He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
NZSA announces 2020 President of Honour - Paula Morris
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa announces that writer, academic and literary sector stalwa...
Posted: Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
New role to champion reading for children
A new role of New Zealand Reading Ambassador for children and young people is being established, Prime Minister and Mini...
Posted: Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Local Authors to Inspire Children via Workshop Tour
Dunedin primary school children will have the opportunity to be inspired by two of Dunedin’s most engaging children’s wr...
Posted: Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Dunedin literary app bilingual
A literary app that links New Zealand writers and their stories to specific Dunedin places has doubled in size and gone ...
Posted: Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
A love letter to the mighty Mataura River
Dougal Rillstone's new book, Upstream in the Mataura details his 70-year fascination for the Mataura River from his chil...
Posted: Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Creative New Zealand opens first of its funding opportunities under 12-month investment plan
Today, Monday 3 August, Creative New Zealand opens the first opportunities in its 12-month investment plan, announced in...
Posted: Monday Aug 03, 2020
Applications open for Te Papa Tupu 2020
Te Papa Tupu is a unique opportunity for Māori writers to build their confidence in a programme developed by the Māori L...
Posted: Monday Aug 03, 2020
$80,000 FUND FOR FILMMAKERS TO MAKE DOCUMENTARIES FOR KIDS.
Submissions are open for the second round of the Doc Edge and Rei Foundation Film Fund.
Posted: Monday Aug 03, 2020
Rebirth of programme aims to grow next generation of literary critics
A programme dedicated to literary reviews for and by young people has been adopted by Read NZ Te Pou Muramura (formerly ...
Posted: Monday Aug 03, 2020
Poetry Shelf interviews Kay McKenzie Cooke
Posted: Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Issue 21 of Down in Edin Magazine is now online.
Posted: Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Today we're introducing our third ŌTL Playwright Programme writer for 2020.
Posted: Friday Jul 24, 2020
Introducing the second of our ŌTL Playwright Programme writers for 2020.
Posted: Friday Jul 24, 2020
Tonight we’re introducing the first of our ŌTL playwright programme writers for 2020.
Posted: Friday Jul 24, 2020
Artist Kerry Mackay's Autumn Lamb
Posted: Thursday Jul 23, 2020
New Writers at Ōtepoti Theatre Lab
Posted: Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Community of writers to host retreat
They all live on the same street, drawing inspiration daily from the Hawkdun Range standing guard at the end of the road...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Poetry Shelf poets on their own poems: David Eggleton reads and responds to ‘Heraldry’
David Eggleton reads ‘Heraldry’ from Time of the Icebergs (Otago University Press 2011). This poetry performance video w...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Robert Lord Writers Cottage 2020 residencies announced
Canterbury flash fiction writer Sandra Arnold and Wairarapa children’s writer Di Batchelor have been awarded residencies...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Kānapanapa mai ana a Matariki
Matariki is the Māori new year and an important time in New Zealand. Lawrence Wharerau, our Outreach Curator Māori Speci...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Director Ngā Toi Māori
Tāwhiri (the producer of New Zealand Festival of the Arts, Wellington Jazz Festival, Second Unit and Lexus Song Quest) w...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Go NZ: A detour through Dunedin's literary past
Gather round, readers, and let me tell you a story about Dunedin. Actually, would you rather hear one by Janet Frame? Ho...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Is it a workshop? No, it's a bookshop. Welcome to Dead Souls in Dunedin
Dean Havard, owner of Dunedin’s Dead Souls Bookshop, does his best to try and detail his place of work.
Posted: Monday Jul 20, 2020
Reviews Editor appointed for KETE: New books from Aotearoa New Zealand
The Coalition for Books is delighted to announce that Mark Broatch, former deputy editor and books and culture editor of...
Posted: Monday Jul 20, 2020
Diane Brown Poems in New Zealand Poet Laureate blog
Posted: Friday Jul 17, 2020
Book link to Hodgkins’ father
A small piece of Dunedin’s literary history has been uncovered by a Dunedin man clearing out his garage.
Posted: Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Poetry Shelf poets on poems: Kay McKenzie Cooke and Rachel McAlpine read and respond to new poems
Posted: Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Kā mihi mahana nui o te wā o te Tau Hou Māori – Happy New Year!
Our Visitor Programmes Organiser, Lynda Cullen, interviews Vicki Lenihan, coordinator of the Dunedin Puaka Matariki Fest...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Plays for the Young Competition
Do you have an original and inventive play written for young people, whether you are new or experienced in writing for t...
Posted: Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Content Presenter: 2020 New Zealand Young Writers Festival
The NZ Young Writers Festival is four days of free, fun literary focused events held annually in Ōtepoti/Dunedin.
Posted: Monday Jul 13, 2020
Young Writer in Residence
A four week residency (13 September to Friday 9 October) in the Robert Lord Writers Cottage (Dunedin) to write, and part...
Posted: Monday Jul 13, 2020
Positions vacant at the New Zealand Poetry Society
The NZPS is looking for two lovely people to join us at the New Zealand Poetry Society.
Posted: Monday Jul 13, 2020
Details of Creative New Zealand’s 12-month investment plan, ahead of August openings
Following its announcement on Friday 3 July, Creative New Zealand can now provide more details about its COVID-19-driven...
Posted: Friday Jul 10, 2020
Poetry Shelf picks from new books
Poetry greetings from gale, hail, rain, sun!
Posted: Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Memories and regrets explored in Scott play
Laughter and tears flow in iconic New Zealand play, The Daylight Atheist, by award-winning satirical cartoonist Tom Scot...
Posted: Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Book Launch: That Blind Woman
Thank you for saying WHY NOT to coming to my book launch on Saturday!
Posted: Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
NZ Young Writers Festival Opportunities
Having recently obtained CNZ funding through the Arts Continuity Grant, the NZ Young Writers Festival is currently adver...
Posted: Monday Jul 06, 2020
Creative New Zealand announces its COVID-19-driven investment plan for the next 12 months
Close on the heels of a heavily subscribed $29 million emergency response to COVID-19, Creative New Zealand has announce...
Posted: Friday Jul 03, 2020
New Publisher for Reo Pēpi
We have HUGE news regarding Reo Pēpi; our books, our business model, our future and our brand new publishing partnership...
Posted: Friday Jul 03, 2020
Landfall announces new reviews editor
We are delighted to welcome Michelle Elvy to the Landfall team in the newly created role of reviews editor. She will cur...
Posted: Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Regent books sold through pop-up shop
The Regent Theatre and Central Rotary Club launch a pop-up fundraising book sale from today.
Posted: Thursday Jun 25, 2020
International exhibition "A City as a Writer's Workplace" opens online
The International online exhibition “A City as a Writer's Workplace” brought together 100 photographs and texts from wri...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Write while there is still a chance. New Zealand poet is convinced that the book will not win social networks
The 19th International Forum of Young Writers of Russia, the CIS Countries and Abroad has opened in Ulyanovsk. One of th...
Posted: Monday Jun 22, 2020
A television bridge with a writer from New Zealand was held in Ulyanovsk
David Howard told local students how to write their own book, where to find inspiration and how to engage in self-develo...
Posted: Monday Jun 22, 2020
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: Monday Jun 22, 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: Friday Jun 19, 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 Jun 18, 2020
THE LAND OF GRANITE TEEN WRITING COMPETITION WINNERS
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE AND PUBLISH THE WINNING ENTRIES
Posted: Monday Jun 15, 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: Friday Jun 12, 2020
Kid Lit Love blog - Tulip and Doug
Posted: Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Poetry Shelf noticeboard: call for submissions for anthology about cleaners and cleaning
Posted: Wednesday Jun 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: Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
NZSA WebWorkshops
A series of webinars to enable ongoing professional development
Posted: Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Winner of the Land of Granite Teen Writing Competition
Posted: Friday Jun 05, 2020
UNESCO Creative Cities and the Sustainable Development Goals
Posted: Friday Jun 05, 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: Friday Jun 05, 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: Friday Jun 05, 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: Friday Jun 05, 2020