News and Opportunities
Kraków UNESCO City of Literature International Residency 2023
Call for applications
Posted: Monday March 27, 2023
Congratulations Emma Neale
... a winner in the Fish International Short Story Prize
Posted: Monday March 27, 2023
Ōtepoti Theatre Lab Playwrights Programme 2023
Submissions accepted from Monday 1 May 2023.
Posted: Monday March 27, 2023
The 2023 Auckland Writers Festival line-up has been announced and tickers are on sale now!
16 - 21 MAY 2023
Posted: Monday March 27, 2023
Putting a playful spin on city landmarks
A vision of Dunedin in the colourful works of iconic Dunedin artist Annie Baird is inspiring young visitors to Dunedin P...
Posted: Monday March 27, 2023
DUNEDIN FRINGE FESTIVAL 'BEYOND WORDS' AWARD SPONSORED BY CITY OF LITERATURE
.... and the winner is ....
Posted: Monday March 27, 2023
New show on OAR FM's Youth Zone!
Posted: Friday March 17, 2023
New space to Knockabout in
In its fifth year as a Dunedin Fringe Festival venue, the New Athenaeum Theatre (NAT) has opened up a second pop-up spac...
Posted: Thursday March 16, 2023
Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency
Posted: Thursday March 2, 2023
Caselberg Trust in conversation with Jeff Harford
Posted: Wednesday March 1, 2023
Call for UNESCO City of Literature Wonju Residency 2023 (South Korea)
Posted: Thursday February 23, 2023
Student Writing in the School Journal
Posted: Wednesday February 22, 2023
'OTHERHOOD - open for submissions
Posted: Monday February 20, 2023
Books by Beatrice Hale
Posted: Monday February 13, 2023
Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency
Open for applications! Deadline to apply is 5pm Friday 17 March.
Posted: Friday February 10, 2023
Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer's Fellowship
Fellowship awarded every two years to an established New Zealand writer of literature, with a significant publication re...
Posted: Friday February 10, 2023
Submissions now open for March issue of Flash Frontier
Posted: Thursday February 9, 2023
Call for a writer-in-residence in Leeuwarden
Posted: Thursday February 9, 2023
Dear Nature Podcast
Posted: Thursday February 9, 2023
Pikihuia Awards open for submissions
Posted: Thursday February 9, 2023
Public Lending Right annual registration form
Posted: Thursday February 9, 2023
THESE BOOMERS ARE A-OK
SIR ROGER HALL’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SHOW WINDING UP, ABOUT TWO SPIRITED SENIORS, IS HEADING SOUTH.
Posted: Wednesday January 25, 2023
Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador nomination form
Posted: Monday January 23, 2023
Submissions for the 2023 Text Prize are officially open!
Posted: Monday January 23, 2023
'Awakening a curate's library' by Donald Kerr
Posted: Wednesday January 18, 2023
2023 Robert Burns Fellow at University of Otago: Kathryn van Beek
Posted: Tuesday January 17, 2023
Tartu City of Literature international residency program
Posted: Sunday January 15, 2023
Introducing Elixir & Star Press
Posted: Wednesday January 11, 2023
Documentary to mark 175th anniversary of first Otago migrant ship
A documentary will help to mark 175 years since the arrival of the first migrant ship into Otago Harbour for the Dunedin...
Posted: Wednesday January 11, 2023
New children’s literature qualification launches
Posted: Tuesday January 10, 2023
Government to discuss establishment of book commission
Organisations involved in the New Zealand book sector are set to meet with government agencies to discuss the establishm...
Posted: Monday January 9, 2023
Letterpress Courses with John Holmes
Posted: Tuesday December 20, 2022
Nominations open for Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador
Nominations are open to be the second Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador for children and young people.
Posted: Thursday December 15, 2022
Friends of the Hocken Collections Award 2023.
We are delighted to share that Dr Emily Duncan is the recipient of the Friends of the Hocken Collections Award 2023.
Posted: Thursday December 15, 2022
New Zealand Summer Reading Guide 2022
Posted: Wednesday November 30, 2022
Blue Oyster Arts Trust Appoints New Director
Blue Oyster Arts Trust is delighted to announce writer and curator Simon Palenski as our incoming Director.
Posted: Wednesday November 23, 2022
“LET THE FLAVOURS RIPPLE”: AN INTERVIEW WITH PAULA GREEN
This year has been huge for Paula Green, the biggest cheerleader of poetry for children in Aotearoa. She’s had two child...
Posted: Tuesday November 22, 2022
Poetry Shelf Occasional Reviews: Roger Hickin and Peter Olds – A Town Trod by Poets
Posted: Friday November 18, 2022
NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PRIZE OPEN FROM 7 OCT 2022 TO 31 JAN 2023
Posted: Monday November 14, 2022
Teddy bears and the ‘Poet Lorikeet’ join forces
Posted: Thursday November 10, 2022
Short story: Fourth wall, by Shima Jack
Posted: Thursday November 10, 2022
Film showcases a spoke’n’word tour of the Otago Central Rail Trail
In late 2020, Liz Breslin, Annabel Wilson and Laura Williamson embarked on a “spoke’n’word tour” of the Otago Central Ra...
Posted: Thursday November 3, 2022
The Storylines Notable Book Awards 2022
Posted: Wednesday November 2, 2022
Lines of Defence
Posted: Wednesday November 2, 2022
Winning writers take to airwaves
Posted: Wednesday November 2, 2022
Rail:lines The:film
Posted: Tuesday November 1, 2022
Shima Jack on The Write Spot
Posted: Friday October 28, 2022
Robert Sullivan receives Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for Poetry 2022
Posted: Friday October 28, 2022
PAGING FICTION WRITERS!
With the generous support of our sponsors, samesame but different is once again running the Peter Wells Short Fiction Co...
Posted: Thursday October 27, 2022
Translating Aotearoa poetry to Spanish
Posted: Tuesday October 25, 2022
Fittick: Fisher of Men by Beatrice Hale
Impulsive. Brave. Dedicated.
Posted: Tuesday October 25, 2022
Hone Tūwhare creative residents named
Posted: Friday October 21, 2022
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Talks about Epiphanies
Posted: Tuesday October 18, 2022
CASELBERG TRUST INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE 2022 – WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Posted: Monday October 17, 2022
Creative writing competition winners 2022
A humorous take on the theme “Brave New World” has won Lennox Tait one of the top places in the University of Otago’s an...
Posted: Monday October 17, 2022
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature – World Novel Week 2022
Posted: Sunday October 16, 2022