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A NEW CHAPTER: AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL WAITUHI O TĀMAKI IS A RECORD BREAKER
Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki 2026 (AWF26) has broken all ticket records, making it the biggest event ever in the Festival’s 27 year history. Booklovers streamed through the Aotea Centre and surrounding venues between 12 – 17 May. Ticket sales were over 15% up on 2025 with two more events still to come […]
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‘Outrageously good’ debut takes top fiction honours at 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Poet, memoirist and scholar Ingrid Horrocks has won the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize at the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her fiction debut, All Her Lives, a story collection that follows nine different women across nine different life stages as they resist, nurture and transform. It is the first time in five […]
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Kāpiti Readers and Writers Autumn Series Starts in April
This series is jointly organised by Kāpiti WEA and Bookmark Kāpiti celebrates the people, stories and places of the Kāpiti Coast through a series of engaging weekly conversations with writers, historians and creative thinkers connected to the region. Each session explores how storytelling – through books, film, history and research – helps us understand ourselves and […]
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THE BIGGEST NAMES IN BOOKS ARE COMING TO AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL WAITUHI O TĀMAKI IN MAY 2026
A star-studded line-up bursting with well-known literary powerhouses, global thinkers and fresh new voices will take to the stage for the 27th Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki from 12 – 17 May. Announced today, the programme features more than 220 artists from across the country and the world in over 170 events, creating a […]
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Aotearoa NZ Children’s Book Week
Read NZ Announces Dates! Saturday 15th August – Friday 21st August Children’s authors and illustrators: More info and please register your interest and regional availability to be involved in bookshops or libraries This year, Read NZ Te Pou Muramura are leading the first ever Aotearoa NZ Children’s Book Week Sat 15 of August – Friday the 21st of August […]
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Finalists – Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026
WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2026 Jacinda Ardern’s memoir a finalist in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026 Oxford fellow and former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern’s first book, A Different Kind of Power, has made the shortlist of the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Ardern’s memoir is one of four finalists […]
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The 2026 NFFD competition is open!
Send your best 300 words! Submissions open through 30 April The 2026 judges for the national competition are the award-winning writers Ingrid Horrocks and Louise Wallace. The 2026 youth judge is Josiah Morgan. How to enter can be found on the NFFD Competition page. MICRO MADNESS A free competition open to international writers. For stories up to 100 words. The 2026 […]
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LITERARY FESTIVAL AND NATIONAL AWARD ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION
Te Pae Tawhiti Awards (Distant Horizons) and Hamilton Book Month are pleased to announce their 2026 collaboration, with New Zealand’s newest literary award for speculative fiction to hold its inaugural prize-giving event on 22 August as part of the vibrant month-long festival of literary events. Te Pae Tawhiti founding member, award-winning author Lee Murray, who […]
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Ages of Pages, Hamilton May 2
Where Readers and Authors Connect 9.30am-4pm, Saturday 02 May 2026 Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton Free entry. Discover new and exciting reads * Buy books and have them signed by the author * Meet your favourite authors Find out more Vendor Registration
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Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2026 programme
Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts proudly partners with Verb Wellington for a vibrant weekend Writers programme. Thios year marks 40 years of the festival and we acknowledge all the briliant literary artists who have graced our stages and the wonderful community of readers and writers who have welcoed them. In that spirit, we’re […]
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RAWA Fellowships 2026
RAWA (Readers and Writers Akaroa) delivers a small, friendly literary festival with a big heart. RAWA attracts a high calibre of presenters from across Aotearoa. Our next festival will be held in Akaroa on the weekend of 6-8 March 2026. You can find our full programme here: www.rawafestival.com/2026-programme For RAWA festival 2026, we are delighted […]
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Hamilton Arts Festival Toi Ora ki Kirikiriroa Announces ‘Joyful’ 2026 Programme
20 February – 1 March 2026 The Hamilton Arts Festival Toi Ora ki Kirikiriroa will return in 2026 with an eclectic programme shaped by the theme of joy. The Festival brings together international performers, Aotearoa favourites, an expanded literary weekend and an eclectic mix of theatre, music, dance, comedy and whaanau-friendly events. Festival Director Geoff […]
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