News and Events

Meet the 2018 University of Otago Arts Fellows

The Fellows will talk about thier work and aspects of the creative process, and you can ask them questions. Chaired by Nicholas McBryde, Director of Arts Festival Dunedin. This talk is guaranteed to be fun and interesting. Tea and cupcakes to follow.

writer (Robert Burns Fellow)
Rhian Gallagher

artist (Frances Hodgkins Fellow)
Louise Menzies

composer (Mozart Fellow)
Dylan Lardelli

writer (University of Otago College of Education Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence)
Raymond Huber

dancer (Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance)
Matthew Smith

Sunday 29 July
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon, Dunedin
1pm to 2.30pm

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Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Burns Fellowship

The Department of English & Linguistics will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Burns Fellowship at a series of events in early September.

Thursday 6 September to Sunday 8 September

Find out more about the events and workshops on offer.

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Photo Gallery

Go to the Photo Gallery featuring current and previous Otago Fellows

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Podcasts of the Meet the Fellows events

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Past news and events for this year

Three previous Robert Burns Fellows in the longlist for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

A longlists for the Ockhan New Zealand Book Awards of up to 40 titles was announced at the end of November 2017. A shortlist will be released in March 2018. The 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards event will be held in Auckland on 15 May 2018, in collaboration with the Auckland Writers Festival.

The books are:

The Beat of the Pendulum - Catherine Chidgey
The Ones Who Keep Quiet - David Howard
The Yield - Sue Wootton

Read more about the award and the longlist.


 

 


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