ATTENTION ALL ART LOVERS

There is just over a month until the world’s southernmost Fringe Festival kicks off!

Posted: Wednesday Feb 09, 2022

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Images capture the joy and magic of this sold out production

Posted: Wednesday Feb 09, 2022

Jessie Neilson reviews THE FROG PRINCE by James Norcliffe

'The cover of James Norcliffe's latest work is extravagantly ebullient, a bunch of bright pink waterlilies parading thei...

Posted: Tuesday Feb 08, 2022

Hidden depth of taonga in still life

Ti kouka blooms tell a story, but sometimes there’s more to see

Posted: Monday Feb 07, 2022

The Secret History of Flight149

Podcast contains new revelations about the appalling treatment of the Gulf War human shields and the secret mission that...

Posted: Friday Feb 04, 2022

Congratulations to Swapna Haddow ....

University of Otago College of Education's 2022 Creative New Zealand Children’s Writer in Residence

Posted: Thursday Feb 03, 2022

2022 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal winner

Congratulations Diana Noonan

Posted: Thursday Feb 03, 2022

LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID: A Chronicle of a Pandemic

Featuring Kerry Lane's poem ‘Uisge’, winner of the recent City of Literature Dunedin, New Zealand Robert Burns Poetry Pr...

Posted: Thursday Feb 03, 2022

A Midsummer Night's Dream 3-13 February

Heading to the show this week but not familiar with the plot? Here’s a handy one-page guide:

Posted: Wednesday Feb 02, 2022

Happy Lunar New Year

Year of the Tiger! 🐅

Posted: Tuesday Feb 01, 2022

Dunedin Public Art Gallery longlisted in the Ockham Book Awards ...

... for their publication accompanying their nationally touring exhibition Joanna Margaret Paul: Imagined in the context...

Posted: Tuesday Feb 01, 2022

BOUND nominated for Barry Award

🤩Congratulations🤩 to our Dunedin crime queen Vanda Symon

Posted: Tuesday Feb 01, 2022

A return to the scene of the crime

Liam McIlvanney returns to the grimly seedy side of Glasgow for his new crime thriller

Posted: Monday Jan 31, 2022

Submissions Now Open for New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Awards

The New Zealand Book Awards Trust is calling for entries for the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adu...

Posted: Friday Jan 28, 2022

The 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards longlisted books are announced

Congratulations to the longlistees

Posted: Thursday Jan 27, 2022

Publisher continues award streak

Otago University Press publisher Sue Wootton is celebrating three titles making the Ockham award longlists

Posted: Thursday Jan 27, 2022

Try out the NZSA Writer Toolkit!

First course - Storybuilding: Strategies and exercises to build solid foundations with Mandy Hager - is FREE to all NZSA...

Posted: Thursday Jan 27, 2022

Hey Otago, got a research idea you want help getting off the ground?

2022 Science Into Action funding round is now open

Posted: Wednesday Jan 26, 2022

Young poets on fire with Burns’ themes

Poems about feelings of longing and celebrating belonging were recited yesterday at the 19th annual prizegiving ceremony...

Posted: Wednesday Jan 26, 2022

2022 Samesame but Different Festival going online!

It’s easier to attend Same Same than ever before - they're going full online so all you need is a screen and an internet...

Posted: Wednesday Jan 26, 2022

Introducing the new facilitator for Ōtepoti Writers Lab

Rushi Vyas

Posted: Tuesday Jan 25, 2022

Otago University Press publisher Sue Wootton had a surprise parcel arrive on her doorstep recently...

... the Bulgarian edition of her novel 'Strip'

Posted: Tuesday Jan 25, 2022

Books for Topics - Books of the Year

My Dad is a Grizzly Bear - BEST Classroom Read-Aloud

Posted: Tuesday Jan 25, 2022

New RNZ National show to focus on Māori talent and stories

Acclaimed broadcaster Julian Wilcox (Ngāpuhi, Te Arawa) is to host a new RNZ National programme featuring Māori from acr...

Posted: Monday Jan 24, 2022

The NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival adds another exciting element to their repertoire - the Mountain Book competition!

The NZ Mountain Book of the Year, founded and supported by Dave Bamford and John Nankervis offers a $1000 prize

Posted: Monday Jan 24, 2022

Mayhem Literary Journal

This year's Mayhem Literary Journal includes work by Eliana Gray, Victor Billot, Michael Steven, Sophia Wilson, and Dunc...

Posted: Monday Jan 24, 2022

the other side of better

Academy of New Zealand Literature Book Review

Posted: Monday Jan 24, 2022

ReadShareGrow Book Trail

Pick up your copy of the ReadShareGrow Book Trail from the Lilliput Library at 15a Marlow Street

Posted: Monday Jan 24, 2022

In Memory of Keri Hulme

An appreciation of Keri Hulme by Kelly Ana Morey

Posted: Monday Jan 24, 2022

Caledonian Noir with Liam McIlvaney

Listen to Caledonian Noir with Liam McIlvaney from RNZ's The Weekend with Emile Donovan

Posted: Monday Jan 24, 2022

OPEN CALL FOR THE 2022 GRÖNDAL'S HOUSE UNESCO CITIES OF LITERATURE RESIDENCY

Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature offers a free one month residency for a writer from another UNESCO City of Literatur...

Posted: Wednesday Jan 19, 2022

Whitireia Graduate Diploma in Publishing (Applied)

Enrolments are now open - Start Date 28 February 2022

Posted: Wednesday Jan 19, 2022

University Book Shop Otago seeking a Marketing & Administration Assistant

This exciting and newly created opportunity supports the marketing and administrative team while the University Book Sho...

Posted: Wednesday Jan 19, 2022

Volunteers sought for the Dunedin Fringe Festival

Pre-festival: 9th February - 16th March | Festival: 17th March - 27th March | Post-festival: 28th March - 3th April

Posted: Wednesday Jan 19, 2022

New Scotland: Poetry Prize-giving 2022

25 January 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Dunningham Suite, 4th Floor, Dunedin City Library

Posted: Wednesday Jan 19, 2022

Timatanga Hōu | New Beginnings Drama NZ National Conference 2022

CALL FOR PRESENTERS

Posted: Wednesday Jan 19, 2022

Neil Grant: Master Potter

Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature was proud to partner with Otago Polytechnic’s Dunedin School of Art for the launch of Neil Grant: Master Potter by Peter Stupples, held on 20 October 2021.

Posted: Sunday January 16, 2022

In case of emergency:

The special bond between a search and rescue handler and their dog

Posted: Friday Jan 14, 2022

Samesame but Different festival

A celebration of Aotearoa New Zealand’s LGBTQI+ writing talent 16 – 20 February 2022

Posted: Friday Jan 14, 2022

Book Reviews:

The other side of better and Voices of World War II: New Zealanders Share Their Stories

Posted: Friday Jan 14, 2022

New calendar looking kinda empty?

Book in some good times for 2022 with Dunedin Fringe Festival 17-27 March 2022.

Posted: Friday Jan 14, 2022

Eager for a new role this year?!

University Book Shop Otago are looking for a Book Receiver to join our inventory team

Posted: Friday Jan 14, 2022

A day with Renée – celebrated playwright and feminist

Feminist playwright and poet Renée speaks about ageing, queerness and writing.

Posted: Friday Jan 14, 2022

Get writing young writers!

Entries are now open for the 2022 Charles Brasch Young Writers' Essay Competition

Posted: Thursday Jan 13, 2022

Beques Montserrat Roig, a grant program for writers!

Barcelona is launching again its grants program for writers

Posted: Monday Jan 10, 2022

Tūhura, New Zealand’s biggest science centre!

Did you know that Otago Museum’s Tūhura Science Centre is the only bicultural science centre in the world and tells the ...

Posted: Monday Jan 10, 2022

DOWN IN EDIN ISSUE 24 - ONLINE NOW!

Arts, Culture and the Natural World in Dunedin and Otago, the South Island, New Zealand

Posted: Monday Jan 10, 2022

Jacinta Ruru: Top legal scholar hopeful of more inclusion for Māori

Aotearoa's first Māori professor of law who is regarded as one of the country's leading Māori legal scholars wants to se...

Posted: Friday Dec 31, 2021

Twisty Plots Young Writers Workshops with Ella West

Dunedin City Library 8 February - 13 December 2022

Posted: Thursday Dec 23, 2021

Write Spot Oarsome Morning Show

Poet Sandie Forsyth chatted with OAR FM’s Jeff Harford on Write Spot on Wednesday – what a wonderful conversation, thank...

Posted: Thursday Dec 23, 2021

Annie Villiers in Utrecht City of Literature's wonderful international chain poem

Read the wonderful post below and listen to Annie reading her lines

Posted: Wednesday Dec 22, 2021

Māori and Pacific Publishing scholarship set to open doors for a second year

Applications are now open for the 2022 Māori and Pacific Publishing scholarship from Whitireia Community Polytechnic Ltd...

Posted: Wednesday Dec 22, 2021

Blue Oyster Caselberg Trust Summer Resident for 2022

Blue Oyster is pleased to announce Madison Kelly as Blue Oyster Caselberg Trust Summer Resident for 2022

Posted: Monday Dec 20, 2021

And the winner is...

Congratulations to the winners of the National Poetry Day 2021 Shape Poetry competition

Posted: Thursday Dec 16, 2021

📢 Calling all artists! 📢

Asia New Zealand Foundation are excited to share that their IN TOUCH Arts Commissions are back for 2022! 📺

Posted: Thursday Dec 16, 2021

Academy of New Zealand Literature Book Review

The Pink Jumpsuit by Emma Neale

Posted: Thursday Dec 16, 2021

Neil Grant: Master Potter

Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature was proud to partner with Otago Polytechnic’s Dunedin School of Art for the launch of ...

Posted: Thursday Dec 16, 2021

Kissing a Ghost anthology available now

The New Zealand Poetry Society is exceedingly pleased to announce the launch of their 2021 Anthology

Posted: Thursday Dec 16, 2021

I See Mycelium / I Hear the Sound of Breaking Glass

Georgette Brown

Posted: Wednesday Dec 15, 2021