Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fund

Do you have an area of interest that you’ve always wanted to pursue overseas? Do you have a research question that could...

Posted: Wednesday May 01, 2019

Book reveals story of brothers

Posted: Thursday Apr 25, 2019

Pop-up Globe coming to Dunedin

Posted: Thursday Apr 11, 2019

Dunedin duo finish short film

Posted: Thursday Apr 11, 2019

Writing residency in Poland for author

Posted: Tuesday Apr 09, 2019

2019 Poetry Competition Results

Time to announce the winners of the 2019 Poems in the Waiting Room Poetry Competition

Posted: Tuesday Apr 09, 2019

Gröndalshús Writer's Home

Posted: Monday Apr 08, 2019

The Gulf Between Book Launch

The launch of Maxine Alterio’s third novel The Gulf Between (Penguin Random House, 2019) was held at Manaaki restaurant,...

Posted: Monday Apr 08, 2019

Translation workshop LitTransformer - July 8-18, 2019

Call for participation

Posted: Friday Apr 05, 2019

WELCOME TO THE 2019 NFFD COMPETITION

The 2019 National Flash Fiction Day Competition runs February 15 – April 15. Send your best 300-word story * Cash prizes...

Posted: Wednesday Apr 03, 2019

Open Call for Media Art Residency in Creative City Košice

Košice – the Creative City of Media Arts offers media artists a two-month stay in Košice in autumn 2019. The residency i...

Posted: Wednesday Apr 03, 2019

Award-Winning Theatre Company Back With Electric New Season

“Arcade Theatre Company.. is proof that provocative, energetic theatre can still be offered in Dunedin” - THEATREVIEW

Posted: Tuesday Apr 02, 2019

Storylines Notable Books List 2019

The 2019 Storylines Children’s Literature Notable Book List, for the highest quality books in five genres published duri...

Posted: Monday Apr 01, 2019

Centre for the Book 2019 Research Symposium - Call for Papers

Biography, Autobiography and Memoirs

Posted: Thursday Mar 28, 2019

Rapping like a bard

Rediscovering Shakespeare for the hip-hop generation is just one mission on Writers and Readers Festival visitor Akala’s...

Posted: Wednesday Mar 27, 2019

The war on truth

Stephen Davis’ life convinces him a war on truth is being waged and must be resisted. That is now our experience too. Br...

Posted: Wednesday Mar 27, 2019

Interactive adventure in Botanic Garden

Posted: Wednesday Mar 27, 2019

Gordon Brown on life at 103

Posted: Monday Mar 25, 2019

The Art of healing

Posted: Sunday Mar 24, 2019

Author's quest to meet 120 Kiwi centenarians: Seeking meaning in longevity

The stories of New Zealand's centenarians show they are a complete cross-section of Kiwi society. Is there any special r...

Posted: Wednesday Mar 20, 2019

Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival - 2019 Programme

The 2019 programme is live! For details see dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz

Posted: Tuesday Mar 19, 2019

A lead role in her life

In her new book Keepers of History, Dunedin-based writer Renee Hollis preserves the stories of some of our oldest citize...

Posted: Wednesday Mar 13, 2019

International Writer’s Residence In Reykjavík

In 2019 the Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature for the first time offers a free residency for a writer from another UNE...

Posted: Monday Mar 11, 2019

Open Call for the International residency in Ulyanovsk for writers and translators from the Cities of Literature of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network

This is a unique opportunity to work in the homeland of the great Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, the poet Nikolay Yazyko...

Posted: Monday Mar 11, 2019

Ruth Carraway creates drama in jail - and toilets!

Trouble-D is a play about the challenges, obstacles and enticements a recently released prisoner faces in the outside wo...

Posted: Monday Mar 11, 2019

For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections

A Taster

Posted: Monday Mar 11, 2019

Youth Zone Mobilised

Youth Zone Mobilised is the opportunity to get your music out to the world! This year, OAR FM Dunedin’s Youth Zone is gi...

Posted: Thursday Mar 07, 2019

Keynote experts to bring wealth of knowledge to short play festival

Chicago-based producer and director Tanya Palmer will add “an immeasurable wealth of insight, experience and knowledge” ...

Posted: Wednesday Mar 06, 2019

Truthteller - An Investigative Reporter’s Journey Through The World Of Truth Prevention, Fake News And Conspiracy Theories

An essential guide for understanding the modern media world – for teachers, students and concerned citizens who want to ...

Posted: Monday Mar 04, 2019

Won by the Spade

How the Royal New Zealand Engineers Built a Nation

Posted: Monday Mar 04, 2019

The Incurable Imagination

Audrey has a severe case of ‘imaginitis’! And it’s contagious. A fun-filled story written by a primary school teacher pa...

Posted: Monday Mar 04, 2019

Keepers of History

New Zealand Centenarians Tell Their Stories

Posted: Monday Mar 04, 2019

Saying Goodbye to Barkley

For many children experiencing the loss of a much-loved pet is likely to be their first brush with grief. This touching ...

Posted: Monday Mar 04, 2019

Waddle

A book of fun for penguin lovers

Posted: Monday Mar 04, 2019

Stop Talking, Start Influencing

12 insights from brain science to make your message stick

Posted: Monday Mar 04, 2019

The Box Cars - Robert Vescio and Cara King

Remember when you had more fun playing with the box than the gift that was packed in it? This simple story of imaginatio...

Posted: Monday Mar 04, 2019

Otago University Press to move to ‘co-publisher’ model

Otago University Press is moving to a new management model in what is thought to be a New Zealand industry first.

Posted: Tuesday Feb 26, 2019

Five Otago University Press authors in 2019 Ockham Book Awards longlist

Otago University Press congratulates all the authors in the longlist announced today for the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Boo...

Posted: Thursday Jan 31, 2019

Are women past caring?

Care is essential to social relationships and individual well-being. It is woven into New Zealand’s key social instituti...

Posted: Thursday Jan 24, 2019

Writing course participants seek inspiration through exploration

A group of writers visited Port Chalmers yesterday as part of a short course, inspired by Dunedin, City of Literature, a...

Posted: Wednesday Jan 23, 2019

THE REALIZATION OF A DISTANT LONGING

1st place winner of A Distant Longing: Dunedin Chinese Garden Student Essay Competition

Posted: Tuesday Jan 22, 2019

Forming a Forever Friendship: The Dunedin’s Chinese Garden

4th place winner of A Distant Longing: Dunedin Chinese Garden Student Essay Competition

Posted: Tuesday Jan 22, 2019

An Indissoluble Symbol of Friendship: Dunedin Chinese Garden Lan Yuan

2nd equal winner of A Distant Longing: Dunedin Chinese Garden Student Essay Competition

Posted: Tuesday Jan 22, 2019

Antique Lan Yuan,everlasting milestone:a powerful witness to the China-New Zealand relations across oceans

2nd equal winner of A Distant Longing: Dunedin Chinese Garden Student Essay Competition

Posted: Tuesday Jan 22, 2019

A Distant Longing: Dunedin Chinese Garden Student Essay Competition Winners

‘How does the Dunedin Chinese Garden, Lan Yuan, enhance the story of Chinese in Otago and what future role does the Gard...

Posted: Tuesday Jan 22, 2019

KRAKOW UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE RESIDENCY PROGRAM 2019

The Krakow UNESCO City of Literature Residency Program is dedicated to young and emerging writers from the Cities of Lit...

Posted: Tuesday Jan 22, 2019

The Spirit of Literature Beyond Oceans

Kristyna O'Connell was a University of Otago HUMS301 Intern for Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature 2018

Posted: Tuesday Jan 22, 2019

Tank the Flanker

Posted: Monday Jan 21, 2019

The Vegan Lion

Posted: Monday Jan 21, 2019

Otter Trouble

Posted: Monday Jan 21, 2019