Romance Writers of NZ 2025 conference

This year’s RWNZ conference will be held in Auckland at the Naumi Airport Hotel, Mangere, from 15 – 17 August. The key note speakers are Rachel Johns, Anna Hackett and Michelle Diener from Australia, and Sarah Mclean from the USA. All are award winning authors of popular and genre fiction. Rachel John’s awards include the 2016 ABIA for general fiction, for her book ‘The Patterson Girls’.

Other speakers will cover a wide range of craft and publishing topics, including AI, tropes, traditional and self-publishing, and balancing the writing life with ‘real’ life.

Early bird pricing for the conference ends on June 15. Note that attendees may come to the full 3-day conference, just the weekend, or just the Friday workshop.

The program, more details, and registration forms can be found on the RWNZ website.