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The 2021 Robert Burns Poetry competitions open for entries
Visit this articleFor the NB of Spring, we've been chatting to lots of authors and, naturally, reading lots of books, so we bring you a fine crop of interviews, book reviews and recommendations throughout this issue. And for the poets among you, young and old, we proudly launch this year's iteration of our Dunedin institution, the Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Robert Burns Poetry competition, and we announce the winners of the National Poetry Day Shape Poetry competition in partnership with Otago-Southland NZ Society of Authors and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature. Plus, we show you can immerse yourself in te reo Māori stories for te Wiki o te Reo with Lingogo, and tap into some of our many online collections available to library members day and night, whenever the mood takes you.
Contents
ExQUIZite Mysteries and Thrillers 2021
Don your deerstalker and grab your magnifying glass to crack the case of our latest quiz!
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The Play's the Thing
The Royalty Plays are a collection of over two thousand acting editions, or play scripts, given to the library by Dunedin lawyer and city councillor Maurice Joel (1911-1986).
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New digital resource - Lingogo
Read and listen to stories in te reo Māori and Pacific languages with audio and English translations!
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In Conversation: Dame Fiona Kidman DNZM OBE
Dame Fiona Kidman DNZM OBE will be the inaugural recipient of the University of Otago Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies Irish Writers Fellowship.
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And the winner is...
Congratulations to the winners of the National Poetry Day 2021 Shape Poetry competition
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Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Collection
Latest additions reviewed by the office of the City of Literature
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Life Begins the Day You Start a Garden (Chinese Proverb)
We can gain so many benefits from growing a garden and being in a garden.
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Selina Tusitala Marsh ONZM
Young writer, J A Thea interviews the Ignition Festival Gala keynote speaker
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'sup Teen Space?
Brand new and not-to-be-missed reads from the Young Adult collection
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Check Out an Author: Heather McQuillan
Heather McQuillan is a writer and teacher and those two parts of her life are interwoven.
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Check Out an Author: Gillian Torckler
Gillian Torckler has produced several children's books about the natural world with her photographer husband Darryl Torckler.
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Check Out an Author: Gavin Bishop ONZM
Gavin Bishop O.N.Z.M. has published more than 70 books over the last four decades, including several that have won New Zealand Children's Book Awards.
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Answers to the ExQUIZite Murder Mystery Quiz
PLOT SPOILER: do not read this until you've attempted the quiz questions!
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