Otago poets praised at prestigious International awards
Two University of Otago alumni have won awards in the prestigious Laurel Prize for poetry. Established by UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, the Laurel Prize honours the best collections of...Continue reading→
Announcing the Landfall Tauraka short story series
Landfall and Otago University Press are excited to announce a new series of short story collections with the publication of the inaugural title, Pretty Ugly, by award-winning writer Kirsty Gunn. In Pretty Ugly,...Continue reading→
Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens Longlisted for The Laurel Prize 2024
The longlist for The Laurel Prize 2024 has been announced and two of our poets have made the list! At the Point of Seeing by Megan Kitching and Tung by Robyn Maree Pickens were...Continue reading→
Launching The Twisted Chain
On Wednesday 11 September we launched The Twisted Chain by Jason Gurney with friends and whanau at te Wharewaka o Pōneke, with bookselling by Unity Books Wellington. It was a special evening to celebrate...Continue reading→
Launching Power to Win in Auckland and Manawatū
In August, Lyndy McIntyre went out on the road to launch her book Power to Win: The Living Wage Movement in Aotearoa New Zealand Auckland and Manawatū. The Auckland launch took place at...Continue reading→
Launching Forms of Freedom and Koe
In August 2024, we had two book launches for our new releases, Forms of Freedom: Marxist Essays in New Zealand and Australian Literature by Dougal McNeill and Koe: An Aotearoa ecopoetry anthology edited...Continue reading→
Geology’s fossil expert awarded Emeritus Professor
In recognition of her outstanding career as one of New Zealand’s most dedicated and passionate palaeontologists, Department of Geology’s Honorary Professor Daphne Lee has been awarded the title of Emeritus...Continue reading→
Launching Power to Win by Lyndy McIntyre
On Thursday 4 July, we launched Power to Win: The Living Wage Movement in Aotearoa New Zealand by Lyndy McIntyre at Unity Books Wellington. The shop was packed and we had fantastic speeches from...Continue reading→
Launching Echoes from Hawaiki
On Thursday 20 June, we launched Echoes from Hawaiki: The origins and development of Māori and Moriori musical instruments by Jennifer Cattermole. We were hosted by our good friends at the University Book Shop Otago, and it...Continue reading→
Origins of Māori and Moriori instruments explored
Passion and perseverance have paid off for Associate Professor Jennifer Cattermole as her book on Māori and Moriori instruments (taonga pūoro) is set to be launched this week, a decade after the project was...Continue reading→
Emma Hughes wins 2024 Landfall Young Writers’ Essay Competition
Emma Hughes has been announced as the 2024 Landfall Young Writers’ Essay Competition winner for her moving essay, ‘Fourteen Robyns’. ‘Fourteen Robyns’ is a narrative essay about visiting a Sexual Wellbeing...Continue reading→
Launching ‘Meantime’ by Majella Cullinane
On Thursday 23 May, we launched Meantime, the new collection by Ōtepoti poet Majella Cullinane. We had a wonderful evening celebrating at the University Book Shop here in Dunedin, joined by family and friends....Continue reading→