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Festivals
Auckland Writers Festival
Auckland Writers Festival is New Zealand’s premier literary event, and ‘brings the very best local and international writers of contemporary fiction and non-fiction, scientists, economists, poets, journalists and public intellectuals together with audiences to explore ideas, share stories and experience brilliant conversations.’ Based at the Aotea Centre in Tāmaki Makarau, the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards ceremony is part of the festival.
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KEY DATES
The next festival will be held 14–19 May 2024, programme to be announced in March.
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Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival is a biennial event, and was last held in May 2021.
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KEY DATES
The next festival will be held 13-15 October 2023.
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Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival
An annual festival held over a weekend, the Featherston Booktown Festival programme has a diverse range of events, including workshops, panel discussions, and readings. The 2021 festival featured 55 literary events.
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KEY DATES
The 2023 festival was held 12-14 May.
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Going West Books and Writers Festival
Based in Titirangi and other locations in West Auckland, Going West is held each spring.
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KEY DATES
Shifted Ground 9 April 2022
Poetry at Piha 30 April 2022
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Kupu Maori Writers Festival
This new festival for Maori writers launched in 2022 and is held in Rotorua, with school and marae events through the week.
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Marlborough Book Festival
This writers festival has been running each winter since 2014. Its venues are the ASB Theatre Marlborough in Blenheim and Spy Valley Wines in the Waihopai Valley.
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Nelson Arts Festival
Nelson Arts Festival has a literary programme that features workshops, panel discussions, and readings.
KEY DATES
The 2023 Festival will be held 19-23 October and the programme will be announced 1 September.
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Queenstown Writers Festival
Queenstown Writers Festival is ‘a boutique festival that brings writers and readers together to celebrate the written word in many forms.’
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KEY DATES
The 2023 festival takes place on 11-12 November.
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Tauranga Arts Festival
Tauranga Arts Festival held two literary workshops in October 2021: Writing Romance 101, and Turning Memories into Memoir.
KEY DATES
The 2023 festival takes place 19-29 October. Tickets go on sale 3 August.
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Whanganui Literary Festival
This biennial festival is ‘a readers and writers festival with a lifestyle theme.’
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KEY DATES
The 2023 festival will take place 29 September-1st October. The programme is yet to be announced.
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Verb Writers & Readers Festival & Lit Crawl Wellington
‘We bring writers and readers together with a vibrant series of events that celebrate our stories, ideas and books.’
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KEY DATES
The 2023 festival will be held 9-12 November.
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WORD Christchurch Festival
WORD Christchurch is ‘a world-class festival of writing and ideas… a typical programme comprises 75 events spread across five days, with 150 authors as our guests.’
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KEY DATES
The 2023 festival will be held 23-27 August and the programme will be announced on 18 July.
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