The Wellington Writers Walk is 21 years old this year! Help celebrate this auspicious occasion with a very special event featuring two of New Zealand’s most celebrated authors, Elizabeth Knox and Dame Fiona Kidman.

Join Elizabeth and Fiona as they talk with Tanya Ashcroft (author, broadcaster and Writers Walk committee member) about the creation, history and future of this wonderful Wellington institution and the part they’ve played in making the walk the much-loved success it is.

This walk along Wellington’s beautiful, famed waterfront pedestrian precinct is considered by many as “one of the world’s loveliest urban land-and-seascapes”. It consists of sculptural quotations situated in picturesque locations from the writings of a selection of iconic New Zealand authors – both past and contemporary.

The walk celebrates and commemorates the place of Wellington in these writers’ lives, and their place in the life of Wellington.

Writers featured include Katherine Mansfield, Robin Hyde, Pat Lawlor, Denis Glover, James K. Baxter, Bruce Mason, Lauris Edmond, Maurice Gee, Patricia Grace, Vincent O’Sullivan, Barbara Anderson, Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Eileen Duggan, Bill Manhire – and very special guests Dame Fiona Kidman and Elizabeth Knox.

The Wellington Writers Walk is a project of the Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc.

Seating for this event is limited, please arrive early.

Saturday 13 May, 11am to 12 midday, at Te Māhanga Karori Library

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Wellington Writers Walk 21st anniversary event, Karori Library, Saturday 13 May, 11am–12 midday