He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
2023 PANZ Book Design Awards
The most beautiful books in Aotearoa have been revealed!
Posted: Friday Sep 22, 2023
Wheelers Books - Mental Health Awareness Week
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week in Aotearoa, an important week for helping Kiwis to boost their wellbeing and mental h...
Posted: Thursday Sep 21, 2023
Calling all budding reviewers!!
The Aotearoa NZ Review of Books has two fantastic opportunities coming up.
Posted: Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
I’m a writer too:
The festival for people afraid to call themselves writers
Posted: Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Poetry Box Tuesday Poem: ‘Small Dog’ and ‘Chickens on Chairs’ by Jenny Powell
Read Here
Posted: Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Mātātuhi Foundation's October Funding Round is bigger and better
Good news! Applicants can now apply for $5,000 to $25,000 in funding for a literary project. In previous years, the maxi...
Posted: Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
The Book Collector - reviewed by Terry Toner
The Book Collector - Reading and living with Literature by Tony Eyre - published in a small gift hardback by Mary Egan P...
Posted: Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Storytelling Unplugged: Finding Common Ground Through Podcast Narratives
If you love podcasts, come and listen to the experts explore how and why we make them!
Posted: Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
It's Mental Health Awareness Week
Learn more about GROW Mental Health Community and Support Groups
Posted: Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
NZ Young Writers Festival Otago Poetry Slam
Step on stage for the NZYWF Poetry Slam! Or, cheer from the audience.
Posted: Monday Sep 18, 2023
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Playhouse Theatre these school holidays
Will the Wizard of Oz give Scarecrow some brains, the Tin Woodman a heart and the Lion some courage? And can he return D...
Posted: Monday Sep 18, 2023
Strong Words 3 Extract:
Reasons to Learn Cantonese by Maddie Ballard from Strong Words 3: The Best of the Landfall Essay Competition
Posted: Monday Sep 18, 2023
Bookish festival ‘bursting with talent’
A large crowd of book lovers gathered at the University Book Shop last week for the launch of the Dunedin Writers & Read...
Posted: Monday Sep 18, 2023
Submissions for Student Writing in the June 2024 School Journal close 22 September for Levels 2 and 3
This is an amazing chance for young writers to have a piece of work published in the world's longest-running serial publ...
Posted: Monday Sep 18, 2023
Host Kim Hill leaves RNZ's Saturday Morning show: 'It is time for a change for me'
Kim Hill is signing off from her flagship Saturday Morning show on RNZ National.
Posted: Friday Sep 15, 2023
Vira Paky on Write Spot
Storytelling Unplugged - Poet and playwright Vira Paky previews a New Zealand Young Writers Festival event exploring fin...
Posted: Friday Sep 15, 2023
NZ Young Writers Festival
Starling Micro-Residency Panel Discussion - Sun 24 Sep 1-2pm
Posted: Friday Sep 15, 2023
Scottish International Storytelling Festival programme announced
Check out the online Global Lab workshop
Posted: Friday Sep 15, 2023
Michael King Writers Centre 2024 Writers Residencies
Applications now open and close on Monday 2 October, 2023
Posted: Friday Sep 15, 2023
Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival
“Te Pūao - the place where the river meets the sea” is the theme for this year’s Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival.
Posted: Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Otago Polyfest Festival Village Map
Have you checked out the Otago Polyfest Festival Village?
Posted: Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Short story: Isn’t It, by Paula Morris
Thank you Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngāti Whātua) for this ‘stunning homage’ to The Garden Party from Hiw...
Posted: Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Bloody Scotland Newsletter
The iconic Bloody Scotland festival is about to kick off and who is Craig Robertson’s first recommendation?
Posted: Thursday Sep 14, 2023
We're off to see the wizard!
Join Dorothy, Toto, Tin Woodman, Scarecrow and Lion these school holidays as The Wizard of Oz returns to the Playhouse s...
Posted: Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Kia kaha te reo Māori!
Kete and The Coalition for Books celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori this week...
Posted: Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
A history of Otago — page by page
A university professor is putting out a call to craft a page of history.
Posted: Friday Sep 08, 2023
Micro-folie Digital Museum
Running in Tūhura Otago Museum's Beautiful Science Gallery now through 11 October.
Posted: Friday Sep 08, 2023
Plan your festival weekend!
The New Zealand Young Writers Festival truly has something for everyone. With 17 free events from 21st to 24th September...
Posted: Friday Sep 08, 2023
Programme for the 2023 Dunedin Readers & Writers Festival is here!
A moment that marks the beginning of a journey, to the place where the river meets the sea - Te Pūao
Posted: Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Blue Oyster Art Project Space Call for Proposals
Applications close Sun 24 Sep 2023
Posted: Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Secure your spot for the KUPU Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi Māori Writers Festival 2023
17-23 September, Rotorua
Posted: Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook Student Poetry Competition
Read the winning poems here
Posted: Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
PETER OLDS: 2 JUNE 1944 - 31 AUGUST 2023
A get-together to remember Peter will be held on Friday 27 October at the Dunedin Public library.
Posted: Monday Sep 04, 2023
International KM100NZ Haiku Competition
Applications close 15 September 2023
Posted: Monday Sep 04, 2023
NZ Young Writers Festival 2023 first event
'The One Work That Defines You'
Posted: Thursday Aug 31, 2023
'Tung' on Write Spot
Art writer and poet Robyn Maree Pickens has released debut collection Tung through Otago University Press
Posted: Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura announces storyteller Mona Williams will deliver the 2023 Pānui
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura is delighted to announce Mona Williams as the outstanding storyteller who will deliver its annua...
Posted: Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Poetry Box new features
Share the word that Poetry Box aims to be a Poetry Hub for poems for and by children
Posted: Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories edited by Paula Morris
A new fiction anthology is a 'celebration of the sheer talent of Māori writers'.
Posted: Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Captivating poem graces a head-turning mural in our City of Literature
Posted: Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Available Art from 'Behind Closed Doors' exhibition at Pea Sea Art
'Nikau Nostalgia' by Lynda Cullen
Posted: Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Results from Te Hautonga
The secondary kapa haka competition in Murihiku / Invercargill
Posted: Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Last chance to donate!
Crowdfunding Campaign to build the Janet Frame Visitor Centre closes today.
Posted: Monday Aug 28, 2023
Janet Frame Poetry Prize for essa may ranapiri
Janet Frame’s estate is delighted to announce the 2023 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry.
Posted: Monday Aug 28, 2023
Captivating Stories
A spotlight on the enchanting window display at our favourite bookshop
Posted: Monday Aug 28, 2023
Calling all poets and wordsmiths!
Apply now for the 2024 WOMAD NZ Poetry Slam
Posted: Monday Aug 28, 2023