News and Opportunities
Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award winner inspired by polar experience
Kāpiti poet Alison Glenny has won the 2017 Kathleen Grattan Award with ‘The Farewell Tourist’, a poetry collection inspi...
Posted: Monday November 6, 2017
Landfall Essay Competition winners share prize for radically different topics
Two New Zealand essayists writing on very different topics – life as an army recruit and the power of scent – are joint ...
Posted: Monday November 6, 2017
Exhibition by Sam Foley at the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery
The exhibition by Sam Foley at the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery is a collection of paintings in, of and around about D...
Posted: Tuesday October 31, 2017
Invitation to the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery
Delegates are warmly invited to stroll with us to the Artist’s Room Fine Art Gallery (nearby at 2 Dowling Street) on 30 ...
Posted: Tuesday October 31, 2017
Jealous Saboteurs Teen Writing Competition
Open to young people in years 9-13 of high school
Posted: Friday October 27, 2017
A Heritage Christmas
This Reed Gallery exhibition showcases a Christmas-themed assortment of variegated works for all ages from the Heritage ...
Posted: Wednesday October 25, 2017
Guest Speaker: Steven Edmund Winduo
Creative Cities Southern Hui is excited to welcome STEVEN EDMUND WINDUO as delegate and guest speaker. Steven will be vi...
Posted: Tuesday October 24, 2017
Guest Speaker: Anna Maria Lorusso
Creative Cities Southern Hui is excited to welcome ANNA MARIA LORUSSO as delegate and guest speaker. Anna Maria will be ...
Posted: Monday October 23, 2017
Guest Speaker and Facilitator: Noel Waite
Creative Cities Southern Hui is excited to welcome NOEL WAITE as guest speaker and facilitator. Noel will be speaking at...
Posted: Sunday October 22, 2017
Guest Speaker: Sue Bidrose
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes SUE BIDROSE as delegate and guest speaker. Sue will be speaking at Creative...
Posted: Saturday October 21, 2017
MC: Victor Billot
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes VICTOR BILLOT as delegate and MC. The local writer and poet will be partici...
Posted: Friday October 20, 2017
Guest Speaker: Hera Lindsay Bird
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes HERA LINDSAY BIRD as delegate and guest speaker. Hera will be participating...
Posted: Thursday October 19, 2017
Centre for the Book Symposium: Books & Users
Join the University of Otago Centre for the Book for a day of scholarly presentations and discussions.
Posted: Wednesday October 18, 2017
Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Association Building Open Day
Come by and view the interior of this art deco fronted, Victorian-built gem in Moray Place.
Posted: Wednesday October 18, 2017
Guest Speaker: Shayne Carter
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes SHAYNE CARTER as guest speaker and delegate. Shayne will be speaking at Cre...
Posted: Wednesday October 18, 2017
Book Lovers' Walking Tours
Posted: Tuesday October 17, 2017
Guest Speaker: Craig Cliff
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes CRAIG CLIFF as delegate and guest speaker. Craig will be participating in e...
Posted: Tuesday October 17, 2017
Guest Speaker: Rosi Crane
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes ROSI CRANE as guest speaker. Rosi will be speaking at Centre for the Book: ...
Posted: Monday October 16, 2017
Guest Speaker: Mayor Dave Cull
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes MAYOR DAVE CULL as delegate and guest speaker. Dave will be participating i...
Posted: Sunday October 15, 2017
Guest Speaker: Phillippa Duffy
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes PHILLIPPA DUFFY as guest speaker. Phillippa will be speaking at Centre for ...
Posted: Saturday October 14, 2017
Special Guest: Lawrie Forbes
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes LAWRIE FORBES. Lawrie will generously be opening his Athenaeum building for...
Posted: Friday October 13, 2017
Muse: An Exhibition of Artworks Inspired by the Dunedin Public Libraries Collection
Hidden amongst the Dunedin Public Libraries’ collections is a large group of talented artists. To celebrate the Creative...
Posted: Thursday October 12, 2017
Mayor’s welcome
Kia ora koutou katoa (Greetings, hello to you all)
Posted: Thursday October 12, 2017
Virtual Speaker: Alexander Gillespie
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes ALEXANDER GILLESPIE as virtual speaker. Unable to attend the Hui, Alexander...
Posted: Thursday October 12, 2017
Guest Speaker: David Goodwin
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes DAVID GOODWIN as guest speaker. David will be speaking at Centre for the Bo...
Posted: Wednesday October 11, 2017
Guest Speaker: Aaron Hawkins
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes AARON HAWKINS as delegate and guest speaker. Aaron will be participating in...
Posted: Tuesday October 10, 2017
Guest Speaker: Raymond Huber
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes RAYMOND HUBER as guest speaker. Raymond will be speaking at Centre for the ...
Posted: Monday October 9, 2017
Creative Cities Southern Hui
Posted: Sunday October 8, 2017
Guest Speaker: Welby Ings
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes WELBY INGS as delegate and guest speaker. Welby’s talk, Disobedient voices,...
Posted: Sunday October 8, 2017
Guest Speaker: Warwick Jordan
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes WARWICK JORDAN as guest speaker. Warwick will be opening the Hui for the Ce...
Posted: Saturday October 7, 2017
Guest Speaker: Donald Kerr
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes DONALD KERR as guest speaker. Donald will be speaking at Centre for the Boo...
Posted: Friday October 6, 2017
Short Story Conference
The New Zealand Short Story had its very own conference in Invercargill in early September and Athenaeum committee membe...
Posted: Thursday October 5, 2017
Guest Speaker: Melanie Kidd
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes MELANIE KIDD from Norwich UNESCO City of Literature. Melanie will be speaki...
Posted: Thursday October 5, 2017
Mystery guest: David Loughrey
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes DAVID LOUGHREY as delegate and mystery guest. David will be participating i...
Posted: Wednesday October 4, 2017
Guest Speaker: Karen McAulay
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes KAREN McAULAY as guest speaker. Karen will be speaking at Centre for the Bo...
Posted: Tuesday October 3, 2017
Guest Speaker: Alexandra Newman
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes ALEXANDRA NEWMAN as guest speaker. Alexandra will be speaking at Centre for...
Posted: Monday October 2, 2017
Guest Speaker: Guy Ryan
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes GUY RYAN as delegate and guest speaker. Guy will speaking at Creative Conne...
Posted: Sunday October 1, 2017
Guest Speaker: Victor Rodger
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes VICTOR RODGER as delegate and guest speaker. Victor will be participating i...
Posted: Sunday October 1, 2017
Guest Speaker: Elaine Webster
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes ELAINE WEBSTER as guest speaker. Elaine will be speaking at Centre for the ...
Posted: Saturday September 30, 2017
Guest Speaker: Moira White
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes MOIRA WHITE as guest speaker. Moira will be speaking at Centre for the Book...
Posted: Friday September 29, 2017
Guest Speaker: Iona Winter
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes IONA WINTER as delegate and guest speaker. Iona will be speaking at Creativ...
Posted: Thursday September 28, 2017
Guest Speaker: Sue Wootton
Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes SUE WOOTTON as guest speaker. Sue will be speaking at Centre for the Book: ...
Posted: Wednesday September 27, 2017
Telling tales
Our lives are all made up of many stories and everyone has a tale to tell.
Posted: Friday September 22, 2017
LIM - LESS IS MORE 2018
International call for projects
“Created by filmmakers for filmmakers”
Posted: Thursday September 21, 2017
Festival of Colour hit The Blue Moments Project to perform in Dunedin
It’s a show that brings new meaning to the phrase “music and lyrics”. The Blue Moments Project, an evening of jazz, blue...
Posted: Friday September 8, 2017
Navigator by Anne Moir
NAVIGATOR, Anne’s first novel, was inspired by her experiences as a child during the post-World War Two era, when many m...
Posted: Tuesday September 5, 2017
September 2017 Script Call
Short Film Otago has a new funding round open for new writers and filmmakers.
It is calling for scripts/film ideas/outl...
Posted: Sunday September 3, 2017
The third New Zealand Young Writers Festival to be held in Dunedin - UNESCO City of Literature.
Sex, dairy farming and feminism are among the unlikely bedfellows at this year’s New Zealand Young Writers Festival, fif...
Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2017
City author wins book awards
Port Chalmers author and illustrator David Elliot has won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the New Zealand Bo...
Posted: Monday August 14, 2017
Announcement of the Janet Frame Literary Trust Award 2017
Waikato novelist Catherine Chidgey has been named as the recipient of a Janet Frame Literary Trust Award worth $5,000.
Posted: Thursday July 20, 2017
Bird Dog Hot Dog
‘Tītī hotdog with horopito pickled onions and mānuka smoked chilli relish’.
Posted: Wednesday July 19, 2017
Reed Gallery exhibition showcases diverse examples of bookbindings
The latest Reed Gallery exhibition at Dunedin Public Library explores the outer covers of books - their bindings.
Posted: Tuesday July 18, 2017
Savoir Faire
Posted: Monday June 26, 2017
Spotlight on colonial feminist ‘fanatic’ Mary Ann Colclough 1836–1885
Polly Plum is a biography of one of New Zealand’s earliest feminists, Mary Ann Colclough, whose publicly voiced opinions...
Posted: Monday June 12, 2017
Dunedin author and illustrator shortlisted in prestigious awards
Dunedin author and illustrator David Elliot is a finalist in 2017 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults ...
Posted: Wednesday June 7, 2017
How We Survive: A Feminist Poetry Show
Lift Women’s Voices. Burn The Patriarchy Down.
Posted: Tuesday June 6, 2017
Rescued moggie kickstarts children’s book
When I found the rat on the ground I had no idea it would change my life.
Posted: Monday May 29, 2017
Playwright Robert Lord to be honoured with Dunedin Writers Walk Plaque
Playwright Robert Lord (1945–1992) is to be honoured with a plaque in the Dunedin Writers Walk in the Octagon.
Posted: Thursday May 11, 2017
Hall of Fame (and Fortune)
Posted: Tuesday May 2, 2017
Landfall celebrates 70th anniversary with new prize for young writers
Landfall, New Zealand’s leading journal of arts and literature, has announced the winner of the inaugural Charles Brasch...
Posted: Thursday April 27, 2017