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Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: David Eggleton reads from The Wilder Years: Selected Poems
Posted: Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
The Caselberg International Poetry Prize opens today.
Posted: Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement 2021: nominations open
Posted: Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
’70s live again in Dunedin Study exhibition
If your foot starts tapping when you hear the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever, there is a good chance you were alive ...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Work on evolving tome loved
Emeritus Prof Colin Townsend (72) must have read his doorstopper on ecology more than 100 times over the past year, whil...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Love makes children of us all – Philip Temple
Posted: Monday May 31, 2021
Lockdown Zines
A group of Otago Polytechnic Design learners have had their Covid-related work acknowledged in Kātoitoi, the Aotearoa De...
Posted: Monday May 31, 2021
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Thirteen poems about water
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
Solidarity Myanmar Concert
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
Quotes from Kathryn van Beek's Kindergarten visits
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
Hagley Writers' Institute' welcome Kathryn van Beek as mentor this year!
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
Dunedin Unesco City of Literature and SuperGrans have formed a new partnership.
This week Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature has been lucky to have Kathryn van Beek and Emma Wood visiting and reading t...
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
May, from the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
Bridport Prize 2021
Posted: Friday May 28, 2021
Dunedin Public Art Gallery - great for the cooler months
Posted: Thursday May 27, 2021
Third Transported decal
Posted: Wednesday May 26, 2021
Poetry New Zealand Yearbook student poetry competition.
Calling all young poets!
Posted: Wednesday May 26, 2021
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Submissions called to inaugural poetry calendar
Compound Press and Minarets Journal announce a call for submissions to our inaugural poetry calendar, edited by Craig Fo...
Posted: Wednesday May 26, 2021
2021 cycle of Ōtepoti Theatre Lab's Playwright Programme!
Now accepting submissions for our 2021 cycle of Ōtepoti Theatre Lab's Playwright Programme!
Posted: Tuesday May 25, 2021
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2021 revisited
Posted: Tuesday May 25, 2021
‘Surreal’ experience of lockdown inspires book
The "surreal" days of Covid-19 lockdown were the inspiration for a unique collaborative publishing project for a Mosgiel...
Posted: Tuesday May 25, 2021
GéoPoétique in Enghien-les-Bains, France, City of Media Arts.
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature was represented by Peter Olds at GéoPoétique : exhibition at the Mediatheque George Sa...
Posted: Monday May 24, 2021
Read the World Exhibition Reykjavik City of Literature
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature included an extract from Victor Billot’s poem Monsoon Season in the Read the World exh...
Posted: Monday May 24, 2021
Ice Escape: the story of a rescue from the icefloes of the north.
Dunedin resident, and Aberdeen-born author Beatrice Hale has relaunched her children’s book, Ice Escape, with The Kellas...
Posted: Friday May 21, 2021
Our UNESCO City of Literature - Dunedin
This feature is a follow-up to UNESCO Memory of the World Programme article in the last issue. We shine a light on Duned...
Posted: Friday May 21, 2021
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Twelve poems about knitting
Posted: Friday May 21, 2021
This School Rulez
Posted: Friday May 21, 2021
St Clair School
Posted: Friday May 21, 2021
St Bernadette’s Room 1, 2021
Posted: Friday May 21, 2021
St Bernadette’s and the bees
Posted: Friday May 21, 2021
A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Paula Morris and Alison Wong.
Reviewed by Saradha Koirala for The Academy of New Zealand Literature.
Posted: Thursday May 20, 2021
Carisbrook School Junior Team Poem
Posted: Wednesday May 19, 2021
Space Giants in the Bathgate Park School Library
Posted: Wednesday May 19, 2021
Pupil’s plea for climate adaptation wins prize
Posted: Wednesday May 19, 2021
CLNZ / NZSA Research Grants – Application Guide and Criteria
Posted: Wednesday May 19, 2021
Sargeson Prize Short story competition
Posted: Wednesday May 19, 2021
Call for UNESCO City of Literature 2021 Wonju Residency
Posted: Wednesday May 19, 2021
Second Transported Decal, located at 11 Opoho Road
Posted: Wednesday May 19, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: Siobhan Harvey reads from Ghosts
Posted: Wednesday May 19, 2021
The Amazing Andy Bay School Poem
Posted: Wednesday May 19, 2021
Submissions for Ōtepoti Theatre Lab Playwrights Programme
Posted: Tuesday May 18, 2021
Submissions open for NZ Literary Journal, Sweet Mammalian 8
Posted: Tuesday May 18, 2021
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Participates in Manchester’s Online Poetry Exhibition
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature was delighted to take part in a virtual exhibition curated by Manchester UNESCO City o...
Posted: Monday May 17, 2021
Liz Breslin & Tiffany Atkinson on discovering yourself through writing
Posted: Monday May 17, 2021
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Eleven poems about the moon
Posted: Monday May 17, 2021
Faking It: My Life In Transition by Kyle Mewburn, reviewed by Renata Hopkins for Kete Books
Posted: Monday May 17, 2021
Join the SSBD Board
Posted: Thursday May 13, 2021
Liz Jack, daughter of Essie Summers, remembers her mother
Posted: Thursday May 13, 2021
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2021 Winners Announced
Posted: Thursday May 13, 2021
Author’s awards cover full spectrum
One of Dunedin’s most celebrated and versatile authors has added yet another award to an already bulging trophy cabinet.
Posted: Thursday May 13, 2021
A Clear Dawn: anthology of emerging Asian writers
Posted: Thursday May 13, 2021
Author interview with Dunedin writers Vanda Symon and Heather McQuillan
Posted: Thursday May 13, 2021
Richard Langston's heartfelt Mother's Day poem
Born to a Lebanese immigrant family in Dunedin, and a Country Calendar director by trade, Richard Langston is constantly...
Posted: Thursday May 13, 2021
PLAYWRIGHTS b4 25
Playmarket and Auckland Live are thrilled to announce the short-listed plays and playwrights for this year's Playwrights...
Posted: Thursday May 13, 2021
Application forms for the Caselberg Creative Connections Residency 2022 are available now
Submissions will be accepted until 5pm on the 31st May!
Posted: Thursday May 13, 2021
Study English at Otago University
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Check out the latest captivating Oral History Podcasts – so special, thank you NZSA
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: Nine poets read from A Clear Dawn
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021