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CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY!
This Booksmas OUP have two summer reading prize packs to give away.
Posted: Monday Dec 13, 2021
This week's bus stop decal
280 Andersons Bay Road, outside Mitsubishi dealer
Posted: Monday Dec 13, 2021
Above the Treeline - a guide to the plants and animals of alpine New Zealand
Challenges facing alpine NZ - Sir Alan Mark
Posted: Monday Dec 13, 2021
New sponsor announced for the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Posted: Monday Dec 13, 2021
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults ....
.... are excited to reveal their fantastic line up of judges for the 2022 awards!
Posted: Monday Dec 13, 2021
'A Definitely Different Summer'
New young adult novel based on Kiwi maritime tragedy
Posted: Monday Dec 13, 2021
CALLING NEW ZEALAND FICTION WRITERS!
Are you the next big thing in fiction writing? Have you got a burning idea for a bestselling novel? Could you be the nex...
Posted: Monday Dec 13, 2021
OARsome Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature
Check out the latest Podcast with Poet Sudha Rao - the current resident in the Robert Lord Writers' Cottage
Posted: Monday Dec 13, 2021
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Toitoi office!
Check out the Toitoi website for some awesome gift ideas for your young writers and artists
Posted: Thursday Dec 09, 2021
🌟 Christmas Freebie 🌟
These would look gorgeous with some glitter too...get creative!
Posted: Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Announcing the winner of the 2021 Takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize judged by John Allison:
Claire Beynon
Posted: Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Congratulations to author Diana Morrow who has been awarded a Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grant for her upcoming biography on Ruth Dallas.
Diana is the author of 'Kate Edger: The life of a pioneering feminist', which was published earlier this year. We look f...
Posted: Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
For Aotearoa Writers!
Apply now to be mentored by an established writer, poet or playwright under our NZSA Mentor Programme
Posted: Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Looking for a cracking job in publishing?
OUP is seeking a new Marketing & Publicity Coordinator
Posted: Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
A tribute to Stephen Stratford, who died suddenly at his Cambridge home last weekend
Posted: Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature turns 7!
Get your free Dunedin Author Postcards from the City Library
Posted: Friday Dec 03, 2021
Iona Winter, Rena Priest & Sasha LaPointe: Indigenous Poetry & Perspectives
Iona Winter, Rena Priest and Sasha LaPointe share their work and discuss shared themes and resonance within their writin...
Posted: Friday Dec 03, 2021
Open Call: Writer in the Park, Literary Residency in Ljubljana
Writers! Here's your chance to enjoy a one-month residency in Ljubljana!
Posted: Friday Dec 03, 2021
Government invests to support a classic Kiwi summer
Vaccinated New Zealanders can look forward to Kiwi summer events with confidence, following the launch of the Arts and C...
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Hannah Marshall talks about attending the Young Writers Festival
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Vanda Symon – juggling human drama, health research and tea trays
From community pharmacy to crime scene forensics, Dunedin author and University of Otago researcher Dr Vanda Symon’s car...
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Voices of World War II - Renée Hollis: Untold Kiwi war stories brought to life
The visually stunning compendium of photos and written accounts offers a snapshot of what life was like before and durin...
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2021
A massive congratulations to Michael Steven who is the winner of the Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2021 for his manu...
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
City of Readers, Children's Summer Reading Programme
Pre-registrations are open for the annual Summer Reading Programme for children in Years 1-8
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Submissions are now open for the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
These annual awards recognise and celebrate the best books for young readers published in New Zealand and we can't wait ...
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Do you have memories to share about the Dunedin City Library?
How good is your memory? We're celebrating the 40th birthday of the current Dunedin City Library building by inviting yo...
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
The city’s foodbanks need your help!
If you wish to donate non-perishable food items, there are collection points at all Dunedin Public Libraries.
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Landfall 242 is now out!
This is the first edition from new editor Lynley Edmeades and is full of literary treasures and competition results.
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Stuck for Christmas present ideas for your staff, friends or family?
How about buying a book for a kid in need on their behalf?
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
'Bruce Hunt wants us to share his special place'
Jim Eagles reviews TUSSOCK by Bruce Hunt, published by Bateman Books
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Caselberg’s International Poetry Prize Awards Night
Posted: Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Melbourne City of Lit meets Dunedin’s University Book Shop
Check out this wonderful article
Posted: Monday Nov 29, 2021
Dublin Book Festival 2021: Crime in the City
Enjoy this video featuring our own Vanda Symon!
Posted: Monday Nov 29, 2021
Judith Binney Fellow for 2022
Congratulations to Dr Jonathan West who has been named the Judith Binney Fellow for 2022. Jonathan is the award-winning ...
Posted: Monday Nov 29, 2021
Looking for book recommendations this Christmas?
Check out Kete Books' Christmas catalogue.
Posted: Monday Nov 29, 2021
Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2021
A massive congratulations to Michael Steven who is the winner of the Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry 2021 for his manu...
Posted: Monday Nov 29, 2021
Undiscovered Gems
Write a Short Story Based On Your Unpublished Book Win USD $500 and Publishing Opportunities with Exisle and EK Books
Posted: Monday Nov 29, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems
Posted: Monday Nov 29, 2021
Poetry Shelf review: Liz Breslin’s in bed with the feminists
in bed with the feminists, Liz Breslin, Dead Bird Books, 2021
Posted: Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
One hundred years ago: the University of Otago’s own Professor Robert Jack made the first public radio broadcast in New Zealand.
Robert Jack is seated at the centre in this photograph of the university’s Physics Department staff and senior students,...
Posted: Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Susannah Whaley reviews Kākāpō Keeper by Gay Buckingham
Posted: Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
OARsome Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature
Check out the latest Podcast with Kerry Mackay from The Art Dept
Posted: Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Bumblebee Grumblebee
Posted: Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Review: Clare Reilly's Eye of the Calm
Dionne Christian reviews EYE OF THE CALM by Clare Reilly, published by Exisle Publishing - 'A beautiful meditative explo...
Posted: Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Oar FM NZ Young Writers Festival Podcast
Six sessions from the recent NZ Young Writers Festival in full
Posted: Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Robert Lord Writers Cottage currently looking for writers
Stay between April 2022 and early January 2023
Posted: Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Read and listen (in Polish) to 12 bestsellers completely free!
Czytaj PL 2021 ACTION IS OUT!
Posted: Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
‘Taste Nature’ Salt, Sea and Sensory Writing
Saturday, 11 September 1-5pm
Posted: Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
RAINBOW BOOKS & CULTURE CLUB
Join us on the 3rd Tuesday of each month for hot drinks/snacks and chat about books, films, culture and all things Rainb...
Posted: Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
“Winsome to Worldly: Lake Wanaka and its people” – Deed of Trust Anniversary
Dr Jonathan West, the Hocken Friends’ Research Award 2019 recipient, will speak about his research on the southern lakes...
Posted: Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
James Courage Diaries, edited by Chris Brickell
A series of journals by a trailblazing New Zealand author, locked away in the Hocken for decades after his death, has be...
Posted: Monday Aug 23, 2021
DUNEDIN UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE – AUTHOR POSTCARDS
Posted: Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
DUNEDIN UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE BOOK LAUNCH EVENT – MEETING RITA by JENNY POWELL
In partnership with Dunedin Public Libraries and Cold Hub Press, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature was proud to host a w...
Posted: Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: Jenny Powell reads from Finding Rita
Posted: Tuesday Aug 10, 2021