Book events and opportunities for writers calendar
Our calendar is full of book events and opportunities for writers organised by bookish groups throughout Aotearoa. Whether it’s a festival, book launch, award, grant, poetry reading or live storytelling event, never miss a book event or writers' opportunity in your community again!
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July
Marlborough Book Festival 2022
An annual weekend of wonderful writers, curious audiences and beautiful Marlborough vistas
SPEAKEASY Writers Festival
SPEAKEASY Writers Fest features some of the most captivating authors in Aotearoa today, both fiction and non-fiction. Over two days, we're inviting you to push your mind to be observant, let curiosity take over, and challenge your perceptions with modern literature.
The festival includes talks, interviews, Q&A sessions, and book signings with award-winning authors, poets, adventurers, and scholars.
Featuring: Abbas Nazari, Christine Leunens, Jacqueline Bublitz, Jared Savage, Jo Morgan, Julie Zarifeh, Mat Ward, Rosetta Allan, Zirk van den Berg.
Their books have been selected for the beautiful way they allow readers to discover and explore elements of everyday life, letting them into the lives of others and connecting to characters as they overcome difficulties and challenges.
Be inspired by the power of words this July!
SPEAKEASY Writers Fest is presented by Taranaki Arts Festival.
Kororā and the Sushi Shop Book Launch - Auckland
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a book reading by the author
Storylines Hui 2022
Storylines Children's Writers and Illustrators' National Hui 2022
Kororā and the Sushi Shop Book Launch - Tākaka
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a reading by the author
Kororā and the Sushi Shop Book Launch - Richmond
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a reading by the author
Kororā and the Sushi Shop Book Launch - Motueka
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a reading by the author
Process and Play with Airini Beautrais
Join writer and poet, Airini Beautrais for this two-day workshop exploring creativity, process, and play, honing in on the places where creativity comes from within ourselves, and the various forms of inspiration we carry with us.
Kororā and the Sushi Shop Book Launch - Wellington
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a reading by the author
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Des Hunt
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Auckland this month.
Closed to Public
2022 Booksellers Aotearoa Conference
Hold the date! Booksellers Aotearoa 99th Annual Conference is scheduled for the last weekend in July.
NZSA Regional Roadshow Tāmaki-makau-rau Auckland
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Regional Roadshow brings professional development to the regions. We are excited to be coming to Tāmaki-makau-rau for our third Regional Roadshow of 2022!
Kororā and the Sushi Shop Book Launch - Nelson
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a reading by the author
August
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Kate De Goldi
Wellington writer Kate De Goldi is visiting schools in Auckland this month.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Brian Falkner
Queensland writer Brian Falkner is visiting schools in Waikato and Auckland this month.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Des Hunt
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Waikato this month.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Mary-anne Scott
Hawke's Bay writer Mary-anne Scott is visiting schools in Canterbury this month.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Apirana Taylor
Wellington writer Apirana Taylor is visiting schools in Hawke's Bay this month.
2022 Auckland Writers Festival
Hold the date! Auckland Writers Festival will (hopefully!) be held in August this year.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Anna McKenzie
Hawke's Bay writer Anna McKenzie is visiting schools in Waikato and Auckland this month.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Des Hunt
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Northland this month. These visits are part of Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Writers in Schools programme and are being delivered with support from Creative NZ.
2022 WORD Christchurch
Hold the date! WORD Christchurch will (hopefully!) be held from 31 August to 4 September this year.
September
$3 Book Fair - September 2022
A $3 Book Fair over ten days at Eureka, Waikato
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by David Riley
Auckland-based author and Reading Warrior David Riley is visiting schools in Mid & South Canterbury this week.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by David Riley
Auckland writer David Riley is visiting schools in South Canterbury this month.
Between the Lines: Central Hawkes Bay Readers and Writers Festival
Hold the date for Between the Lines: Central Hawkes Bay Readers and Writers Festival
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Des Hunt
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Auckland this month.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by James Russell
Auckland writer James Russell is visiting schools in North Canterbury this month.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Deano Yipadee
Queensland writer and musician Deano Yipadee is visiting schools in Central Otago, Dunedin and Southland this month.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Ned Barraud
Wellington writer Ned Barraud is visiting schools in Canterbury this month.
October
2022 NZ Bookshop Day
Hold the date! NZ Bookshop Day for 2022 is scheduled for Saturday 8 October.
2022 ESCAPE!
Tauranga's biennial ESCAPE! festival will (hopefully!) take place in October this year.
Frank Sargeson Memorial Lecture
Frank Sargeson Memorial Lecture, 2022
Speaker: Dame Fiona Kidman
Wednesday 12 October 2022
University of Waikato
Start time: 5.30 pm
Venue TBC
2022 Yarns in Barns: Wairarapa Festival of Reading
Yarns in Barns is the Wairarapa's biennial literary festival for the community with a distinctly rural twist. Bringing together some of New Zealand’s best writers, poets and storytellers for two weeks of events held in an eclectic range of venues across the region. From bookshops to libraries, wineries to wildlife centres and of course, it goes without saying – barns!
Next event: 15-24th October 2022
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Des Hunt
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Taranaki this month.
November
2022 VERB Wellington
Hold the date! VERB Wellington is scheduled for 3-6 November 2022.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Abbas Nazari
Wellington and Christchurch-based author Abbas Nazari is visiting schools in Queenstown and Wanaka this week.
Closed to Public
Writers in Schools visits by Des Hunt
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Auckland this month.
2022 Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Pānui
The Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Pānui (formerly the Book Council Lecture) is a prominent part of the literary landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand. It provides an opportunity for one of our country’s leading writers to discuss an aspect of literature close to their heart.