News and Opportunities
Regent / Rotary Pop Up $1 Book Sale
The Regent Theatre and Dunedin Central Rotary Club announce a pop-up fundraising book sale starting on Thursday 25th Jun...
Posted: Sunday June 21, 2020
Lockdown inspires local stories
Lockdown was no barrier for award-winning Port Chalmers writer and illustrator Kathryn van Beek, who has two new books a...
Posted: Thursday June 18, 2020
Five New Zealand Films for 2020 Festival
We’re in full swing finalising the films, confirming the schedules and ensuring we are all ready to bring you the 2020 F...
Posted: Thursday June 18, 2020
THE LAND OF GRANITE TEEN WRITING COMPETITION WINNERS
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE AND PUBLISH THE WINNING ENTRIES
Posted: Sunday June 14, 2020
Save the date The 2020 Science Festival is ON!
We are so excited to bring a new ‘Nano Edition’ of the Science Festival to Dunedin this year during the first week of th...
Posted: Thursday June 11, 2020
Kid Lit Love blog - Tulip and Doug
Posted: Thursday June 11, 2020
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: call for submissions for anthology about cleaners and cleaning
Posted: Wednesday June 10, 2020
City of Literature Possibilities Project, Possibilities are endless……
UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is the international organisation committe...
Posted: Tuesday June 9, 2020
NZSA WebWorkshops
A series of webinars to enable ongoing professional development
Posted: Tuesday June 9, 2020
Winner of the Land of Granite Teen Writing Competition
Posted: Friday June 5, 2020
UNESCO Creative Cities and the Sustainable Development Goals
Posted: Friday June 5, 2020
Behrouz Boochani and Professor Alison Phipps in conversation
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) estimates that there are 68.5million forcibly displaced people worldwide. Of t...
Posted: Thursday June 4, 2020
Cities of Literature highlight Sustainable Development Goals
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature took part in an exciting new project, initiated by Iowa City, that drew attention to t...
Posted: Thursday June 4, 2020
UNESCO Creative Cities Project ‘Poetic Encounters’
Initiated by Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature, 51 poets from 28 UNESCO Cities of Literature came together to create ...
Posted: Thursday June 4, 2020
The World in 2030
Posted: Thursday June 4, 2020
weRculture Campaign April 2020
UNESCO Creative Cities Network invited artists to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic with video messages to show solidarit...
Posted: Tuesday June 2, 2020
Support for Wuhan UNESCO Creative City of Design
Sixteen UNESCO Cities of Literature worldwide (including Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature) extended best wishes in nine...
Posted: Tuesday June 2, 2020
Caring for Each Other is a Human Right
Posted: Tuesday June 2, 2020
dtour app audio recording
Posted: Tuesday June 2, 2020
Finding a four leaf clover...
Posted: Monday June 1, 2020
Possibilities
Posted: Monday June 1, 2020
Possibilities
Posted: Sunday May 31, 2020
I prefer fresh air
Posted: Saturday May 30, 2020
Now that I'm a Grown Up
Posted: Friday May 29, 2020
Opportunities around me
Posted: Thursday May 28, 2020
I prefer....
Posted: Wednesday May 27, 2020
Possibilities
Posted: Tuesday May 26, 2020
This is Us - a collection of over 200 brief interviews with New Zealanders
Posted: Tuesday May 26, 2020
More than 20 possibilities
Posted: Monday May 25, 2020
Emma Wood talks about new book Tulip and Doug
Posted: Monday May 25, 2020
Possibilities
Posted: Sunday May 24, 2020
Oh, the Untramelled Possibilities
Posted: Saturday May 23, 2020
I'd Prefer
Posted: Friday May 22, 2020
Unconscious inspires book
Dunedin author and creative writing teacher Diane Brown has gone against the advice she gives her students, but she simp...
Posted: Thursday May 21, 2020
Possibilities
Posted: Thursday May 21, 2020
I PREFER
Posted: Wednesday May 20, 2020
Update from Exisle Publishing
We've Been Publishing Successful Books for Three Decades. Now, We're Ready to Train the Next Generation of Authors.
Posted: Wednesday May 20, 2020
Possibilities
Posted: Tuesday May 19, 2020
Top award for Milton scholar
English and Linguistics Programme Honorary Fellow Dr John Hale recently received the Milton Society of America’s honoure...
Posted: Tuesday May 19, 2020
Knowing your Bowie
A new book on David Bowie makes connections, writes Tom McKinlay.
Posted: Tuesday May 19, 2020
Some Possibilities
Inspired by Wisława Szymborska’s poem and a Queenstown Writers Festival workshop with Liz Breslin
Posted: Monday May 18, 2020
Silt
Posted: Sunday May 17, 2020
Scrambling
Posted: Sunday May 17, 2020
Possibilities
Posted: Saturday May 16, 2020
Another Day’s Cycle
Posted: Friday May 15, 2020
Lines of Communication
Posted: Friday May 15, 2020
Poet comes full circle
Receiving a national poetry award has extra special meaning for Dunedin poet Emma Neale, discovers Rebecca Fox.
Posted: Friday May 15, 2020
Possibilities
Posted: Thursday May 14, 2020
'Rock-star' writing from Carter
Shayne Carter of former Dunedin band Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer is a two-time winner in the 2020 Ockham NZ Book Awards...
Posted: Wednesday May 13, 2020
Dunedin Writers And Readers Festival Appoints a New Director
After a nationwide search, Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival has selected a new Director, appointing Hannah Molloy.
Posted: Wednesday May 13, 2020
…not to ask how much longer and when.
Wisława Szymborska. Possibilities.
Posted: Monday May 11, 2020
Possibilities
Posted: Sunday May 10, 2020
Possibilities (in Himatangi)
Posted: Saturday May 9, 2020
Possibilities
Posted: Friday May 8, 2020
Possibilities
Posted: Thursday May 7, 2020
Literature and Arts help Slemani (Iraq) cope with COVID-19
Creativity is linking us all during the COVID-19 pandemic, and UNESCO Creative Cities are joining up and devising new wa...
Posted: Tuesday May 5, 2020