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A World History of Bluff: Dr Michael Stevens
Ngāi Tahu historian Dr Michael Stevens has just been recognised by the Royal Society Te Apārangi Te Kōpūnui with a Māori...
Posted: Monday Nov 23, 2020
Following Colin McCahon
Everything seems to come a little late to Aotearoa New Zealand, and even later to Dunedin, its southernmost university t...
Posted: Monday Nov 23, 2020
Read Share Grow — children’s books for South Dunedin
Something big is happening in South Dunedin! It's happening in schools and early childhood centres, in community organis...
Posted: Friday Nov 20, 2020
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival Newsletter
Posted: Thursday Nov 19, 2020
te haerenga o reo pepi – the next chapter
The Reo Pēpi series is one of the real success stories in the Aotearoa world of publishing for littlies. The popularity ...
Posted: Monday Nov 16, 2020
Book review - Landmarks by Grahame Sydney and Owen Marshall
Posted: Monday Nov 16, 2020
Poetry Shelf Lounge: Alison Wong reads and discusses her poem ‘Earth’
Posted: Monday Nov 16, 2020
Celebrating continuing relevance that is Hotere
Dunedin Public Art Gallery will this week open the first major exhibition of Ralph Hotere’s work in 20 years. Rebecca Fo...
Posted: Friday Nov 13, 2020
2020 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement: winners announced and live online literary panel
A lifetime of insights on Māori dance arts told in te reo Māori, a comprehensive anthology of New Zealand poetry in Engl...
Posted: Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Baxter memorial to be installed in new year
A long-awaited memorial commemorating prominent pacifist Archibald Baxter is set to be installed in Dunedin early next y...
Posted: Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Down in Edin Issue 22 - Online now!
Literature, Poetry, Music, Art, Photography, Nature, Politics and Environment in the South Island of New Zealand
Posted: Monday Nov 09, 2020
South Otago-born writer wins national award
A South Otago-born author has scooped a major national crime-writing award.
Posted: Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Creative Rights = Creative Reads
Posted: Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Publishers Association launches platform for digital match making
October usually sees a large swathe of the book industry depart Aotearoa’s shores for the biggest and most prestigious e...
Posted: Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Reo Pēpi's new series Toru is out now!
Posted: Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
APPLICATIONS CLOSING FOR THE 2021 PANNZ ARTS MARKET
A reminder that applications to pitch and showcase at the 2021 PANNZ Arts Market close this Friday, 6 November at 5pm.
Posted: Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Artsenta Creative Writing Sessions
Posted: Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Kiwi Christmas Books
We believe in the power of stories, and in the power of giving.
Posted: Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Reading fun in any language
Finding children’s books written in the numerous languages spoken by South Dunedin’s increasingly diverse residents has ...
Posted: Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Wallace Arts Trust Internship Programme 2020-2021
The Wallace Arts Trust Internship Programme 2020-2021 is now calling for applications from students or recent graduates ...
Posted: Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Jude Thomas weaving Threads of Gold
The prejudice faced by Dunedin's early Lebanese settlers and the skills they brought to their new home are highlighted i...
Posted: Monday Nov 02, 2020
✨✨✨TODAY IS THE DAY!✨✨✨✨
Headland is now open to submissions, and we cannot wait to read the amazing short fiction and creative non fiction you'v...
Posted: Monday Nov 02, 2020
Ida Valley writer Jillian Sullivan interviewed on Otago Access Radio
Ida Valley writer Jillian Sullivan has released a collection of essays inspired by the Central Otago environment and its...
Posted: Monday Nov 02, 2020
John Newton: Escape Path Lighting
Posted: Monday Nov 02, 2020
Fiona Farrell on 30 years behind the pen
Posted: Monday Nov 02, 2020
Max Quinn: The life and times of a polar film maker
Renowned polar photographer, director and cameraman Max Quinn covers a 50-year career spent working in the world's colde...
Posted: Monday Nov 02, 2020
Through the eyes of children: debut tales win Ngaio Marsh Awards
Fresh voices came to the fore at WORD Christchurch Spring Festival on Saturday afternoon as Becky Manawatu and RWR McDon...
Posted: Monday Nov 02, 2020
Québec en toutes lettres
Québec City was the first French-speaking city to be designated a UNESCO City of Literature in 2017. Québec City is one ...
Posted: Friday Oct 30, 2020
Theatre Review: Partially Furnished
Posted: Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Dunedin Fringe 2021 Resource Files
Posted: Thursday Oct 29, 2020
2020 Sunday Star Times Short Story Awards - Terms and Conditions
Entries for the 2020 Sunday Star-Times short story competition are open. Now in their 37th year, the awards are among Ne...
Posted: Thursday Oct 29, 2020
"Little Prince" Writing Competition
Imagine that the Little Prince is Back!
Posted: Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Queenstown Writers Festival
Posted: Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Streets of city put to verse
The deeply ingrained habit of walking the city’s streets and writing poetry has been celebrated in a Dunedin Unesco City...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Poet Laureate Weekend at Matahiwi Marae
Last weekend David Eggleton celebrated his New Zealand Poet Laureateship at Matahiwi marae accompanied by Charles Ropiti...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
October, from the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival
Posted: Thursday Oct 22, 2020
UNESCO city of literature virtual residency opportunity
Posted: Thursday Oct 22, 2020
MORE moppy mayhem!
Posted: Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Poetry at Christchurch’s WORD Festival
WORD 2020 in Christchurch is a celebration of writers, books, thinks, talkers, journalists in Aotearoa. Honestly I haven...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
University of Otago fellowships named
Award-winning novelist and West Coast newspaper reporter Becky Manawatu has been named as next year’s University of Otag...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Emma Neale’s ‘The First World Hotel’
Posted: Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Life of an artist
It is fitting a new book about Ralph Hotere shines light in darkness, sheds light about darkness and reveals the limits ...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Paul Sorrell's latest book Getting Closer is due for release February 2021.
Pre-order your copy now!
Posted: Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Expressions of Interest: Mātātuhi Foundation 2020 Literary Funding Grants
The Mātātuhi Foundation wants to help shift the dial on the reach and engagement that NZ writers achieve with NZ readers...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
HELP US HONOUR THE VERY BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Covid alert levels required the 2020 NZCYA judges to do things a little differently, but we’re hopeful our 2021 judges w...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Poet laureate's tenure extended after Hawke's Bay inauguration
David Eggleton was inaugurated as New Zealand's poet laureate at Matahiwi Marae near Clive on Saturday, with his tenure ...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
NZ Bookshop Day is Saturday 17 October 2020
2020 will see us celebrate NZ Bookshop Day for the sixth time, drawing thousands of people into their local bookshops to...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Global Media and Information Literacy Week
Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week, commemorated annually, is a major occasion for stakeholders to review ...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
HONE TUWHARE – The People's Poet
Posted: Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Poetry Shelf Lounge: Richard Langston reads from his new collection, Five O’Clock Shadows
Posted: Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Bilingual Māori literature journal launches in Te Reo heartland
This week the literary community celebrates the online launch of the new bilingual Māori literature journal Te Whē – te ...
Posted: Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Poet laureate, David Eggleton, has tenure extended due to Covid-19 disruption
New Zealand’s poet laureate, David Eggleton, will get more time to write and perform after Covid-19 compromised his two-...
Posted: Monday Oct 12, 2020
Prose Politics
Distinguished Otago Alumna Returning to Ōtepoti for UBS Emerging Writer in Residence
Posted: Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Dunedin poet’s book translated
In an unusual twist, Taking My Jacket for a Walk, a recent book by Dunedin poet Peter Olds, has just stepped out in a Sp...
Posted: Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
New writing competition judged by Exisle Publishing editors
Posted: Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
From bitterness to gratitude
Posted: Monday Oct 05, 2020
Still reading: turning the pages for health and wellbeing in teens
This digital world has a few tricks. It’s fast, lightning quick, bringing rewards with a few quick clicks. We skim and s...
Posted: Monday Oct 05, 2020
A loaded skip: moving in a pandemic
Posted: Monday Oct 05, 2020