He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
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
Kōanga Festival Playwrights Programme 2024
Submissions close 25 February 2024
Posted: Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
10-Minute Play Competition 2024
Submit one or two 10-Minute Plays to the Playwrights Association of New Zealand 10-Minute Play Competition 2024 to be in...
Posted: Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho, New Zealand Oral History Grants
Ministry for Culture and Heritage provide financial help for oral history projects that relate to the history of Aotearo...
Posted: Monday Feb 19, 2024
City’s theatre scene celebrated
Huge congratulations to all the winners of the 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards
Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Today on Write Spot
Writer, editor and educator Michelle Elvy brings us up to date with New Zealand Society of Authors projects, and her own...
Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024
‘My salamander’ by Emma Neale translated for new anthology
Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Stories from the Cities
Recent Dunedin titles featured at Jakarta Content Week 2023
Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Plaque unveiled for Gaelic bard
Otago Scottish Heritage Council, Dunedin Public Libraries and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature were thrilled to celebra...
Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Ōtepoti writers make the world a better place
#17Booksfor17SDGs Campaign
Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Have you heard the locally produced podcast 86b?
It's well worth a listen!
Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Taranaki author wins international award for poetry
Wonderful recognition for the 2024 University of Otago Robert Burns Fellow, Mikaela Nyman. Congratulations Mikaela.
Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024
How to be well read in a year of dragons
Poet Laureate Chris Tse has curated a reading list of East and South East Asian writers from Aotearoa for the Lunar New ...
Posted: Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Call for Applications
Translating Ukraine Summer Institute Wroclaw, Poland 3-15 June 2024
Posted: Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Short story: Broderick and Riley, by Owen Marshall
Two lifetimes of two Kiwi men, told in 1609 words
Posted: Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Valentine’s and Alzheimer’s
“I used to picture that he would marry me”: A love letter to Brian Turner
Posted: Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Calling all enthusiastic creators, passionate artisans, and dynamic community groups
Join the South Dunedin Street Festival 2024: A Celebration of Local Talent and Community Spirit!
Posted: Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Welcome to the Year of the Dragon!
Posted: Monday Feb 12, 2024
University appoints first deputy vice-chancellor Māori
Distinguished Māori legal scholar Prof Jacinta Ruru is ready to start her new role as the first deputy vice-chancellor M...
Posted: Monday Feb 12, 2024
'I Held Hands with the Frightened, the Newly Born, the Bereft, the Dying and the Sick'
Michael O’Leary reviews:
Posted: Monday Feb 12, 2024
Book Launched: Praha v me krvi, Jindra Tichá (Echo, 2023)
In her fresh memoirs, Jindra Tichá returns to the Czechoslovak reality of the 1950s and 1960s, her journey to exile in E...
Posted: Friday Feb 09, 2024
National Library’s Elizabeth Jones wins Storylines’ top Award
National Library’s Director, Elizabeth Jones, has been named the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal winner 2024. The award i...
Posted: Friday Feb 09, 2024
Actors prepare to take on complete works of Shakespeare
Actors prepare to take on the entire works of William Shakespeare in their 90 minute performance in Chingford Park over ...
Posted: Friday Feb 09, 2024
Marilynn Webb: Folded in the Hills
Longlisted for 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Posted: Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Awards finalists announced
The Dunedin Theatre Reviewers Collective has announced the finalists for this month’s 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards.
Posted: Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Jutun Juuri - Root of the Chatter Writing Competition for 15-21 -year-old youth living in a UNESCO City of Literature
Entries close 29 March 2024
Posted: Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Tartu City of Literature International Residency Spring 2024
Applications close 20 February 2024
Posted: Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency
Applications for the 2024/2025 academic year are now open! Applications close Monday 4 March 2024
Posted: Monday Feb 05, 2024
The Ockham NZ Book Awards 2024 longlist is announced!
Congratulations to all the nominees
Posted: Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Quicksand in Portobello
Today is the last day of the novelist Kathryn van Beek’s year-long tenure as Dunedin’s Robert Burns Fellow
Posted: Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Today on Write Spot
Kathryn van Beek - her last day as the 2023 Robert Burns Fellow
Posted: Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Freedom in ‘high speed’ Bard play
Three actors, 37 plays, 100 props and hundreds of characters will come together in a high-energy mashup, as Dunedin Summ...
Posted: Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Robert Burns Poetry Competition 2023
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2023 Robert Burns and Rap Like Robbie Poetry Competitions! You can read the wi...
Posted: Thursday Jan 25, 2024
The word on the street
As you wander down our beautiful newly paved George Street, take a moment to acknowledge the literary treasures that lea...
Posted: Wednesday Jan 24, 2024