He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
Transport Decals
Every week we will be showing off one of our Transport decals.
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
The conclusion of Philip Temple's biography of Maurice Shadbolt
He wrestled with demons, including depression and alcohol, for most of his life. But writer Maurice Shadbolt still manag...
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Ten poems about dreaming
Posted: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Unseen forces make great fantasy
Being legally blind since birth, Steff Green has dealt with rejection her whole life.
Posted: Friday May 07, 2021
35 Years of Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi: Nominations Open Now
Creative New Zealand is proud to recognise 35 years of Ngā Taonga Toi o Te Waka Toi, the Te Waka Toi Awards in 2021 and ...
Posted: Friday May 07, 2021
Map for the Heart: Ida Valley essays by Jillian Sullivan reviewed by Tim Saunders for Landfall Review online
Posted: Friday May 07, 2021
A Clear Dawn reviewed by Claire Mabey for Kete books
Posted: Friday May 07, 2021
Author’s success right out of fiction
Aucklander Rose Carlyle is still coming to terms with becoming a published author and having her book scooped up by Holl...
Posted: Thursday May 06, 2021
Nouns, verbs, etc. (selected poems) by Fiona Farrell reviewed by Mary Cresswell
Posted: Thursday May 06, 2021
Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador
Find out about the new role of Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador for children and young people. The first Read...
Posted: Wednesday May 05, 2021
Mātātuhi Foundation
Our May 2021 Funding Round is open and ready for the next tranche of genius ideas on how we can grow and expand NZ's lit...
Posted: Wednesday May 05, 2021
Buy a book from NZ bookshops this #MothersDay 📚
Take a look at the latest Mother's Day campaigns from our NZ publishers for inspiration ⬇
Posted: Wednesday May 05, 2021
Second Creative Spaces funding round opens
Second Creative Spaces funding round opens
Posted: Wednesday May 05, 2021
Acts of creation
Tane, Maui and Hine-nui-te-po are back, reclaimed and recast for new generations by master story teller Witi Ihimaera, w...
Posted: Wednesday May 05, 2021
Writers & Readers Festival features NZ’s top talent
Curating a festival during a global pandemic would be tough for anyone, but it is a challenge Hannah Molloy has embraced...
Posted: Wednesday May 05, 2021
Collaboration honours print and publishing trade
Bespoke hardcover book Alert Level Four is the fruit of a special collaboration, says author Athol Parks. Parks worked w...
Posted: Wednesday May 05, 2021
The Gifts of Gary Blackman
Thomas McLean has lived in Dunedin for 16 years, during which time he has had the chance to enjoy the city's artistic ri...
Posted: Tuesday May 04, 2021
Remembering Dave Cull
Posted: Tuesday May 04, 2021
Commutes given a literary flavour
Dunedin commuters will have something new to read while waiting for the bus this morning.
Posted: Tuesday May 04, 2021
OAR FM Dunedin Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature - 28-04-2021 - Victor Billot.
Posted: Tuesday May 04, 2021
Heritage Decals on Bus Shelters
We are proud to collaborate with Unesco City of Literature and the Hocken Library to celebrate Dunedin’s transport herit...
Posted: Tuesday May 04, 2021
2021 Centre for the Book Symposium, “Natural” History?—Call for Papers
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Nook and Cranny act ‘so different’
Lift music traditionally has a soothing quality as people are taken up and down in an uncomfortably enclosed space.
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Sophia Wilson shortlisted for the FPM-Hippocrates Health Professional Poetry Prize
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Poetry Shelf Theme Season: Twelve poems about ice
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2021 highlights
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Seasons of Summers
The upcoming Reed Gallery exhibition Seasons of Summers: New Zealand’s Queen of Romance celebrates New Zealand’s prolifi...
Posted: Monday May 03, 2021
Thrill of starting something new
Inspired by her travels through the South Island of New Zealand, Auckland best-selling author Nalini Singh has added thr...
Posted: Friday Apr 30, 2021
Committed to his community
Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull is being remembered as an articulate advocate for the city, an inclusive leader and a man...
Posted: Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
David Eggleton: The Wilder Years
There is almost 40 years of poetry for Poet Laureate David Eggleton to choose from for his new Best Of anthology.
Posted: Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Māori and Pacific and other ‘Great War Stories’
Commemorate Anzac Day with us and watch ‘Great War Stories’
Posted: Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull dies
Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull has died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 71.
Posted: Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Kay McKenzie Cooke’s ‘cannot believe my eyes’
Posted: Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Exquisite Corpse Drawing Project
Thank you to the 63 talented and generous artists who participated in the Exquisite Corpse Drawing Project. All of the 2...
Posted: Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Iona Winter launches Gaps in the Light in Wellington
Posted: Thursday Apr 22, 2021
New Landfall editor named
Otago University Press is pleased to announce that Lynley Edmeades has been named the new editor of Landfall: Aotearoa N...
Posted: Thursday Apr 22, 2021
The Sets by Victor Billot Reviewed by Vaughan Rapatahana for takahē magazine
Posted: Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Leading poet Bill Manhire talks to John Campbell at Word Christchurch 2020
Posted: Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Homeless hand press
Over a year ago the Centre for the Book acquired a large Albion hand press from North Otago Museum. They are searching f...
Posted: Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Brian Turner and the open space
Ardent disciple of mountain, valley, river and sky, Brian Turner is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated poets. Michelle...
Posted: Monday Apr 19, 2021
Wordsmiths to judge prison writing competition
The star-studded judging panel for the Otago Daily Times’ prison creative-writing competition can now be revealed.
Posted: Monday Apr 19, 2021
Talk Back Daughter by Hayley Rata Heyes for Verb Wellington.
Posted: Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Ockham NZ Book Awards Finalists
This year’s finalists for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are sixteen books that offer rich reading experiences, atti...
Posted: Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Te Tahua Āki Auahatanga | Innovation Fund
Posted: Thursday Apr 15, 2021
This is a truly wonderful kōrero between Jeff Harford and Jacinta Ruru on Write Spot OAR FM Dunedin
Posted: Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Tree Beings by Raymond Huber
Angela Thompson, Teacher Librarian, Remarkables Primary School, Queenstown
Posted: Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Manchester UNESCO City of Literature announce 2 residencies in partnership with Manchester Literature Festival
Part of Festival of Libraries, writers with strong ties to fellow #CitiesofLit are invited to apply for a 3 week virtual...
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Ministry for Culture and Heritage Funding to create installations and events is now open for applications.
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Poet Laureate David Eggleton picks two Peter Olds poems
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
New Zealand Poetry books available at Dead Souls Bookshop
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
University of Otago Arts Fellowships
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
University Bookshop Otago are hiring!
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Podcast of 'Write Spot' interview with Dougal Rillstone on OAR FM Dunedin - Community Access Media
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Poetry Shelf celebrates new books: Victor Billot reads from The Sets
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021
Tales from the back of the painting
What's on the back of a painting can tell as story as fascinating as what's on the front.
Posted: Monday Apr 12, 2021