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The Coalition for Books to host a series of online talanoa sessions to support tagata Moana writers in publishing

Posted: Tuesday Sep 20, 2022

STARLING CONSIDERS WORK FROM NEW ZEALAND WRITERS UNDER 25 YEARS OLD AT TIME OF SUBMISSION.

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

So proud to show our colleague and friend Stesha Brandon from Seattle City of Literature the breathtaking views from Ōtepoti’s beautiful Caselberg Trust House – thank you Trustee Lesley Hirst! 🌿❤

Posted: Friday Sep 02, 2022

Stesha Brandon from Seattle City of Literature visits Ōtepoti

Posted: Friday Sep 02, 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

Poetry Shelf celebrates our new Poet Laureate: Chris Tse – a reading, a conversation

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

Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature poetry contribution

Posted: Thursday Aug 25, 2022

David Eggleton Aotearoa Poet Laureate 2019 – 2022: Thank you from Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature

Posted: Thursday Aug 25, 2022

Tour of New Zealand with cabaret show is 'last hurrah' for poet laureate

David Eggleton’s current tour of the country is his “last hurrah” as New Zealand’s poet laureate.

Posted: Wednesday Aug 24, 2022

Dirty Deeds Down Under - crime on both sides of the Tasman

It's apparently the first ever compilation of Australian and New Zealand crime short stories, but already several more a...

Posted: Monday Aug 22, 2022

A new novel remembers the plight of German internees

The brutality endured by First World War internees on Wellington's Matiu/Somes Island is remembered by Dunedin author Pa...

Posted: Monday Aug 22, 2022

1981 Springbok tour movie set to be filmed in city

The drama of the 1981 Springbok tour is set to return to Dunedin streets in a coming-of-age feature film.

Posted: Monday Aug 22, 2022

Kidd wins media award

Otago Daily Times reporter Rob Kidd was named regional journalist of the year at the Voyager Media Awards in Auckland on...

Posted: Monday Aug 22, 2022

The University of Otago City of Literature PhD Scholarship

The English and Linguistics Programme at the University of Otago invites applications for a doctoral scholarship in lite...

Posted: Friday Aug 19, 2022

My Grandfather is a Canoe

My Grandfather is a Canoe has received heartfelt praise and accolades and now has another season – warmest congratulatio...

Posted: Thursday Aug 18, 2022

Short play competition

SaHara Breeze Productions launches its annual Shot Glass Shorts short play competition from tonight, showcasing new and ...

Posted: Thursday Aug 18, 2022

A treat for Jane Austen fans

The stately Olveston Historic Home will be the backdrop for a Jane Austen-themed soiree, with Regency dance, this week.

Posted: Thursday Aug 18, 2022

Belated welcome for university arts fellows

It was late, but that was better than never, as the University of Otago last night welcomed its 2022 arts fellows.

Posted: Thursday Aug 18, 2022

First Maori literature hub launched online

The first Māori literature hub has just been launched online.

Posted: Thursday Aug 18, 2022

OARSome Breakfast Show’s Write Spot with Ruth Shaw

Posted: Wednesday Aug 17, 2022

Dr Hannah August and the best-selling Elizabethan plays

Posted: Wednesday Aug 17, 2022

You Know I Can't Grab Your Ghost Apples, Taika

Claire Lacey reads their poem You Know I Can't Grab Your Ghost Apples, Taika, which appears in takahē issue 105. You can...

Posted: Tuesday Aug 16, 2022

Play gives dementia a voice

Few of us can understand the all-encompassing effect that Alzheimer’s and dementia have on the lives of sufferers and ev...

Posted: Tuesday Aug 16, 2022

Open Auditions at Playhouse Theatre

Auditions will be held on Saturday, 27 August from 1-4pm for The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard.

Posted: Tuesday Aug 16, 2022

Online wānanga with Mr G

If you follow artist ‘Mr G’ (Graham Hoete) you may have seen him announce an upcoming online wānanga Te Pūtahitanga star...

Posted: Monday Aug 15, 2022

Ōtepoti Writers Lab Residency

Ōtepoti Writers Lab is proud to announce a brand new opportunity for a local writer to carve space and time to focus on ...

Posted: Monday Aug 15, 2022

Whakahoa Whakawatea Kaitoi Tangata Holdsworth Creative Spaces Fellowship

This fellowship supports a tutor/facilitator-led project that involves artists within a creative space working collabora...

Posted: Friday Aug 12, 2022

University's 2022 creative writing competition opens

Writer 2022 offers Otago’s staff, students and alumni the opportunity to harness their creativity and write a short stor...

Posted: Thursday Aug 11, 2022

The winners of the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Posted: Thursday Aug 11, 2022

A H Reed Track

Posted: Thursday Aug 11, 2022

Dunedin singer steps out at Abbey Road

A former Dunedin resident is making the most of opportunities offshore by recording at the same studio where The Beatles...