WriteNow opens to young poets

Dunedin poet Sue Wootton, co-organiser and judge of this year's WriteNow poetry competition for secondary school pupils,...

Posted: Sunday Jul 01, 2018

Concord School Final Week

Posted: Thursday Jun 28, 2018

Pine Hill School Final week

Posted: Tuesday Jun 26, 2018

Poland visit highlighted Dunedin as creative city

Dunedin was certainly taken notice of during a world creative cities event in Poland earlier this month, the mayor says.

Posted: Tuesday Jun 26, 2018

Concord School update 15 June

Posted: Monday Jun 18, 2018

Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection Research Grant – 2018

The Dorothy Neal White Collection (9,000 books), in the National Library of New Zealand, is a research collection of chi...

Posted: Thursday Jun 07, 2018

Looking for poems by writers with a migrant/former refugee background

Landing Press, a small Wellington publisher, is inviting migrant and former refugee poets to send in their work for a co...

Posted: Tuesday Jun 05, 2018

New local drama asks: Who’s really responsible?

A dramatic new radio play by a local playwriting group will be heard live at the Dunedin Public Library later this month...

Posted: Friday Jun 01, 2018

Four plays will take the stage

Four short plays are to get their moment on stage, despite Fortune's closing, writes Kim Dungey.

Posted: Thursday May 24, 2018

Science in crime novels should be real - writer

Readers are keen for accurate forensic science to be conveyed through crime fiction, Dunedin researcher and crime noveli...

Posted: Thursday May 24, 2018

Joint exhibition to celebrate 'Landfall'

Landfall’s position as New Zealand’s pre-eminent literary and art journal is being celebrated in a unique way by the Ota...

Posted: Thursday May 24, 2018

PINE HILL SCHOOL - Week 1

Posted: Tuesday May 15, 2018

Landfall exhibition connects art and literature

The Otago Art Society and Otago University Press are joining forces to present a unique exhibition that celebrates the c...

Posted: Thursday May 10, 2018

Winner of Young Writers' Essay Competition announced

Landfall, New Zealand’s leading journal of arts and literature, is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2018 Cha...

Posted: Thursday May 03, 2018

Freedom Song

Emma Farry’s Freedom Song is a powerful and beautiful panacea for the world we live in. It’s a go-to book in times of tr...

Posted: Monday Apr 30, 2018

CALLING ALL MUSICIANS AND SONGWRITERS

Youth Zone Unplugged is back for 2018! This year we are giving ten young musical acts the opportunity to record and prod...

Posted: Friday Apr 06, 2018

Why Go Girl needed to be written

New Zealand's answer to Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls is in bookshops now. It's called Go Girl: A Storybook of Epic ...

Posted: Tuesday Apr 03, 2018

Dunedin Opera Company Inc./Opera Otago AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Opera Otago seeks a suitably qualified person to carry out a project to develop audiences for its productions.

Posted: Monday Mar 19, 2018

Literary flagstones well worth looking down on

The Dunedin Writers’ Walk has maintained a low profile for the past 25 years but Tony Eyre argues it is worth more than ...

Posted: Monday Mar 19, 2018

Novel shines fresh light on women’s suffrage as New Zealand celebrates 125 years

“Before I could stop myself I stood up in my seat and boasted that I had met Mrs Sheppard when we berthed in Christchurc...

Posted: Tuesday Mar 13, 2018

Heidelberg - City in Focus

Being asked about their first associations with Heidelberg, most people all over the world would probably name the castl...

Posted: Thursday Mar 08, 2018

Otago well represented in 2018 Ockhams shortlist

A widely praised collection from a leading New Zealand poet, and an exciting new environmental history of the settlement...

Posted: Tuesday Mar 06, 2018

Reed Gallery exhibition celebrates A.H. Reed’s original gift to Dunedin

The latest Reed Gallery exhibition marks the seventieth anniversary of A.H. Reed’s original gift of his rare book and ma...

Posted: Friday Mar 02, 2018

Muse, an exhibition of artworks inspired by the Dunedin Public Libraries Collection. 

Hidden amongst the Dunedin Public Libraries collection is a large group of artists.
To celebrate the Creative Cities So...

Posted: Wednesday Dec 20, 2017

Ara Toi Community Hui - Community Presenters Lineup

Join the Creative Dunedin Partnership to present, enjoy and discuss progress on Ara Toi Ōtepoti – Our Creative Future, D...

Posted: Wednesday Nov 29, 2017

Exclusive invitation to celebrate the recently launched Otago Fonebook 1.

Creative Cities Southern Hui are thrilled to offer this exclusive invitation to our delegates.

Posted: Wednesday Nov 22, 2017

Norwich: 900 years a literary city

Ōtepoti – He Puna Auaha, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature
is excited to welcome you to the

Creative Cities Southern H...

Posted: Monday Nov 20, 2017

Transforming creativity, collaboration and community

Ōtepoti – He Puna Auaha, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature is excited to welcome you to the Creative Cities Southern Hu...

Posted: Thursday Nov 16, 2017

Dunedin City of Literature welcomes Bologna City of Music 

Ōtepoti – He Puna Auaha, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature is excited to welcome you to the Creative Cities Southern Hui...

Posted: Tuesday Nov 14, 2017

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 Nov 06, 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 Nov 06, 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 Oct 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 Oct 31, 2017

Jealous Saboteurs Teen Writing Competition 

Open to young people in years 9-13 of high school

Posted: Friday Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 18, 2017

Book Lovers' Walking Tours

Posted: Wednesday Oct 18, 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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: Friday Oct 13, 2017

Mayor’s welcome

Kia ora koutou katoa (Greetings, hello to you all) 

Posted: Friday Oct 13, 2017

Virtual Speaker: Alexander Gillespie

Creative Cities Southern Hui warmly welcomes ALEXANDER GILLESPIE as virtual speaker. Unable to attend the Hui, Alexander...

Posted: Thursday Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 09, 2017

Creative Cities Southern Hui

Posted: Monday Oct 09, 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 Oct 08, 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 Oct 07, 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 Oct 06, 2017