Happy publication day to ASH, the much-anticipated first novel by Louise Wallace

This little gem of a book hits bookshops across NZ today!

Posted: Thursday Apr 11, 2024

Poetry Shelf Review

Robyn Maree Pickens – Tung

Posted: Wednesday Apr 10, 2024

Book Review

Sewing Moonlight by Kyle Mewburn

Posted: Wednesday Apr 10, 2024

Today on Write Spot

Listen to this mesmerising kōrero on ‘Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature' between Jeff Harford and Terry ...

Posted: Wednesday Apr 10, 2024

The 2024 Sargeson Prize is now open for entries

Entries close 30 June 2024

Posted: Wednesday Apr 10, 2024

Join the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival team!

The Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival is currently looking to fill two positions.

Posted: Tuesday Apr 09, 2024

Poetry Shelf Musings:

Kay McKenzie Cooke – Give a Book Time

Posted: Tuesday Apr 09, 2024

Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition

Opens Saturday 1 June and closes on Wednesday 31 July 2024

Posted: Tuesday Apr 09, 2024

'A Depressive Woman in a Hot Pool'

Chris Else Reviews

Posted: Tuesday Apr 09, 2024

Landfall Review online - 'A Bunch of Memories Are All I’ve Got'

Michelle Elvy Reviews

Posted: Tuesday Apr 09, 2024

Warmest congratulations to The Trapeze Artists,

winner of the City of Literature Beyond Words Award in Dunedin Fringe Festival 2024!

Posted: Monday Apr 08, 2024

Janet Frame at 100

Auckland Writers Festival

Posted: Monday Apr 08, 2024

Tale of famous Baldwin St updated

The Steepest Street in the World, Ian Dougherty Saddle Hill Press - reviewed by Jim Sullivan

Posted: Monday Apr 08, 2024

The 2024 NFFD competition is open through April 30!

Send your best 300 words

Posted: Monday Apr 08, 2024

New Zealander of the Year: Fast Favourites with Dr Jim Salinger

Dr Jim Salinger has been recognised this week as Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year - Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa, for 20...

Posted: Tuesday Apr 02, 2024

‘Exposure doesn’t pay the rent’: New platform helps creatives control their mahi

Yolunda Hickman, artist and former Postgraduate Programme Leader Fine Arts, at Whitecliffe College spoke with the Sunday...

Posted: Tuesday Apr 02, 2024

NZ Poetry Shelf 2024 is back

Read Paula's update

Posted: Tuesday Apr 02, 2024

IT'S TIME TO REGISTER FOR PHANTOM BILLSTICKERS NATIONAL POETRY DAY 2024!

Mark your calendars! The date for this year’s nationwide celebration of poetry is scheduled for Friday 23 August. Regist...

Posted: Tuesday Apr 02, 2024

Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho, New Zealand Oral History Grants

Next Funding Round closes 15 April 2024

Posted: Tuesday Apr 02, 2024

2024 Dunedin Fringe Festival winners announced

Congratulations to all the 2024 Dunedin Fringe Festival winners especially The Trapeze Artists, Opera Otago, winner of t...

Posted: Tuesday Apr 02, 2024

New Youth Zone Show on Oar FM

Cutting Room Floor is a podcast where nothing is off-topic or too niche.

Posted: Thursday Mar 28, 2024

2025 Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival Dates Announced!

Book lovers and literary fans, mark your calendars - the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival will be back for 2025, run...

Posted: Thursday Mar 28, 2024

Final call for A&U NZ Fiction Prize submissions!

Submissions close this Sunday 31st March

Posted: Wednesday Mar 27, 2024

Liz Breslin attends NeMLA 55th Annual Convention in Boston

"It’s alllllll about community"

Posted: Wednesday Mar 27, 2024

Today on Write Spot

Listen to this special kōrero on ‘Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature' between Jeff Harford and Iona Winte...

Posted: Wednesday Mar 27, 2024

New tool to help creatives with copyright

Staggering stats on how little NZ creatives know about their rights when it comes to their mahi has prompted a new onlin...

Posted: Monday Mar 25, 2024

Creative NZ Early Career Fund - Toi Tipu Toi Rea

Funding to support artists, practitioners, and collaboratives at the early stage of their career who wish to learn, crea...

Posted: Friday Mar 22, 2024

A History of Kindness

How art holds us (part one)

Posted: Thursday Mar 21, 2024

Thousands expected to attend Pacific festival

A Dunedin festival which brings the Pacific "to people's backyards" is expected to continue its rapid growth and attract...

Posted: Thursday Mar 21, 2024

An incident in Millers Flat

Kyle Mewburn tells the story behind the house she bought after conducting the land transfer in Gore

Posted: Thursday Mar 21, 2024

World Poetry Day, 21 March 2024

To mark World Poetry Day, 21 March 2024, we are proud to be collaborating with City of Literature South D Poet Lorikeet,...

Posted: Thursday Mar 21, 2024

Women play men in caricature of toxic masculinity

Five Dunedin women are tackling toxic masculinity by stepping into the shoes of white men.

Posted: Wednesday Mar 20, 2024

10 Questions with the editors of Katūīvei

Contemporary Pasifika Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand

Posted: Wednesday Mar 20, 2024

Wild Dunedin NZ Festival of Nature 19-28 April 2024

Programme out now!

Posted: Tuesday Mar 19, 2024

Making It Up (One Playwright to Another)

On at the Dunedin Fringe Festival until Sunday 24 March

Posted: Tuesday Mar 19, 2024

Nonfiction Fundamentals Online

Join Paula Morris for a short course exploring the craft essentials of memoir, travel writing, personal essays and other...

Posted: Tuesday Mar 19, 2024

Far away city, but also close to home

Far away they may be but Dunedin and Edinburgh share a special bond, Sarah Boyack writes.

Posted: Monday Mar 18, 2024

Book Launch Invitation

You are invited to the book launch of In the shape of his hand lay a river, Iona Winter

Posted: Monday Mar 18, 2024

Otherhood at Auckland Writers Festival

Sunday 19 May

Posted: Monday Mar 18, 2024

2024 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency

Writers from Aotearoa are warmly invited to apply for this year's Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Wri...

Posted: Sunday Mar 03, 2024

Submissions for the Elsie Locke Writing Prize 2024 are now open!

The Writing Prize is offered by the Elsie Locke Memorial Trust. It provides a wonderful opportunity for young writers ag...

Posted: Friday Mar 01, 2024

Otago English PhD candidate to develop her digital skills through trans-Tasman opportunity

Congratulations to Otago English PhD candidate Mere Taito and the other recently announced participants in the Creative ...

Posted: Friday Mar 01, 2024

NZSA Kaituhi Māori Mentorship Programme

Applications close 20 March 2024

Posted: Friday Mar 01, 2024

Iona Winter heading to Newcastle Writers Festival in April

On Remembering, on forgetting: A Poetry Performance

Posted: Friday Mar 01, 2024

A History of Kindness

Rescue yourself while you still can by Kirstie McKinnon

Posted: Thursday Feb 29, 2024

Moana Nui Festival

Just 4 weeks away until the Moana Nui Festival lights up our shores with vibrant diverse cultures, delicious cuisine, an...

Posted: Wednesday Feb 28, 2024

Today on Write Spot

Don’t miss this update from Caselberg Trust chair Janet Downs in conversation with Jeff Harford, announcing the opening ...

Posted: Wednesday Feb 28, 2024

Call for contributions to a book of written and visual creative work by young people from refugee backgrounds

What would you like young people in NZ to know (about you)?

Posted: Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

2024 Robert Burns Fellow, Mikaela Nyman's poetry collection nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize

Congratulations to 2024 Robert Burns Fellow, Mikaela Nyman whose poetry collection is nominated for the Nordic Council L...

Posted: Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

Quiet afternoons at Tūhura Otago Museum

In support of the neurodiverse community, Tūhura Otago Museum provide a space for visitors who prefer a low-sensory envi...

Posted: Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

The 2024 NFFD competition is open!

Send your best 300 words - Submissions open through 30 April

Posted: Monday Feb 26, 2024

Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a much-loved book

Nominate now! Nominations close 29 Feb 2024

Posted: Monday Feb 26, 2024

Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust announces residencies for 2024

Six writers have been awarded 2024 residencies at the historic cottage in Ōtepoti Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature, and...

Posted: Friday Feb 23, 2024

Poltavshchyna from above

Lviv and Odesa Cities of Literature in Ukraine are renowned for their rich literary and publishing history, and our dear...

Posted: Friday Feb 23, 2024

David Howard reading at the New Zealand High Commission in London, Thurs 18 April

David will be reading from 'Mate' and tell of the early Dalmatian immigrants to New Zealand with Māori links which inspi...

Posted: Friday Feb 23, 2024

Kura Reo courses sell out in minutes as demand grows

Popularity a sign that te reo is on the rise

Posted: Friday Feb 23, 2024

NZ Booklovers Awards 2024 Shortlist announced

Check them all out here

Posted: Tuesday Feb 20, 2024

ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD

Submissions close 1 December 2024

Posted: Tuesday Feb 20, 2024

PLAYS FOR THE YOUNG

Submissions close 1 August 2024

Posted: Tuesday Feb 20, 2024

PLAYWRIGHTS B4 25

Submissions close annually on 1 April

Posted: Tuesday Feb 20, 2024