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Pikihuia Awards open for submissions

Posted: Thursday Feb 09, 2023

Public Lending Right annual registration form

Posted: Thursday Feb 09, 2023

Book review - Three of the best from 2022: Atua by Gavin Bishop; Winter Time by Laurence Fearnley, and Roderick Finlayson: A Man from Another World by Roger Hickin

Posted: Thursday Jan 26, 2023

THESE BOOMERS ARE A-OK

SIR ROGER HALL’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SHOW WINDING UP, ABOUT TWO SPIRITED SENIORS, IS HEADING SOUTH.

Posted: Wednesday Jan 25, 2023

Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador nomination form

Posted: Tuesday Jan 24, 2023

Submissions for the 2023 Text Prize are officially open!

Posted: Tuesday Jan 24, 2023

'Awakening a curate's library' by Donald Kerr

Posted: Thursday Jan 19, 2023

2023 Robert Burns Fellow at University of Otago: Kathryn van Beek

Posted: Wednesday Jan 18, 2023

Tartu City of Literature international residency program

Posted: Monday Jan 16, 2023

Introducing Elixir & Star Press

Posted: Wednesday Jan 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 Jan 11, 2023

New children’s literature qualification launches

Posted: Wednesday Jan 11, 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: Tuesday Jan 10, 2023

Letterpress Courses with John Holmes

Posted: Wednesday Dec 21, 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: Friday Dec 16, 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 Dec 15, 2022

New Zealand Summer Reading Guide 2022

Posted: Thursday Dec 01, 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 Nov 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: Wednesday Nov 23, 2022

Poetry Shelf Occasional Reviews: Roger Hickin and Peter Olds – A Town Trod by Poets

Posted: Friday Nov 18, 2022

NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize

APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PRIZE OPEN FROM 7 OCT 2022 TO 31 JAN 2023

Posted: Tuesday Nov 15, 2022

Teddy bears and the ‘Poet Lorikeet’ join forces

Posted: Thursday Nov 10, 2022

Short story: Fourth wall, by Shima Jack

Posted: Thursday Nov 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 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

Robert Sullivan receives Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for Poetry 2022

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

Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Talks about Epiphanies

Posted: Wednesday Oct 19, 2022

CASELBERG TRUST INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE 2022 – WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Posted: Monday Oct 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 Oct 17, 2022