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

Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival

Meet the authors

Posted: Monday Sep 04, 2023

International KM100NZ Haiku Competition

Applications close 15 September 2023

Posted: Monday Sep 04, 2023

Starling Issue 16 - Online Launch Party

Watch here

Posted: Friday Sep 01, 2023

Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival

Meet the authors

Posted: Thursday Aug 31, 2023

RNZ Book Review

Strong Words 3: The best of the Landfall Essay

Posted: Thursday Aug 31, 2023

NZ Young Writers Festival 2023 first event

'The One Work That Defines You'

Posted: Thursday Aug 31, 2023

Poetry Shelf review

Laurence Fearnley’s Winter Time

Posted: Thursday Aug 31, 2023

2023 New Zealand Young Writers Festival

Meet the Writers

Posted: Wednesday Aug 30, 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

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

Have you booked your tickets for the New Zealand Young Writers Festival?

Events are almost at capacity so Book Now!!

Posted: Friday Aug 25, 2023

Legally Blonde - Musical Theatre Dunedin

All Remaining Seats $50! Only 2 Shows Left.

Posted: Friday Aug 25, 2023

Inaugural Small Press Fest a Success

Check out these photos from the packed weekend ....

Posted: Friday Aug 25, 2023

Why Katherine Mansfield is still the ultimate literary punk, 100 years after her death

Biographer and memoirist Redmer Yska will be at Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival, speaking to Katherine's work, as wel...

Posted: Thursday Aug 24, 2023

Sue Wootton's Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship

Follow her journey

Posted: Thursday Aug 24, 2023

What a special Advance Information Sheet from London’s Istros Books

Commenting on Faruk Šehić's 'My Rivers' are both David Howard and Kapka Kassabova!

Posted: Wednesday Aug 23, 2023

Ati Teepa is writing his poems in kokowai

Don't miss out on your copy

Posted: Wednesday Aug 23, 2023

The battle for Ukraine's cultural gems

How are the creativity, spaces and heritage of the war-torn country being supported? Beverley D'Silva explores the issue...

Posted: Wednesday Aug 23, 2023

takahē 108

Multi-talented 2023 Burns fellow Kathryn van Beek is in the Takahē Magazine August issue, with her essay 'Going Dutch'

Posted: Tuesday Aug 22, 2023

Boosted Campaign

22 days left to contribute to the Elixir & Star Press Boosted campaign

Posted: Tuesday Aug 22, 2023

Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2023

Submissions close on 15 December 2023

Posted: Tuesday Aug 22, 2023

Creative Connections Resident 2024

Artist, educator, and remote community arts worker Katie Breckon

Posted: Tuesday Aug 22, 2023

How to cook to feel good: Alby Hailes on his debut cookbook 'Good Vibes'

2021 Great Kiwi Bake Off winner Alby Hailes joins Susie Ferguson to celebrate the release of his debut cookbook 'Good Vi...

Posted: Monday Aug 21, 2023

Drop by Drop Poetry for Children Competition

Congratulations to Samantha Montgomerie who has been successful in having two commended poems in the Drop by Drop Poetry...

Posted: Monday Aug 21, 2023

Uni News

Kaupapa Māori Professor Anne-Marie Jackson delivers IPL on Marae

Posted: Monday Aug 21, 2023

International NZPS - Open Junior Competition

Two young Dunedin poets had success in the International NZPS Competition.

Posted: Monday Aug 21, 2023

Medieval manuscripts ‘most amazing things’

Centuries-old manuscripts can still tell us much about art and life. That is the opinion of Dr Christopher de Hamel, an ...

Posted: Friday Aug 18, 2023

‘no time to lollygag’ on Write Spot

Caselberg Press is publishing a second anthology of poetry, featuring highly commended and winning entries from its poet...

Posted: Thursday Aug 17, 2023

From birdsong to body dysmorphia ‘What makes a winning essay?’

Emma Neale on Landfall’s Strong Words #3 and thinking aloud about New Zealand culture.

Posted: Thursday Aug 17, 2023

The 2023 Out of the Limelight Awards

Congratulations to the recipients

Posted: Thursday Aug 17, 2023

Robert Lord Writers Cottage Newsletter, August 2023

Catch up on cottage news

Posted: Thursday Aug 17, 2023

AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU Katherine Mansfield creative writing competition

Entries close 1 September

Posted: Thursday Aug 17, 2023

takahē Magazine Monica Taylor Poetry Prize

Entries close 31 August 2023

Posted: Thursday Aug 17, 2023

Flash Frontier forthcoming issues

Submit your story here

Posted: Thursday Aug 17, 2023

Writer 2023 creative writing competition

Kathryn van Beek has a few hot tips to get started!

Posted: Tuesday Aug 15, 2023

Prof John Plotz: finding new meaning in old books

Among his varied interests, leading Victorian literature scholar and prison educator Professor John Plotz revisits forgo...

Posted: Tuesday Aug 15, 2023

Crime writer in her element on TV show ‘The Traitors’

Crime novelist Vanda Symon is a contestant on The Traitors, a murder mystery game show on Three

Posted: Monday Aug 14, 2023

Write Spot with Frances from Evening Books

Frances from Evening Books previews a festival bringing together small presses and independent publishers from across Ao...

Posted: Monday Aug 14, 2023

Heidelberg City of Literature Writers in Residence Programme

Applications close 17 September 2023

Posted: Monday Aug 14, 2023

Virtual Writer in Residence

Apply Now - Applications close Mon 11 Sep 2023

Posted: Monday Aug 14, 2023

Signals Young Writers Awards 2023

Enter online by 28 August 2023

Posted: Monday Aug 14, 2023

‘Poetic’ story wins best first book prize

A debut Dunedin author has tasted instant success for her "poetic and beautifully written" story.

Posted: Friday Aug 11, 2023

Congratulations to our very own Susan Wardell

2023 Winner of the NZSA Best First Book Award

Posted: Friday Aug 11, 2023

Councillor Christine Garey presents gift from City of Literature to the Secretary General

Our part of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ may have come to end, but it’s nice to know a little piece of Ōtepoti Duned...

Posted: Friday Aug 11, 2023