old books
Among his varied interests, leading Victorian literature scholar and prison educator Professor John Plotz revisits forgo...
Posted: Tuesday August 15, 2023
Crime writer in her element on TV show ‘The Traitors’
Crime novelist Vanda Symon is a contestant on The Traitors, a murder mystery game show on Three
Posted: Monday August 14, 2023
Write Spot with Frances from Evening Books
Frances from Evening Books previews a festival bringing together small presses and independent publishers from across Ao...
Posted: Monday August 14, 2023
Heidelberg City of Literature Writers in Residence Programme
Applications close 17 September 2023
Posted: Sunday August 13, 2023
Virtual Writer in Residence
Apply Now - Applications close Mon 11 Sep 2023
Posted: Sunday August 13, 2023
‘Poetic’ story wins best first book prize
A debut Dunedin author has tasted instant success for her "poetic and beautifully written" story.
Posted: Friday August 11, 2023