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 Nov 03, 2022

The Storylines Notable Book Awards 2022

Posted: Thursday Nov 03, 2022

Lines of Defence

Posted: Thursday Nov 03, 2022

Winning writers take to airwaves

Posted: Thursday Nov 03, 2022

Rail:lines The:film

Posted: Wednesday Nov 02, 2022

Shima Jack on The Write Spot

Posted: Friday Oct 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 Oct 27, 2022

Translating Aotearoa poetry to Spanish

Posted: Wednesday Oct 26, 2022

Fittick: Fisher of Men by Beatrice Hale

Impulsive. Brave. Dedicated.

Posted: Wednesday Oct 26, 2022

Hone Tūwhare creative residents named

Posted: Friday Oct 21, 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 Oct 17, 2022

Cities of Literature Scary Stories Anthology

Posted: Wednesday Oct 12, 2022

International Literacy Day

Posted: Wednesday Oct 12, 2022

Local snapper gets international recognition

Posted: Wednesday Oct 12, 2022

City of Literature Super Grans to the rescue!

Posted: Wednesday Oct 12, 2022

Festival curtains open with opera and dance

The Dunedin Arts Festival begins today, bringing a range of local acts and international productions to the city. It ope...

Posted: Wednesday Oct 12, 2022

Light on her feet: remembering Keri Hulme

Posted: Wednesday Oct 12, 2022

The Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize

Posted: Friday Oct 07, 2022

Book Launch: David Howard & Michael Harlow

Posted: Friday Oct 07, 2022

Ōtepoti fundraiser for relief in Ukraine

Posted: Friday Oct 07, 2022

‘Josephine’ comes to life

Reading the picture book Josephine Off The Rails on the train’s 150th birthday on Wednesday are Rose Videler and her dau...

Posted: Friday Oct 07, 2022

‘Arts...illuminate the world we live in’: 2023 fellows appointed

Albert Einstein once said "creativity is contagious — pass it on". With that in mind, the University of Otago has appoin...

Posted: Thursday Oct 06, 2022

Open Call for Nanjing International Writers Residency 2022

Nanjing is offering 6 virtual residencies in 2022 to writers, poets and translators from all UNESCO Cities of Literature...

Posted: Thursday Oct 06, 2022

SuperGrans team with visiting authors on reading mission

Two Dunedin authors and a SuperGran visited a local kindergarten recently as part of the SuperGrans Readaloud Programme.

Posted: Friday Sep 30, 2022

Are you the new Director of Blue Oyster?

Posted: Thursday Sep 29, 2022

APPLICATION: Writers Residencies 2023

Posted: Tuesday Sep 20, 2022

The Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellowship

The 2023 Creative New Zealand RCWT residency will run from May to October 2023.

Posted: Monday Sep 19, 2022

Māori scholar receives top award

Being awarded the University of Otago’s top honour has left Jacinta Ruru emotional, saying it is a significant moment fo...

Posted: Monday Sep 19, 2022

Light after darkness

A desire to speak the truth and see change in the care and justice system for young people has seen Fa’amoana John Luafu...

Posted: Friday Sep 16, 2022

Ben Wilson on The Write Spot radio show

Posted: Friday Sep 16, 2022

The 8th New Zealand Young Writers Festival

Posted: Wednesday Sep 14, 2022

Insight ahead of arts festival

OAR FM’s weekday OARsome Morning Show is presenting interviews with national and international artists and directors in ...

Posted: Thursday Sep 08, 2022

Mansfield stories form new operas

Opera Otago returns to the Mayfair Theatre stage this weekend with an ambitious production of The Mansfield Trilogy, thr...

Posted: Thursday Sep 08, 2022

Talk features acclaimed Scottish crime writers

"Revenge and death and violence and bloodshed and mayhem" — what more could you want? Dunedin crime fiction fans will be...

Posted: Thursday Sep 08, 2022

Portrait: Peter Olds, by Victor Billot

On a delinquent, a wanderer, a literary icon

Posted: Wednesday Sep 07, 2022

How Covid affected the arts

The impact of Covid-19 on creativity was among the topics of a panel discussion with the 2022 University of Otago Arts F...

Posted: Monday Sep 05, 2022

Review: Return to Harikoa Bay

A review by Sam Finnemore

Posted: Friday Sep 02, 2022

A trio of Chinese celebrations

A celebration on September 10 aims to thread the strands of Dunedin’s multicultural community together.

Posted: Thursday Sep 01, 2022

Theatre group marks 30th year

Theatre folk from across the country came together in Dunedin at the weekend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of profes...

Posted: Thursday Sep 01, 2022

Teen’s trilogy shows he’s a creative force

Kavanagh College pupil Tom Davis (15) has published three books since 2019, a trilogy which now resides in the school li...

Posted: Tuesday Aug 30, 2022

WE ARE MOVING BACK... UPDATE

Posted: Friday Aug 26, 2022

'In Plain Air'

One feature of the new Pauline Bellamy website is that it's home to 'In Plain Air', the 2020 short documentary film abou...

Posted: Friday Aug 26, 2022