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Winter writer’s residency offered
Aspiring writers are being urged to sign up to The Mike Riddell writer’s residency.
Posted: Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Home-maker, writer, rebel: Barbara Else gets honest about her career and marriage
One of New Zealand’s best known authors, Barbara Else rebelled against a lot of things women were once expected to think...
Posted: Sunday Apr 09, 2023
The Elsie Locke Writing Prize 2023
Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists' Elsie Locke Writing Prize 2023 opens at the beginning of Term 2.
Posted: Thursday Apr 06, 2023
AIR Litteratur Västra Götaland announces literary residency grants
Are you a writer or literary translator? Do you need access to your own workplace? Are you looking for a peaceful work e...
Posted: Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Granada Writers in Residence Programme
Closing Date for Applications - May 31
Posted: Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Young writers and artists!!
Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists would love to hear from you
Posted: Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Short story: The Islands of Arthur Trimble
"He imagines the rattling windows of his bach": a sad seaside saga by Majella Cullinane
Posted: Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Calling rangatahi o Ōtepoti!
Show us what you think a Zero Carbon Ōtepoti might look like
Posted: Friday Mar 31, 2023
Poet laureate marks ‘state of the nation’
With bated breath, Dunedin poetry fans waited patiently to get their hands on a copy of David Eggleton’s latest book.
Posted: Friday Mar 31, 2023
Asia New Zealand Foundation Arts Practitioners Fund
Round Two for 2023 is now open for applications!
Posted: Friday Mar 31, 2023
RAWA Readers and Writers Akaroa
Early bird registrations close this Sunday 2 April. Check it out!
Posted: Thursday Mar 30, 2023
The Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize is turning five!
Find out more and enter here:
Posted: Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Kraków UNESCO City of Literature International Residency 2023
Call for applications
Posted: Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Congratulations Emma Neale
... a winner in the Fish International Short Story Prize
Posted: Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Ōtepoti Theatre Lab Playwrights Programme 2023
Submissions accepted from Monday 1 May 2023.
Posted: Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
The 2023 Auckland Writers Festival line-up has been announced and tickers are on sale now!
16 - 21 MAY 2023
Posted: Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Putting a playful spin on city landmarks
A vision of Dunedin in the colourful works of iconic Dunedin artist Annie Baird is inspiring young visitors to Dunedin P...
Posted: Monday Mar 27, 2023
DUNEDIN FRINGE FESTIVAL 'BEYOND WORDS' AWARD SPONSORED BY CITY OF LITERATURE
.... and the winner is ....
Posted: Monday Mar 27, 2023
New show on OAR FM's Youth Zone!
Posted: Friday Mar 17, 2023
New space to Knockabout in
In its fifth year as a Dunedin Fringe Festival venue, the New Athenaeum Theatre (NAT) has opened up a second pop-up spac...
Posted: Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency
Posted: Friday Mar 03, 2023
Caselberg Trust in conversation with Jeff Harford
Posted: Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Call for UNESCO City of Literature Wonju Residency 2023 (South Korea)
Posted: Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Student Writing in the School Journal
Posted: Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
'OTHERHOOD - open for submissions
Posted: Monday Feb 20, 2023
Books by Beatrice Hale
Posted: Monday Feb 13, 2023
Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency
Open for applications! Deadline to apply is 5pm Friday 17 March.
Posted: Friday Feb 10, 2023
Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer's Fellowship
Fellowship awarded every two years to an established New Zealand writer of literature, with a significant publication re...
Posted: Friday Feb 10, 2023
Submissions now open for March issue of Flash Frontier
Posted: Friday Feb 10, 2023
Call for a writer-in-residence in Leeuwarden
Posted: Friday Feb 10, 2023
Dear Nature Podcast
Posted: Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Pikihuia Awards open for submissions
Posted: Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Public Lending Right annual registration form
Posted: Thursday Feb 09, 2023
THESE BOOMERS ARE A-OK
SIR ROGER HALL’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SHOW WINDING UP, ABOUT TWO SPIRITED SENIORS, IS HEADING SOUTH.
Posted: Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador nomination form
Posted: Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Submissions for the 2023 Text Prize are officially open!
Posted: Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
'Awakening a curate's library' by Donald Kerr
Posted: Thursday Jan 19, 2023
2023 Robert Burns Fellow at University of Otago: Kathryn van Beek
Posted: Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Tartu City of Literature international residency program
Posted: Monday Jan 16, 2023
Introducing Elixir & Star Press
Posted: Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Documentary to mark 175th anniversary of first Otago migrant ship
A documentary will help to mark 175 years since the arrival of the first migrant ship into Otago Harbour for the Dunedin...
Posted: Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
New children’s literature qualification launches
Posted: Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Government to discuss establishment of book commission
Organisations involved in the New Zealand book sector are set to meet with government agencies to discuss the establishm...
Posted: Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Letterpress Courses with John Holmes
Posted: Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Nominations open for Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador
Nominations are open to be the second Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador for children and young people.
Posted: Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friends of the Hocken Collections Award 2023.
We are delighted to share that Dr Emily Duncan is the recipient of the Friends of the Hocken Collections Award 2023.
Posted: Thursday Dec 15, 2022
New Zealand Summer Reading Guide 2022
Posted: Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Blue Oyster Arts Trust Appoints New Director
Blue Oyster Arts Trust is delighted to announce writer and curator Simon Palenski as our incoming Director.
Posted: Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
“LET THE FLAVOURS RIPPLE”: AN INTERVIEW WITH PAULA GREEN
This year has been huge for Paula Green, the biggest cheerleader of poetry for children in Aotearoa. She’s had two child...
Posted: Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Poetry Shelf Occasional Reviews: Roger Hickin and Peter Olds – A Town Trod by Poets
Posted: Friday Nov 18, 2022
NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PRIZE OPEN FROM 7 OCT 2022 TO 31 JAN 2023
Posted: Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Teddy bears and the ‘Poet Lorikeet’ join forces
Posted: Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Short story: Fourth wall, by Shima Jack
Posted: Thursday Nov 10, 2022