He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
Nominations are now open for the 2024 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
Make a nomination by 1:00 pm Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Posted: Monday Jun 24, 2024
How to read a poem: Houseplants by Megan Kitching
The latest in a semi-regular series that breaks down a poem to analyse what it’s really trying to tell us.
Posted: Friday Jun 21, 2024
Play turns to the past to guide the present
Ōtepoti-based director, casting agent and writer Cindy Diver (Kāi Tahu) is bringing to the stage her first full-length p...
Posted: Thursday Jun 20, 2024
At the Bay Latest Books
Check out the latest At The Bay books and pre-order now
Posted: Thursday Jun 20, 2024
Today on Write Spot
Echoes from Hawaiki - Jennifer Cattermole discusses Echoes from Hawaiki, an account of taonga pūoro ancestral music trad...
Posted: Thursday Jun 20, 2024
Dunedin Public Libraries Weekly Quiet Hours
Mosgiel, South Dunedin, and City Libraries will all offer a low-sensory hour each week for those who need it.
Posted: Thursday Jun 20, 2024
International call for ceramic artist residencies in Caldas Da Rainha
Artistic residency aimed at international artists over the age of 18 with a proven track record in ceramics from other U...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
A History of Kindness
Rock pools: finding what you weren't looking for, Kirstie McKinnon
Posted: Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Entries are open for the 2024 Storylines Notable Book Awards
Entries close at 5pm on 31 August 2024
Posted: Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
The International Children’s Publishing Academy writing competition
Local New Zealand publisher Exisle Publishing launches the International Children's Publishing Academy with a writing co...
Posted: Monday Jun 17, 2024
Flows Like Water by Pam McKinlay
Flows Like Water is a celebration of the art-sci practice of Pam McKinlay, weaver, sculptor, photographer and curator.
Posted: Monday Jun 17, 2024
Poetry Shelf Poets on Poems
Rhian Gallagher on ‘Seeing You Asked’ by Vincent O’Sullivan
Posted: Friday Jun 14, 2024
Vilnius City of Literature Creative Residency
Applications close 1 July 2024
Posted: Friday Jun 14, 2024
Winter Reading 2024
The Coalition for Books Winter Reading catalogue has landed!
Posted: Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Book review
Holly Walker reviews Landfall 247: Autumn 2024 Edited by Lynley Edmeades published by Otago University Press.
Posted: Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Call for Ockham NZ Book Awards 2025 Judges
Apply now for the most rewarding reading job in the country!
Posted: Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Landfall Journal Book Reviews
Tung by Robyn Maree Pickens (Otago University Press), Calamities! by Jane Arthur (Te Herenga Waka University Press) and ...
Posted: Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Landfall Journal Book Review
Knowledge Is a Blessing on Your Mind: Selected Writings, 1980–2020 by Anne Salmond (Auckland University Press)
Posted: Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
The takahē Matariki Short Short Story Celebration 2024
Closes Sat 15 June
Posted: Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
The 2024 NFFD Short List!
Congratulations to the writers of these stories!
Posted: Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
2024 $25,000 Writers' Award now open
Applications are now open for the 2024 CLNZ/NZSA Writers' Award. Applications close at 4pm on Monday 1 July
Posted: Friday Jun 07, 2024
Book Review: At the Grand Glacier Hotel, Laurence Fearnley
'At The Grand Glacier Hotel is a tender and beautifully written story about learning to live again...'
Posted: Friday Jun 07, 2024
Arts Pasifika Awards
Annual awards that celebrate and recognise excellence in Pacific arts across a range of arts practices and career stages...
Posted: Friday Jun 07, 2024
Have you published a book between Matariki 2023 and Matariki 2024?
If so, Māori Literature Trust want to hear from you!
Posted: Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Big Names Feature on National Children's Book Award Shortlist
Check out all the finalists for the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
Posted: Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Final week of Maximum Potential NOW
This is the final week of Maximum Potential NOW, an exhibition with Tāmaki Makaurau-based artists Samantha Cheng, Matt J...
Posted: Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Today on Write Spot
Dunedin writer Laurence speaks about her latest novel, At The Grand Glacier Hotel, launching this month
Posted: Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
The takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2024 is open!
Entries close 30th September 2024
Posted: Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
The Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize is open for submissions
Submissions close 5pm 31 July 2024
Posted: Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Book review: At The Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence Fearnley
Lynn Freeman reviews At The Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence Fearnley published by Penguin Random House NZ.
Posted: Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
The University of Otago College of Education/Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence Fellow 2024
Feana Tu'akoi
Posted: Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
King's Birthday honours
Congratulations to Lisa Warrington on being made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to the...
Posted: Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Poetry Shelf noticeboard:
A reading to launch ‘Still Is’ by Vincent O’Sullivan
Posted: Friday May 31, 2024
Diversifying video games through creative writing
"Gamers with a passion for creative writing can merge their interests in Aotearoa’s only creative writing paper dedicate...
Posted: Thursday May 30, 2024
Poetry Shelf review and reading:
Iona Winter’s In the shape of his hand lay a river
Posted: Thursday May 30, 2024
Toitoi Quarterly Newsletter
Keep up to date with all the news from Toitoi HQ.
Posted: Thursday May 30, 2024
Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger (2008): Climate Coloniality and the Interface Between Humans and Nonhumans
Congratulations to recent English and Linguistics, University of Otago PhD Rakibul Hasan Khan, whose article appears in ...
Posted: Wednesday May 29, 2024
New novel out later this year
Congratulations to Wendy Parkins, who recently completed and defended her second PhD, this time in creative writing. Her...
Posted: Wednesday May 29, 2024
Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language Week
Celebrated: 26 May – 1 June
Posted: Tuesday May 28, 2024
Renee Liang announced as judge for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2024
The prize will be opening on 1st June, so start polishing your best unpublished poems!
Posted: Tuesday May 28, 2024
2024 NFFD Long Lists announced
Posted: Tuesday May 28, 2024
Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident for 2024 announced
Warmest congratulations to Alison Glenny
Posted: Monday May 27, 2024
Did you know you can now add key dates and be notified in MyCreativeRights Catalogue?
This new feature in the Contracts & Agreements section enables you to set reminders of key dates when you add a contract...
Posted: Monday May 27, 2024
2024 Landfall Young Writers’ Essay Competition winner announced
Emma Hughes has been announced as the 2024 Landfall Young Writers’ Essay Competition winner for her moving essay, ‘Fourt...
Posted: Monday May 27, 2024
Book review: Meantime by Majella Cullinane
Harry Ricketts reviews Meantime by Majella Cullinane published by Otago University Press
Posted: Friday May 24, 2024
Poet teaches pupils to be life detectives
Read about the great mahi of City of Literature South D Poet Lorikeet Jenny Powell with our wonderful young writers! Tha...
Posted: Friday May 24, 2024
Poetry Shelf
Katūīvei – Contemporary Pasifika Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand
Posted: Friday May 24, 2024
Stunning artwork by David Elliot commemorates Lord Byron
Posted: Friday May 24, 2024
Stories under the Stars
On at the Otago Museum 1.30pm Saturdays and Sundays
Posted: Friday May 24, 2024
Are you a passionate, committed young writer hungry for an opportunity to dedicate time to your writing practice?
Applications close on 2 June 2024
Posted: Friday May 24, 2024
Are you an emerging writer?
NZ Young Writers Festival are looking for expressions of interest from young writers who are keen to deliver an event du...
Posted: Friday May 24, 2024
Today on Write Spot
Dunedin writer Penelope Todd has just released her new novel, Nell, a fictional re-imagining of her paternal grandmother...
Posted: Thursday May 23, 2024