He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
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
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
Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition
Opens Saturday 1 June and closes on Wednesday 31 July 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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