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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This is a call to join WORD Christchurch in a new way of programming our awesome annual Festival.
Showcase your connections and community networks, and help shape whose voices are amplified at WORD as one of our 3 Programmers-at-Large. You’ll inspire others, enable voices to soar and help others to hear from your communities loud and clear. Your ideas will be supported by the WORD team. We are so excited about the possibilities!
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A $3 Book Fair over ten days at Eureka, Waikato
The New Zealand Poetry Society are launching their 2021 Anthology - Kissing a Ghost - edited by Tim Jones - online, 1st December!
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BOOK LAUNCH: Mophead Tu
You are invited to the launch of MOPHEAD TU: THE QUEEN'S POEM, Selina Tusitala Marsh's follow-up to her multi-award-winning MOPHEAD.
Acclaimed writer and cartoonist Tom Scott will be in-store at Takapuna Paper Plus signing copies of his new book 'Searching for Charlie'. This is the last opportunity to get a copy of this bestselling book signed before Christmas!
Please join us in the foyer of the historic Trades Hall to launch 5ever, a new publishing house based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara!
The Freedom Shop and Wellington Zinefest are launching the Radical Zine Series.
Book launch for "A Palmy Boy's Story, Growing up in Palmerston North, Paraburdoo and Beyond" by Lawrence Robert McCallum
Life in PN in the 1950s, 60s and early 70s and beyond. Western Australia, The Hippie Trail through Asia in 1975, Gisborne and Kawakawa.
Short talk by the author and then introductions to some of the characters from the book.
Four of our most accomplished writers in New Zealand:- Elizabeth Knox, Tina Makereti, Dylan Horrocks and Craig Gamble. Reading and in conversation about their contributions to Monsters in the Garden: An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Join us to hear Linda Collins discuss her book, Loss Adjustment, with Mary Varnham, publisher at Awa Press. All welcome.
Rachel Kerr author of Victory Park, Carl Shuker author of A Mistake and Michalia Arathimos author of Aukati in conversation with Mary McCallum about setting their fiction in Newtown.
With Jackson Nieuwland reading their poem from their collection I am a human being about working at Newtown Library.
Join us to hear Tom Scott talk about his new book, Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC & Bar (Upstart Press) with Matthew Wright. All welcome.
Please join us for the Wellington celebration of Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand: An Anthology.
Please join us for wine, nibbles and the launch of the NZIER 2020 Summer reading list for the Prime Minister.
Join us for an evening of Christmas music performed by Georgia Jamieson Emms with Hugh McMillan on the piano. As well as some classic Victorian Christmas carols and music inspired by Christmases Mansfield spent in Germany and France, there will be a few Christmas favourites for an old-fashioned singalong and musings on Christmas from Mansfield’s journals and letters.
A richly imagined historical novel. This is a captivating story of love, nature and identity in Napoleon's France by New Zealand author Stephanie Parkyn.
Come and join respected NZ chef, gourmet traveller and author Peta Mathias for a wildly entertaining evening not to be missed! From her latest book ‘Eat Your Heart Out’, Peta will share some dark and delicious stories of love from around the world, intertwined with tempting talk of aphrodisiacs and romantic recipes. Prepare to be taken on an informative, captivating and enchanting journey celebrating the connection between love and food. ...
NZ Institute of Economic Research Inc (NZIER) presents Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister.
Fleur will speak about how she came to be a writer .
What happens when a leading New Zealand scientist (and frequent traveller) rules out flying for a year?
BWB Author Shaun Hendy is travelling around New Zealand by train, ferry and bus to deliver six public talks, in connection with his recently published BWB Text, #NoFly: Walking The Talk on Climate Change – an honest account of one person’s attempt ‘to adapt’ in the face of growing climate anxiety.
Join Shaun Hendy and Robert McLachlan for the final BWB event for 2019, and the last of six events in Hendy’s #NoFly national book tour!
Refreshments from 5.30pm.
Books for sale through Bruce McKenzie Booksellers.
Pavlova Press is calling for submissions of poetry and short prose (fiction or non-fiction, historical or contemporary) based on Kerikeri and its inhabitants past, present and future.
Entries are open for the Charles Brasch Young Writers' Essay Competition, an annual award open to New Zealand writers aged 16 to 21.
Join us as we celebrate contemporary printmaking with artists featured in the newly released book 'Proof: Two Decades of Printmaking'.
Please join us for the launch of Alexa Wilsons’s ‘Theatre of Ocean: Stories of Performance Between Us’ on Thursday 24th November at Wine Cellar off of K-Road from 7pm.
Join writer, and current New Zealand Poet Laureate, Chris Tse for this two-day Kāpiti workshop on Prose Poetry.
In this workshop, participants will take a deep dive into the history of prose poetry and analyse examples of the form before writing and workshopping their own prose poems.
What can prose poetry offer to both writers and readers that other poetic forms can’t?
Nefarious novels at Newtown.
A rare opportunity to come and hear three of Aotearoa's / New Zealand's most outstanding crime writers: Renée, Jennifer Lane and Anne Harré in conversation with Louise Dowdell, and help us launch Renée’s new book Blood Matters. On Friday 18th Nov at 6.30 in our Newtown Branch
FREE
Conversations with Dr Iain McGilchrist
Renowned psychiatrist, author, thinker, and former Oxford literary scholar.
The evening will begin with a lecture from Iain, not to be missed. Followed by champagne and canapés.
This is a great opportunity to meet Dr. Iain McGilchrist and explore his work in greater breadth and depth, as well as engage with like-minded enthusiasts.
Tickets are $125 per night (numbers are limited)
Conversations with Dr Iain McGilchrist
Renowned psychiatrist, author, thinker, and former Oxford literary scholar.
The evening will begin with a lecture from Iain, not to be missed. Followed by champagne and canapés.
This is a great opportunity to meet Dr. Iain McGilchrist and explore his work in greater breadth and depth, as well as engage with like-minded enthusiasts.
Tickets are $125 per night (numbers are limited)
Centenary launch of 'Letters to Lilburn - Douglas MacDiarmid's conversations from the heart' by Anna Cahill.
Launch of 'Letters to Lilburn - Douglas MacDiarmid's conversations from the heart' by Anna Cahill
Kate Camp will read (true) stories from her recent book, as well some poetry linked to the memoir. All welcome. Koha.
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A boutique literary festival based in beautiful Queenstown, New Zealand
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.
This is a fundraiser for a children's charity - the Sarah Lilli Fund - featuring Claire Mabey, Director Verb Wellington and poet and author Harry Ricketts, as well as Donald Armstrong and other NZSO players.
Refreshments from 5pm, programme 5.30 - 7.30pm including auction.
Tickets $25 - from ruth.payne@outlook.com
Wellington and Christchurch-based author Abbas Nazari is visiting schools in Queenstown and Wanaka this week.
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Auckland this month.
The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop is notching up 50 years this year. Dorothy started selling books from her house in the 60s but moved into her first retail shop in 1972 - we think that’s worth a celebration! We'd love you to join us on Sunday 6th November at 5 pm. Please RSVP to shop@dorothybutler.co.nz.
Meteorologist Lisa Murray, MetService NZ’s Head of Weather Communication, is co-author of the new book 'New Zealand’s Wild Weather' and will present an invigorating hour delving into the fascinating facts behind some of this country’s most dramatic weather.
Hold the date! VERB Wellington is scheduled for 3-6 November 2022.
An opportunity to talk to NZ published authors, some of them international best sellers and award winners, buy their books and have them signed. Workshops will be held during the day on the process of writing and publishing a book for anyone interested. There will be a special space for children to have books read to them, enjoy book related entertainment and win books. Raffles held for bundles of signed books and a gold coin donation will be appreciated for Blind Low Vision Library. FREE ENTRY.
The Storylines National Story Tour sends four leading authors and illustrators to visit schools, early childhood education centres, community groups and libraries on each of its tours each year.
The fourth and final night of Going West Live looks at how realities change in ways that aren't always apparent. In multiple sessions across both venues, this event welcomes a wide array of writers who can traverse worlds to reveal deeper understanding of who – and where – we are. With an emphasis on te ao Māori, our invited historians, poets, creative non-fictionalists, novelists and photographers will unpack their work through oratory, kōrero and performance.
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura will hold its annual Pānui (Lecture) on November 10, 2021.
The life-changing power of reading and literature is explored in this year’s compelling Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Pānui (formerly the Book Council Lecture) on November 10, 2021 at the National Library Auditorium (Aitken St entrance) at 6 pm, alert levels allowing.
The organisation is thrilled to announce that Ōtaki playwright Renée (Ngāti Kahungunu) will deliver its 2021 address: "If you don’t get your head out of a book, my girl, you’ll end up on Queer Street."
Join LIANZA and the library and information sector for a three-day conference, virtually and in-person!
You'll be inspired by international and national keynote speakers, engaged in collaborative workshops, and motivated by the many seminars presented by library and information sector colleagues from across New Zealand!
Hold the date!
The 8th annual Verb Festival. Watch this space for details!
Undiscovered Gems, writing competition (closes 1st Dec)
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Julia Millen, The Cuba Press and Unity Books warmly invite you to the launch of Julia's memoir 'Fair Weather Hitchhiker'.
Join us to hear comic artist, Tara Black, discuss her amazing new book, 'This Is Not a Pipe' (VUP), with fellow artist, Dylan Horrocks. All welcome.
The annual Blue Dragon Book Fair in the Ngaio Town Hall, Wellington on Saturday and Sunday 21 and 22 November is a chance to find some amazing book bargains in time for the summer holidays and support a worthy cause at the same time. BYO bags!
Join us for a taste of Tom’s stand-up routine and a chat about 'New Zealanders: The Field Guide' (Harper Collins NZ).
Join us to celebrate the launch of 'Letters To Young People' by Glenn Colquhoun. All welcome.
We're thrilled to announce that Lyttelton poet Ben Brown (Ngāti Māhuta, Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Pāoa) will deliver our 2020 Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Pānui (formerly the Book Council Lecture) at the National Library auditorium in Wellington on November 18.
Celebrate 100 years of one of the most fascinating authors in Brazilian literature in an evening of readings in English and Portuguese.
Applications for Story Tour visits in 2020 are OPEN!
We’re all thinking more about ‘supporting local’ and New Zealand produces outstanding writing.
Join us to celebrate the launch of Railways Studios: How a Government Design Studio Helped Build New Zealand, by Peter Alsop, Neill Atkinson, Katherine Milburn and Richard Wolfe, published by Te Papa Press. All welcome.
Auckland-based Reading Warrior author David Riley will be in Wellington for the local SLANZA meeting.
Three old-timers launch shiny new books published by Victoria University Press. Come for the wine, stay for the company! All welcome.
Join author Pip McKay at Unity Books, for an entertaining lunchtime session.
Join NZ author, Helen Griffiths, as she shares her delightful debut, ‘Treasure Beyond Measure - a Collective Noun Safari’.
Hear Cheyney McDonnell read her book "Thank You For Feeding Freckle", plus do some colouring-in and get a sticker!
Wellington’s favourite indie writers and ideas festival returns this November with a programme packed with Aoetearoa’s top writers, poets, storytellers and journalists.
Misinformation and Disinformation in the Age Of Covid19
Presented by the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival.
David Shanks, NZ Classifications Office Chief Censor, and Kate Hannah, Deputy Director, Equity & Inclusion, Te Pūnaha Matatini, discuss the problem of fake news with journalist & author Stephen Davis.
What is the scale of the problem and how should ‘the authorities’ be working to combat it? Should we all just have fewer opinions? Just read more books…?
Is there a solution?
Unity Books and Huia Publishers invite you to hear renowned Pasifika poet Karlo Mila share readings from Goddess Muscle.
The official launch of the latest thriller by New Zealand author Kirsten McKenzie - The Forger and the Thief.
Set in Florence, Italy, The Forger and the Thief is set amongst the devastating floods of November 1966, where the River Arno ravaged Florence's artworks, architecture and citizens. The launch of The Forger and the Thief coincides with the 54th anniversary of the floods.
Kirsten's previous thrillers - Painted and Doctor Perry, were both bestsellers in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, enjoying a long run in the horror charts. Kirsten is a full time author based in Auckland.
Our closing night special features spoken word and Taonga Puoro (traditional Māori instruments).
Guests/Speakers:
Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh (performing artist)
Rob Thorne (performing artist)
Join Jo Cribb, one of the authors of 'Take Your Space: Successful Women Share Their Secrets' + a panel at this lunchtime discussion.
Come join Lucy and Unity Books for an evening celebrating the spirit of Wellingtonians.
Join us to celebrate the launch of Spaghetti Giraffe and the Egg of Courage, the latest book by Sarah Johnson and Deborah Hinde.
There'll be readings, signings, craft and cake, and a chance to explore the many treasures on offer in Hamilton's best book shop - Book for Kids!
What happens when a leading New Zealand scientist (and frequent traveller) rules out flying for a year?
BWB Author Shaun Hendy is travelling around New Zealand by train, ferry and bus to deliver six public talks, in connection with his recently published BWB Text, #NoFly: Walking The Talk on Climate Change – an honest account of one person’s attempt ‘to adapt’ in the face of growing climate anxiety.
Join Shaun Hendy, Rebecca Priestley (chair) and panelists at the Public Trust Hall for the fifth public talk and discussion of Shaun’s now six-stop, national #NoFly tour.
Refreshments and nibbles will be served
Nau mai, haere mai, piki mai to a celebration of the 2020 Writers programme https://www.festival.nz/events/writers/
as part of the New Zealand Festival of the Arts
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Over two weeks in November, BWB Author Shaun Hendy will travel around New Zealand by train, ferry and bus to deliver five public talks, in connection with his recently published BWB Text, #NoFly: Walking The Talk on Climate Change – an honest account of one person’s attempt ‘to adapt’ in the face of growing climate anxiety.
What happens when a leading New Zealand scientist (and frequent traveller) rules out flying for a year?
Over two weeks in November, BWB Author Shaun Hendy is travelling around New Zealand by train, ferry and bus to deliver five public talks, in connection with his recently published BWB Text, #NoFly: Walking The Talk on Climate Change – an honest account of one person’s attempt ‘to adapt’ in the face of growing climate anxiety.
Join #BWBTexts author, scientist, and frequent traveller Shaun Hendy, with local chair Budyong Hill, in Blenheim to discuss how we can reduce our carbon emissions by flying less – and to share some practical tips from his recent #NoFly year!
What happens when a leading New Zealand scientist (and frequent traveller) rules out flying for a year?
Over two weeks in November, BWB Author Shaun Hendy is travelling around New Zealand by train, ferry and bus to deliver five public talks, in connection with his recently published BWB Text, #NoFly: Walking The Talk on Climate Change – an honest account of one person’s attempt ‘to adapt’ in the face of growing climate anxiety.
Join #BWBTexts author, scientist, and frequent traveller Shaun Hendy, with local chair Ted Howard, in Kaikōura to discuss how we can reduce our carbon emissions by flying less – and to share some practical tips from his recent #NoFly year!
Join author Ian Smith in celebration of the publication of 'Pākehā Settlements in a Māori World', and in recognition of his long career at the University of Otago.
A one-day workshop with Catherine Robertson helps manage the emotional and practical aspects of editing.
Join authors Maria Bargh, Rebecca Priestley, Tim Jones and Jess Richards as they discuss how the climate crisis shapes their work, writing and everyday lives.
This three-day residential writing retreat with award-winning Australian novelist and children’s book author Jesse Blackadder will give you the skills and confidence to turn your story idea into something remarkable.
Over two weeks in November, BWB Author Shaun Hendy will travel around New Zealand by train, ferry and bus to deliver five public talks, in connection with his recently published BWB Text, '#NoFly: Walking The Talk on Climate Change' – an honest account of one person’s attempt ‘to adapt’ in the face of growing climate anxiety.
What happens when a leading New Zealand scientist (and frequent traveller) rules out flying for a year?
Local authors Ben Spies and Isa Pearl Ritchie invite you to their combined book launch at the Children's Bookshop in Kilbirnie, Welington.
Drinks and nibbles provided.
RSVP:
WORD Christchurch is pleased to announce the return of three of the biggest hits of the 2018 festival. Poets Omar Musa (Australia), Michael Pedersen (Scotland) and Dominic Hoey (New Zealand) will once again come together from different parts of the globe to regale you with poetry.
Unity Books Wellington and Victoria University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of
ALL WHO LIVE ON ISLANDS
BY ROSE LU
to be launched by Nina Mingya Powles. All welcome.
WORD Christchurch, in association with Penguin Random House New Zealand, is proud to present an evening with Zadie Smith, one of the most critically acclaimed and important literary voices of a generation.
BWB author and historian Benjamin Kingsbury discusses his new book, 'The Dark Island', with chair Dr Miranda Johnson.
Book Launch for Catherine Chidgey's first book for children.
Afternoon tea, a colouring competition and a reading - bring the family.
Local teenage author Ben Spies launches his fourth book - a science fiction for older children called 2020.
A National Hui for children’s writers and illustrators will take place in Dunedin over the weekend of 8-10 November, 2019, in association with Storylines.
Some of the country’s best and most beloved children’s book creators will join influential industry professionals to deliver a diverse programme of workshops, keynotes, and panel discussions – right in the heart of New Zealand’s UNESCO City of Literature. Full programme details will be released shortly. Contact co-convenors Trish Brooking (trishbrooking@gmail.com) or Jackie McMillan (jackie.mcmillan@dcc.govt.nz) for more information.
Unity Books and Te Papa Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of
PROTEST TAUTOHETOHE: OBJECTS OF RESISTANCE, PERSISTANCE AND DEFIANCE
by Stephanie Gibson, Matariki Williams & Puawai Cairns
All welcome.
A five-day writers festival celebrating Aotearoa authors and international guests. The festival features LitCrawl (25 events in 3.5 hours in 25 venues in Wellington's CBD) on Saturday 9 November. The programme is launched on 4 September.
The second of a two-day workshop with Lynn Jenner which looks at tuning in to the sound and rhythm of your sentences and paragraphs.
The first will take place on October 19 (see separate listing).
Unity Books Wellington & Allen & Unwin NZ warmly invite you to hear Mike White discuss his new book, 'How to Walk a Dog' illustrated by Sharon Murdoch, with Jeremy Taylor (Slow Boat Records). All welcome.
Join historian and author Barbara Brookes and Puke Ariki curators as they explore the history of New Zealand women through objects and artworks from the museum’s extensive collection. This engaging presentation will encourage us to see New Zealand’s history through a female lens: from the points of view of wives, daughters, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and aunts.
Unity Books & Victoria University Press warmly invite you to hear Anne Kennedy discuss her new novel with Pip Adam.
Unity Books Wellington & Otago University Press warmly invite you to the launch of My Body, My Business: New Zealand Sex Workers in an Era of Change by Caren Wilton photographs by Madeleine Slavick
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub inspired a flurry of reactions around the country when he declared in a column for Stuff that ‘tax is love’. In this BWB Winter Series event Shamubeel will be joined by Lisa Marriott, Jess Berentson-Shaw and chair Max Rashbrooke to debate the nature of tax: is it love or is it theft? Come along, hear the discussion, and make up your own mind.
This event is part of the BWB Winter Series. BWB acknowledges the support of Creative New Zealand.
Unity Books and Te Papa Press warmly invite you to join us for the launch of "Scenic Playground: The Story Behind NZ’s Mountain Tourism"
by Peter Alsop, Dave Bamford and Lee Davidson
A launch party for Onward Knits, a book of knitting patterns inspired by the Wellington Railway Station.
The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection
invite you to a talk by
Kay Hancock
Of bush and birds: New Zealand as 'fairyland'
Join twelve-year old author Ben Spies and children's author and tutor Helen Vivienne Fletcher in their combined Book Launch set to inspire young writers.
Author Michael Botur reads short stories from his new collection 'TRUE?' at Time Out Bookstore, Mt Eden, Auckland.
Riders of Fire book launch—a new teen dragon series by award-winning author, Eileen Mueller. Dragons, archery, swords & cosplay. Crafts & prizes. Fun for all ages.
This workshop, co-taught by writer Pip Adam and visual artist Rebekah Rasmussen, is an opportunity to make visual art and then write.
Ben Brown was born in Motueka and is of Waikato-Tainui descent. The 2009 writer-in-residence at Hagley College in Christchurch, he was awarded the Maori Writer’s Residency at the Michael King Writers' Centre in 2011. Brown turned his book, The Kindling and the Blaze: Reflections on the Concept of Mana, into a performance piece that explored the Maori concept of mana; the book was shortlisted in the 2014 Nga Kupu Ora Aotearoa Maori Book Awards.
Inside.Out (est. 2012 and going strong) is open mic for writers. Bring your writing - poetry, flash, short story, novel extracts, non fiction or performance poetry and spoken word - to read at the mic, or come as audience. Everyone welcome, including creative writing students of all ages and first-time readers.
Join editor Mike Joy to celebrate the launch of Mountains to Sea: Solving New Zealand’s Freshwater Crisis.
Join Unity Books and Potton & Burton for the launch of 'Tart & Bitter: Four Decades of Dining Nightmares' by David Burton. All welcome!
Unity Books & Massey University Press warmly invite you to the launch of Damian Skinner’s new book 'THEO SCHOON: A BIOGRAPHY'.
Join Unity Books & Luncheon Sausage Books as editor Steve Braunias introduces his new poetry anthology 'The Friday Poem: 100 New Zealand Poems'. With readings from Dame Fiona Kidman, Bill Manhire, Joy Holley, James Brown & Tayi Tibble.
Featherston Booktown hosts an event to mark the centenary of the Armistice on 11 November, titled ‘In the Shadow of War’ which explores eminent historian, Paul Ham’s writings that “The victory of 1918 destroyed our civilisation. Nothing can make that worthwhile.”
Join Unity Books & Massey University Press for a lunchtime event!
Deborah Shepard in conversation with her publisher Nicola Legat, and with readings by Dame Fiona Kidman and Patricia Grace.
Unity Books & The Cuba Press warmly invite you to a lunchtime event with poets Saradha Koirala & Nicola Easthope as they read from their new poetry collections.
Join Unity Books Wellington & Potton & Burton for the launch of 'Birdstories: A History of the Birds of New Zealand' by Geoff Norman.
‘Knowledge Beats Shame’
On 5 November 1881, over 1500 colonial troops and their Māori allies invaded the village of Parihaka near the Taranaki coast. Many people were expelled, buildings destroyed, and rangatira Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi were jailed.
Join Taranaki kaumātua and Treaty negotiator Hon Mahara Okeroa (Taranaki, Te Ātiawa) and Dr Rachel Buchanan (Taranaki, Te Ātiawa), author of BWB Text Ko Taranaki Te Maunga, at the National Library for the anniversary of te pāhuatanga, the invasion of Parihaka.
Love to Write? Craving some focused writing time?
Or maybe you just want to get your creative groove back.
Join me for the BIG Mid-Spring Write-In - an inspiring one-day writing event that will motivate you to nail your writing goal - no matter how big or small.
To celebrate the launch of Dream Life and her debut book ‘Your Dream Life Starts Here’, kikki.k Founder, Kristina Karlsson will be joined by Dr. Tererai Trent – Oprah Winfrey’s all-time favourite guest at our Lambton Quay store for a book signing event.
Join us for a Diwali feast of words with Brannavan Gnanalingam, Rajorshi Chalraborti, Sudha Rao, romesh dissanayake, Rupa Maitra and Ronia Ibrahim.
This event is run in partnership with The Cuba Press. Chai and sweets for afters!
Join us for a Diwali feast of words with Brannavan Gnanalingam, Rijula Das, Sudha Rao, romesh dissanayake, Rajorshi Chakraborti and Rupa Maitra.
This event is run in partnership with The Cuba Press. Chai and sweets for afters!
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Taranaki this month.
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
Frank Sargeson Memorial Lecture, 2022
Speaker: Dame Fiona Kidman
Wednesday 12 October 2022
University of Waikato
Start time: 5.30 pm
Venue TBC
Tauranga's biennial ESCAPE! festival will (hopefully!) take place in October this year.
Join us for a behind-the-scenes peek at the world of publishing and editing. Poet Laureate Chris Tse will chair a panel of graduates and ākonga of the Whitireia Publishing Programme, who will reveal the realities of editing and being edited. Bring your burning publishing questions!
A book festival for Kiwi self-published authors to present their books for sale and signing and chat with the public. A treat for all book lovers to browse the many genres. Children will be especially catered for with entertainment by authors and heaps of books to buy. Writing workshops for aspiring writers, book bundle raffles and spot prizes - of books of course! Book printers, mentors, editors and publishers also represented.
An awesome day for the whole family.
Join writer, Lynn Jenner for this one-day Kāpiti workshop exploring how theme words tell a story and the ways in which we can use them for deeper and stranger works of fiction and non-fiction.
Hold the date! NZ Bookshop Day for 2022 is scheduled for Saturday 8 October.
Free four day literary festival designed to free your mind through workshops, performances, panels and more.
Local food writer Nicola Galloway chats to Margo and Rosa Flanagan (AKA ‘Two Raw Sisters’) about their new cookbook, Salad.
Join Chris Tse, Ruby Solly and AJ Fitzwater to celebrate the breadth and diversity within Aotearoa’s rainbow literary community.
Steve Braunias speaks with Miro Bilbrough about her memoir, In The Time of the Manaroans, which he declared on Newsroom the ‘best written book of non-fiction of 2020’.
Former NZ Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh shares the stage with two of Aoteaora’s most extraordinary young poets – Ruby Solly and Tayi Tibble – as they perform poems from their latest collections.
Hear from three contributors to the new anthology, A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices From Aotearoa New Zealand: Angelique Kasmara, Rose Lu and Chris Tse.
Crime writer Alan Carter interrogates Steve Braunias and Jared Savage, two of Aotearoa's best journalists, about their new true crime books.
Kim Hill invites Jason Boberg, Mike Joy, Dave Lowe and Kera O’Regan to explain why there’s still hope we can respond to the climate crisis.
In her introduction to the new anthology, Climate Aotearoa: What’s happening and what we can do about it, Rt Hon Helen Clark reflects that while governments and businesses around the world have been forced to act in response to Covid-19, why isn’t the same true in the case of the climate crisis?
Airini Beautrais and Charlotte Grimshaw have both won awards for their short story collections. Hear from them about the attractions and challenges of the format.
Octavia Cade, Kirsten McDougall and Clare Moleta discuss their extraordinary female protagonists living in a time of cataclysmic change.
In this kaupapa Māori kōrero facilitated by Olivia Hall, four wāhine – Ruby Solly, Hinemoa Elder, Hana Tapiata and Kerensa Johnston – share their wisdom about wellbeing.
From the peaks of the Southern Alps to the darkest reaches of the universe, Nic Low and Annette Lees guide us through their journeys of discovery.
Who gets noticed? Who gets ignored? Pip Adam and Jacqueline Bublitz discuss their compelling and provocative novels, which defy fiction tropes.
A deep-dive discussion with Charlotte Grimshaw about her explosive new memoir, facilitated by filmmaker and fellow memoirist Miro Bilbrough.
A writing workshop to help you embrace the strange and describe the indescribable, led by writer and taonga pūoro practitioner Ruby Solly (Kāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe).
Register Now on our website: https://writerspractice.nz/events/kickstarter-online/
Do you have a story you’re burning to tell but don’t know how to tackle it? Whether fiction, memoir or narrative based non-fiction, you’ll learn how to centre a story around a point of view character, tying plot, character and theme together to create a unified whole.
Day One will be all about exploring structure, character and voice through writing exercises.
Day Two will workshop the ideas developed in Day One, and provide the steps needed to carry the project forwards to a successful conclusion.
Limit of 12 participants. Apply for limited scholarships at our website.
Cost: $120
The Great Write Inn is a weekend for writers of all genres.
Ignite your passion as a story teller and celebrate the Edwardian Era. 36 Writers will get exclusive access to explore Olveston Historic Home. Then choose a Room, a Character and an Object. Be inspired to create a unique story.
Created by writers for writers, featuring Catherine Chidgey, Diane Brown, Emily Writes, Fiona Farrell, Amy Scott, Fiona Cole, Emma Neale, Beverly Martens and other special guests.
Info and tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/the-great-write-inn
Register Now for this two day Writers Practice workshop in Kāpiti https://writerspractice.nz/events/fiction-landscape/
Join Wellington novelist Sue Orr for this two-day workshop, exploring ways in which fiction can be grafted onto the canvas of non-fictional life to create exciting contemporary narrative. Writers will engage with each other to kickstart their fiction, then turn to the real world for inspiration allowing the work take flight.
This course is for both novice and experienced fiction writers keen to experiment with writing fiction against a real life landscape.
You will be writing a fictional scene based on another person’s profound experience, then developing that scene by grafting it on to a true-life landscape. You will leave the second workshop with the solid beginning of a unique fictional story set against a real, recognisable landscape – ready for you to develop further into either short or long form story.
Limit of 12 participants. Please fill out this form to apply for a scholarship
If we are unable to meet in person due to raised alert levels, then this workshop will be offered online.
Support your favourite place to buy books by visiting on New Zealand Bookshop Day!
The third Going West Live event again features concurrent sessions across two venues. This time, we explore fictional realities: the novel, drama, film, short stories and more. Writers, musicians and other artists will bring texts alive through performance and improvisation, oratory and kōrero. Expect conversations and readings with powerhouse writers and multimedia sessions with award-winning non-fiction writers.
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce that Tessa Duder CNZM OBE is the NZSA 2021-2022 President of Honour. This prestigious honour is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving NZSA member in recognition of their contribution to writing and writers and the literary arts sector in Aotearoa.Each year, The NZSA President of Honour delivers the prestigious annual NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture – an event that comments on the literary sector. This year’s event will be held at Old Government House, Auckland University, October 5.
A United Nations 75th anniversary art exhibition, bringing forward authentic Māori, indigenous and many cultures artistic visions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Who will be Wellington's Slam Champ 2020? Motif Poetry and Poetry in Motion Wellington bring you Wellington's top performance poets. The winners will travel to Christchurch in November to compete for the title of New Zealand Slam Champ.
Be quick, this event always sells out!
New Dates! Mark your diaries... the 2020 WORD Christchurch Festival will now be taking place from 30 October - 1 November, with a new grassroots programme.
The official launch of 'Dietvale', a horror thriller from multi-genre New Zealand author, Andrene Low.
From the co-developers of Squiggla and Te Uru
Join Otago University Press in celebrating the launch of Martin Edmond’s Bus Stops on the Moon: Red Mole days 1974–1980.
Launch of the fourth issue of NMIT’s arts and literary journal "kiss me hardy".
Cliff Fell and John Newton perform parts of their hybrid works, an epic poem and a verse novel.
Annabel Langbein discusses her new memoir, Bella: My Life in Food, with Nicola Galloway.
Ian Trafford and William Moloney have both written fascinating novels based on their grandfathers’ WWI diaries.
Christine Leunens and Alexandra Tidswell discuss how they work with both research and imagination when creating characters from the past.
Miriam Lancewood talks with Kerry Sunderland about her gripping sequel to the international bestseller, "Woman in the Wilderness".
Two-hour workshop with award-winning YA author Mandy Hager
Multi-award winning author of fiction for young adults Mandy Hager in conversation with local YA writers Rachael Craw, Brin Murray and Robyn Prokop.
Eamonn Marra and Lil O’Brien discuss the balance between comedy and tragedy in their debut books.
The launch of a new collection of Poetry by Janis Freegard.
Panel discussion about our multicultural whenua
Behrouz Boochani and Golriz Ghahraman in conversation with journalist Anke Richter.
Comedy writing masterclass with stand-up comedian and novelist Eamonn Marra
What does it mean to speak from the whenua?
Do you want to hear about new directions in Māori literature?
Come, put your ear to the land, and listen to the writings of Te Whē ki Tukorehe.
Auckland based author of the Dragons Brothers and Dragon Defenders books (with augmented reality app!) will be visiting schools around Christchurch this week.
Nelson literary festival Pukapuka Talks presents a varied programme of topical and stimulating talks, discussions and workshops with appeal to readers, writers and people who like to have something to think about.
Featuring Rachel McAlpine performing from her new collection of poems, "How to Be Old".
The next in Te Uru's Inspire Series
We are very excited to announce our first ever author event at Wellington's fabulous new Te Awe library.
Six Southern poets and prose writers giving a very special lunch time reading. All hail from Dunedin or Southland.
Including; Kay McKenzie Cooke, Richard Langston, Tim Jones, Nick Ascroft, Madison Hamill and Jenny Powell, with Mary McCallum reading some of the late Elizabeth Brooke-Carr’s work.
Applications for Story Tour visits in 2020 are OPEN!
Christchurch based slam poet Daisy Lavea-Timo is visiting schools in Hawke's Bay this week.
Hawke's Bay based author Gareth Ward is visiting schools in Northland this week.
HB Readers and Writers Festival presents Sir Tipene O'Regan, Takerei Norton and Helen Brown
Witi Ihimaera in conversation with Marty Smith
Annabel Langbein in conversation with Lizzie Russell at the Hawkes Bay Readers and Writers Festival.
HB Readers and Writers Festival presents Mark Vette and Mike White in conversation with Louise Ward
HB Readers and Writers Festival presents James Russell and Gareth Ward in an interactive event for young minds
HB Readers and Writers Festival presents Adele Broadbent and Mary-anne Scott in conversation with Gareth Ward
A ‘pop-up’ version of the popular Escape! festival will take place in Tauranga on October 17 and 18 with tickets on sale from September 16.
HB Readers and Writers Festival presents Matt Calman and Steve Gurney in conversation with Louise Ward
Join us on October 17th- NZ Bookshop Day for - Book Feast -a book festival for children
We have so many talented authors here in New Zealand and abroad, and WBAJ is the place to meet them!
The Little Festival with Big Ideas
HB Readers and Writers Festival presents Nalini Singh, Charity Norman and Cynric Temple Camp in conversation wit Lynda Corner
HB Readers and Writers Festival presents Mark Sweet, Catherine Robertson and Cristina Sanders in conversation with Lizzie Russell
Workshop Offering: Short and sweet - an introduction to the art of short form journalism - Mike White, $30, places limited. Book at hbaf.co.nz
A weekend of smart conversation from some of our best writers, thinkers and speakers
Join us to celebrate the publication of Kristian Fredrikson: Designer - by Michelle Potter (Melbourne Books).
Join us for a lunchtime discussion with authors, Eamonn Marra (2000ft Above Worry Level) and Murdoch Stephens (Rat King Landlord).
Poetry reading from Anahera Gildea, Laniyuk, Areez Katki, Henrietta Bollinger, Aziembry Aolani, Michaela Keeble, Dallas Karangaroa and...
Save the date! Wairarapa's biennial literary festival happening.
Adapted from the popular children's book by Malcolm Clarke. A Tu Meke Tūī! and Auckland Live production. Presented by Tour-Makers.
Join us for a lunchtime author talk as award winning novelist David Coventry is joined in discussion by Brannavan Gnanalingam.
Join Rose Carlyle, author of the #1 bestseller The Girl in the Mirror, for this author talk and book signing at Unity Wellington.
Adapted from the popular children's book by Malcolm Clarke. A Tu Meke Tūī! and Auckland Live production. Presented by Tour-Makers. Part of the Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival 2020.
Join us to celebrate the launch of Stuff that's Loud: A Teen's Guide to Unspiralling When OCD Gets Noisy.
Adapted from the popular children's book by Malcolm Clarke. A Tu Meke Tūī! and Auckland Live production. Presented by Tour-Makers
Celebrating the launch of 'A Baa-rilliant Adventure' - what happens to the sheep when their shepherds run off to Bethlehem ...
The latest from James Charlton
Here’s your chance to get informed about the End of Life Choice Act with journalist and author of best-selling book The Final Choice, Caralise Trayes.
Here’s your chance to get informed about the End of Life Choice Act with journalist and author of best-selling book The Final Choice, Caralise Trayes.
Here’s your chance to get informed about the End of Life Choice Act with journalist and author of best-selling book The Final Choice, Caralise Trayes.
Join in the spooky fun to celebrate the launch of The Uncomfortable Glass Slippers! There will definitely be treats if you come dressed up, as well as games, awesome books for sale and
Author Jade Kake is joined by Aroha Shelford, Eamon Nathan, Wiki Walker and Brandon Edwards at Whangārei Terenga Parāoa Marae for a discussion of her new book Rebuilding the Kāinga: Lessons from Te Ao Hurihuri.
Unity Books Wellington & Auckland University Press warmly invite you to a lunchtime author event with
PETER SIMPSON
in conversation with curator, reviewer and author Jill Trevelyan about
'Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction, Vol. I 1919–1959'.
Unity Books Wellington & Auckland University Press warmly invite you to a lunchtime author event with
PETER SIMPSON
in conversation with curator, reviewer and author Jill Trevelyan about
'Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction, Vol. I 1919–1959'.
Wham Bam Author Jam is a charity book signing event, showcasing authors from New Zealand and Australia.
FREE EVENT: "Flow Generation. A Survival Guide for our unpredictable lives."
by Vera Sprothen and Nicoló Andreula
Mandy Hager launches this non-fiction book, looking at four pivotal events in NZ history and how it affected our social evolution.
Source material, links and resources
Unity Books Wellington, Mary Macpherson and The Cuba Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Social Media' by Mary Macpherson with readings by The Meow Gurrrls. All welcome.
Write a short story, a poem or some lyrics inspired by Christchurch's rich street art and get published! We are offering a series of workshops plus guided tour to work on your ideas. Open to writers, budding and established, of all ages.
Meet the author and artist!
Meet Lee Kimber and Matt Kambic and purchase one of the first copies of this wonderful new book!
A two-day workshop with Lynn Jenner which looks at tuning in to the sound and rhythm of your sentences and paragraphs.
This listing is for the first workshop. See the separate listing for the second part, which will be held on November 2.
Unity Books Wellington and The New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Females In The Frame: Women, Art, And Crime' by Penelope Jackson.
All welcome.
The first ever theatre production of New Zealand’s first great novel. Red Leap brings the delight of reading to life, bringing their signature devising styles to beloved author Janet Frame
Unity Books Wellington and Victoria University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of The Burning River by Lawrence Patchett. All welcome.
Join author Benjamin Kingsbury in Christchurch in conversation with Sally Blundell (chair) to celebrate the launch of his new book, The Dark Island: Leprosy in New Zealand and the Quail Island Colony.
Author and architectural designer Jade Kake talks with Jess Berentson-Shaw about the resurgence of contemporary papakāinga – and her vision for the future.
Join acclaimed historian Vincent O’Malley in Dunedin for a public talk on the New Zealand Wars.
Write a short story, a poem or some lyrics inspired by Christchurch's rich street art and get published! We are offering a series of workshops plus guided tour to work on your ideas. Open to writers, budding and established, of all ages.
Whether you are writing short fiction, a novel, or a work of creative non-fiction there is always a way in which your story will want best to be told.
Acclaimed New Zealand author Elizabeth Knox (The Vintner's Luck), will support you to find a clear direction for your story - and, along the way, you'll learn to become a shrewder, more flexible, confident and daring storyteller.
Unity Books Wellington and Allen & Unwin warmly invite you to a lunchtime author event with Mike Chunn discussing his memoir 'A Sharp Left Turn: Notes on a life in music, from Split Enz to Play It Strange' with Radio NZ’s Bryan Crump. All welcome.
BRING YOUR WRITING - poetry, flash fiction, micro fiction, short story, novel excerpts, performance poetry etc - to share at the open mic (up to 6 mins max) , or come as audience to hear what's brand new.To read, just sign up on the open mic list as you arrive. Everyone welcome.( For prose, please time your piece aloud beforehand.) Inside.Out and Cafe One2One have been providing this space for writers since 2012.
Unity Books Wellington and Massey University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'We Are Here: An Atlas of Aotearoa' by Chris McDowall and Tim Denee. All welcome.
The Book Launch, for Gertie and the Geese, published by Mahi Books. Following on from the publication of Barkell and Mr Arkell last year, this is the second book in the series about event and characters from the lost suburb of Newton East, Auckland.
Learn to create illustrations like a published illustrator - with a published illustrator!
This Hostile Place: Carl Shuker and Lawrence Patchett
Join award-winning journalist Mihingarangi Forbes and acclaimed historian Vincent O’Malley on the legacy and impact of The New Zealand Wars
Te Hā National Māori Writer’s Hui. More info to follow...
The first ever theatre production of New Zealand’s first great novel by the late Janet Frame. Red Leap brings the delight of reading to life, bringing their signature devising styles to a beloved author. Set in Oamaru, this is a special show about small town love, grief and hope.
We would love you to join us for the launch of our 2019 reading research on Thursday October 3, 2019.
Join us for a special evening with two acclaimed storytellers who craft suspenseful tales centred on unforgettable protagonists.
A festival for young writers and everyone who loves literature.
Unity Books Wellington & Geoscience Society of New Zealand warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of
'Flying High: The Photography of Lloyd Homer' by Simon Nathan
to be launched by the Rt Hon Simon Upton. All welcome.
Unity Books Wellington and Victoria University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Craven', the debut poetry collection by Jane Arthur. All welcome.
Learn to write stories like a published author - with a published author! On our fun holiday workshops.
Learn to write stories like a published author - with a published author!
In this BWB Winter Series event, Lana Lopesi, author of the newly released BWB Text False Divides, is in conversation with writer and curator Emma Ng discussing the question: is the Pacific Ocean - Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa - a divider or a connector?
You are warmly invited to the launch of 'Veil Over The Light: Selected Spiritual Writings' by Joy Cowley.
Even if you’ve only written a To-Do list before, this very first South Auckland Writers Festival may be just what you need to hit the ground writing.
The aim of our festival is to provide an event for writers that has a uniquely South Auckland flavour.
Unity Books & Escalator Press warmly invite you to a lunchtime author event with L.J. Ritchie discussing his new book 'Monsters of Virtue' with Madeleine Collinge.
As part of FESTA 2018 and following the Death Cafe, join Freerange Press at the Space Academy as they launch the inaugural edition of the new Radical Futures series, Death and Dying in New Zealand.
Join Freerange Press, contributors to their book Kai and culture: Food stories from Aotearoa, and invited guests for a symposium where they explore some of the issues involved in the growing, making and eating of our food, and its potential for positive impact in our cities.
Golden Bay Live Poets presents The Word, The Reckoning and The Rose, three Nelson and Golden Bay poets with diverse styles, genuine voices and a love for the written and spoken word. They are Mark Raffills, Henry Ludbrook and Rose Michel von Dreger.
Join Unity Books & Luncheon Sausage Books to celebrate the release of
'KARORI' CONFIDENTIAL: SELECTED POEMS by Leah McFall
Gecko Press and Scorpio Books warmly invite you to celebrate the release of Cook's Cook, the Cook who Cooked for Captain Cook by Gavin Bishop at Tūranga in Christchurch.
The recipients of the 2018 Prime Ministers Awards for Literary Achievement will read and discuss their work with Radio New Zealand journalist and Nine to Noon host Kathryn Ryan.
Escalator Press & Unity Books warmly invite you to a lunchtime author event with Adrienne Jansen, in conversation with Brannavan Gnanalingam, to celebrate the launch of Adrienne’s new book 'A Change of Key'.
Join Adrienne and Brannavan as they discuss their recent publications and the representation of the migrant and refugee experience in New Zealand literature.
Unity Books Wellington & Awa Press warmly invite you to the launch of 'The Heart of Jesús Valentino: A Mother’s Story' by Emma Gilkison.
The IIML is delighted to announce the addition of this special event to the 2018 Writers on Mondays series: spread the word, it’s going to be good! Please note the change from our usual venue in Te Papa.
The Score is back!
Remember The Score's odd and lovable characters? Adrienne Jansen picks up their story in her new novel.
Featuring violinist Vanya Mateeva, a glimpse of behind-the-scenes research, and a competition for the kids about mice!
Our Superbaby! A picture book by Maris O’Rourke and illustrated by Helen Bell will be launched by Dr Libby Limbrick- researcher, children’s literature expert and chair of Storylines.
Part Two of the popular Next Page sessions features readings from Andrei Seleznev, Charlotte Forrester, Sinead Overbye, Tim Grgec, Johanna Knox, Anna Rankin, Laura Southgate, Madison Hamill, Tracey Schuyt and Rose Lu, introduced by Emily Perkins.
Meet award-winning author Stacy Gregg, creator of the Pony Club Secrets and Pony Club Rivals series, at selected Whitcoulls Auckland stores these school holidays.
Queensland writer and musician Deano Yipadee is visiting schools in Central Otago, Dunedin and Southland this month.
Wellington writer Ned Barraud is visiting schools in Canterbury this month.
Sue Orr interviewed by Noelle McCarthy about LOOP TRACKS.
INTERVIEW / Q+A / BOOK-SIGNING
“I’m very excited to discuss Loop Tracks with Noelle — she understands social and familial politics so well, and writes about them with great curiosity and insight in her memoir Grand. There are significant similarities between New Zealand’s and Ireland’s history when it comes to women’s reproductive rights. And then there’s the recent overturning in the USA of Roe v Wade, sadly reminding us that these rights can never be taken for granted.” -- Sue Orr
“Loop Tracks is one of my favourite novels of the last 12 months, a clever and finely wrought exploration of the ways the past reverberates inside us, and of how secrets and patterns echo down the generations. I'm really looking forward to talking to Sue about the characters she's created and about the historic – and more recent – events that inspired this story.” - Noelle McCarthy
Behrouz Boochani in conversation with Massoud Hossaini and Nicky Hager
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Auckland this month.
Auckland writer James Russell is visiting schools in North Canterbury this month.
Auckland’s Pop-up Book Fair is BACK!
New Zealand Red Cross and the students of Rangitoto College are proudly hosting this year’s Pop-Up Book Fair 📚📚
Hold the date for Between the Lines: Central Hawkes Bay Readers and Writers Festival
The CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants are open for 2022.
Auckland writer David Riley is visiting schools in South Canterbury this month.
Auckland-based author and Reading Warrior David Riley is visiting schools in Mid & South Canterbury this week.
Join writer Tusiata Avia for a writing workshop. The workshop costs $50 and include lunch. Spaces are limited to 16. Email jfestrust@gmail.com to book your spot.
Join us to hear writer Tusiata Avia in dialogue with Hana Halalele. It will be an informative and entertaining evening. This event is free.
A $3 Book Fair over ten days at Eureka, Waikato
Seeking The Light : Presentation and Book Launch
Edgewater Resort, Sargood Drive, Wanaka
Thursday 1 September 2022 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Tickets: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2022/seeking-the-light-presentation-and-book-launch/wanaka
IGNITION CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL 2021
Fire up your imagination at the only festival in South Island New Zealand dedicated exclusively to children’s books!
Visit www.ignitionkids.nz for more details
30th September - 5th October 2021
Venues throughout Dunedin, South Otago and Waitaki
A Festival of organized events for readers and writers
Come join us at New Zealand's only regular online poetry event with a seemingly wholesome but utterly ridiculous community - this Sunday for our much loved open mic, with poets performing from all over the world, and feature session!
https://www.facebook.com/events/560742565249574
Cherry Publishing is releasing Get You the Moon, a young adult romance between rivals. To celebrate, Time Out Bookstore in their upstairs space will be hosting an event. It'll start at 5:30pm and finish at 8:30pm.
There'll be finger food, copies to buy and you can bring your own copy to be signed. There'll be giveaways and readings from the book.
Release date for the book is yet to be announced!
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Regional Roadshow brings professional development to the regions
Auckland-based author David Riley is visiting schools around Timaru this week.
The Storylines National Story Tour sends four leading authors and illustrators to visit schools, early childhood education centres, community groups and libraries on each of its tours each year.
In concurrent sessions across two venues, our second Going West Live event will deliver powerful readings from established and emerging writers, punchy conversations about critical contemporary issues and provocative performance poetry. This event covers non-fiction, documentary, journalism, creative non-fiction, fact-based poetry and narratives of resistance.
New Zealand's only regular online poetry slam! Always online and always pay-what-you-can-afford, because accessibility is important, irrespective of lockdown status.
Join us in celebrating the launch of 'Te Papa to Berlin: The making of two museums' by author Ken Gorbey (Otago University Press).
Curious Tamariki at Te Uru
Adapted from the popular children's book by Malcolm Clarke. A Tu Meke Tūī! and Auckland Live production. Presented by Tour-Makers.
Te Uru's next school holiday programmes.
Hear and meet best-selling author and journalist Caralise Trayes.
A very special Ōtepoti Writers Lab session to celebrate the magic of collaboration!
Free yourself from self-criticism and learn how to slip into flow-state at this psychologically minded writing workshop.
Open to slam poets of any age, with the winner representing the Otago Region in the national competition.
Readings from writers who whakapapa Pasifika and Māori curated by Faith Wilson and Essa Ranapiri.
Join award-winning comedy writers Abby Howells and Rosie Howells as they take you on a journey through your own mind to generate ideas for your next project - whether it be for a stand-up set, a feature film or a play.
Adapted from the popular children's book by Malcolm Clarke. A Tu Meke Tūī! and Auckland Live production. Presented by Tour-Makers.
Come browse, buy and blow your own mind at the annual Dunedin Zinefest! Sample the DIY wares of local poets, illustrators, artists, designers and zinesters.
Fall into failure and free yourself from the fear of it with award-winning playwright Nathan Joe.
Come make a zine of your very own while you peruse the stalls at the Dunedin Zinefest! An open space to come hang, have some fun and make whatever you want. We’ll bring the supplies you bring the inspiration! Zinesters will be on hand to help you craft a zine of your very own.
Open Tues-Sun, 10am-4:30pm
An exhibition of new work made during the artist's McCahon House residency.
National Slam Champion, poet and toast enthusiast Jordan Hamel is here to teach you how to talk. Not really, but he IS here with a fun and friendly workshop to help you explore different ways of performing your words, prep for the Slam Competition tonight, and answer the question: what is performance poetry anyway?
Come test your literary knowledge at this fun and friendly pub quiz! Hosted by Radio One whizz Henessey Griffiths.
How well do you remember your childhood? How well could you remember someone else’s?
Playwright and culture editor for The Spinoff, Sam Brooks talks about working in the media in a modern age, using his experience of working across a range of publications, both online and print.
Personal essays and op-eds are dynamite right now, but there’s much more to a good one than just a fiery anecdote.
Being a playwright in Aotearoa means existing in a niche within an already tiny niche.
Climate change is crucial to how we imagine our futures and make choices.
Join us for the Auckland launch of an exquisite new memoir by Barbara Sumner.
It's the official opening of the sixth annual NZ Young Writers' Festival and we want to celebrate with you!
The New Zealand Young Writers Festival (NZYWF) is an annual four-day programme of workshops, panel discussions and performances by and for young writers.
Hear and meet best-selling author and journalist Caralise Trayes.
Hear and meet best-selling author and journalist Caralise Trayes.
Adapted from the popular children's book by Malcolm Clarke. A Tu Meke Tūī! and Auckland Live production, presented by Tour-Makers.
Open Tues-Sun, 10am-4:30pm
The first substantial presentation of Joyce Campbell's practice.
Hear and meet best-selling author and journalist Caralise Trayes.
Hear and meet best-selling author and journalist Caralise Trayes.
Tauranga based slam poet Te Kahu Rolleston is visiting schools around Te Whanganui a Tara this week for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.
Join author Elissa Brent Weissman to celebrate the NZ release of her new children's novel, The Length of a String.
Manawatu Writers’ Festival is for writers, readers and would-be writers, featuring workshops, talks, readings, panel discussions, seminars and performances on a wide range of topics, presented by top-notch New Zealand authors.
Come and celebrate the launch of the 12th and final Byte Series novel: Vaporbyte by Cat Connor. This book releases in all digital formats on Sept 10, and as two versions.
Meet Pip McKay, author of The Telling Time
Hear and meet best-selling author and journalist Caralise Trayes.
Meet Author of The Telling Time Pip McKay
Regretfully cancelled, due to Covid; For 25 years, Going West has led the way for readers' and writers' festivals in Aotearoa. Under the forested maunga of Titirangi in west Auckland, we gather most compelling, innovative and diverse group of story tellers that Aotearoa has to offer.
Auckland based author Maria Gill is visiting schools in Whanganui this week ahead of her appearance at the Manawatu Writers Festival.
5 sessions every second Mon 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
To register visit https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/cceshortcourses
If you are a fan of the whodunit, interested in crime fiction or wondering what to watch on Netflix next, this introduction to international crime fiction is for you
Otago based author Kyle Mewburn is visiting schools in Canterbury this week.
Wellington based author Philippa Werry is visiting schools in Canterbury and Otago this week.
Hear and meet best-selling author and journalist Caralise Trayes.
This is a peer-driven workshop for poets of all levels. You will work with other writers to encourage the art of poetry where your peers offer honest, positive and constructive feedback on your work. An ideal setting if you like writing poetry and want to improve your writing skills and develop your ‘voice’ in a supportive environment.
Hear and meet best-selling author and journalist Caralise Trayes.
The NZSA annual Janet Frame Memorial Lecture is an annual address given each year by the NZSA President of Honour. In 2020-2021 this is Paula Morris. This event traditionally looks at the 'state of the nation' of the literary, writing and publishing scenes.
Hear and meet best-selling author and journalist Caralise Trayes.
Hear and meet best-selling author and journalist Caralise Trayes.
Flight across Worlds: Elizabeth Knox and Craig Cliff
Join one of Christchurch’s wittiest wizards of words for an unforgettable evening of poetry.
https://events.humanitix.co.nz/greg-o-connell-verse-universe
Unity Books Wellington, Auckland University Press & Otago University Press warmly invite you to attend the combined launch of two new poetry collections, 'Moth Hour' by Anne Kennedy (AUP) & 'Listening In' by Lynley Edmeades (OUP). Moth Hour will be launched by Elizabeth Caffin.
With live music by Bill Lake. All welcome.
Unity Books Wellington and Victoria University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Fifteen Million Years in Antarctica' by Rebecca Priestley. All welcome.
Join Mike Joy, Tina Ngata and Peter Fraser in conversation with Maria Bargh (chair) on solving New Zealand's freshwater crisis.
Short Sharp Script 2: CIRCA Theatre
Come along to find out if your short story has won a prize, hear all about Michele's new book, win prizes for fancy dress and join in heaps of fun games like pin-the-tail-on-the-unicorn! (No unicorns harmed in this game).
You are warmly invited to the joint VUP and AUP launch of 'Lost and Somewhere Else' by Jenny Bornholdt (VUP) & 'Always Song in the Water'
by Gregory O'Brien (AUP). All welcome.
On Tuesday 17th September at 6pm there will be a celebration of the 150th birthday of Karl Wolfskehl in the Goethe-Institut in Wellington.
In conversation with Kiran Dass, Linda Burgess will talk about her new collection of essays.
Short Sharp Script 2: Circa Theatre
Little Unity will celebrate the end of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) with the launch of Donovan Bixley’s new pukapuka.
Donovan Bixley presents the latest adventure in his Tales of Aotearoa series, a fresh take on Māui which brings the cheeky trickster to life for a new generation of Kiwi kids.
Write a short story, a poem or some lyrics inspired by Christchurch's rich street art and get published! We are offering a series of workshops plus guided tour to work on your ideas. Open to writers, budding and established, of all ages.
Featherston Booktown and Gecko Press are celebrating the joyous new anthology of much-loved poems and stories by Joy Cowley, The Gobbledegook Book, illustrated by Giselle Clarkson.
A one day workshop on editing. Bring a piece of your own creative writing to work on. To book, go to www.cecwellington.ac.nz
Unity Books Wellington and Hachette NZ warmly welcome you to an author talk with John Connolly.
Announced as the NZSA's 2019-2020 President of Honour, eminent and award-winning children's writer David Hill will be delivering the Janet Frame Memorial Lecture in the Pioneer Women's Hall at the Ellen Melville Centre.
This is a free event. Wine and various nibbles will be served.
Meet Tessa Duder, and hear the story of how James Cook charted the first map of Aotearoa New Zealand 250 years ago. This talk is based on Tessa's new book, First Map, illustrated by David Elliot.
Unity Books and Victoria University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'The Absolute Book' by Elizabeth Knox, to be launched by Anna Smaill.
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature is partnering with Theatre Studies at the University of Otago to host a special celebration of new writing as part of the University’s 150th anniversary celebrations.
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature is partnering with Theatre Studies at the University of Otago to host a special celebration of new writing as part of the University’s 150th anniversary celebrations.
Meet Tessa Duder, and hear the story of how James Cook charted the first map of Aotearoa New Zealand 250 years ago. This talk is based on Tessa's new book, First Map, illustrated by David Elliot.
Meet John Connolly! John will be available to meet fans and sign books upstairs at Time Out on the early evening of September 11.
Meet Tessa Duder, and hear the story of how James Cook charted the first map of Aotearoa New Zealand 250 years ago. This talk is based on Tessa's new book, First Map, illustrated by David Elliot.
Scholastic New Zealand and The Children's Bookshop invite you to join Thalia Kehoe Rowden in celebrating the launch of this new book!
Unity Books Wellington and Massey University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Promises Promises: 80 Years of Wooing New Zealand Voters' by Claire Robinson. All welcome.
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Director Katherine McRae, writer Emily Perkins, and actors Sophie Hambleton and Simon Leary join playwright and 2019 Robert Burns Fellow, Emily Duncan, for a discussion about how women’s lives have changed since the character of Nora in A Doll's House was first conceived. Includes a scene reading and time for questions, followed by tea and coffee.
A one-day workshop with Rajorshi Chakraborti which explores writerly limits in prose and how to negotiate them.
A Q and A with writer Emily Perkins, Director Katherine McRae and members of the cast of A Doll's House, by Emily Perkins, based on Ibsen's original, following the performance on Friday, 6 September.
Gareth Ward – magician, storyteller, bookseller and author – will be touring the country to celebrate the launch of his latest book, The Clockill and the Thief, a follow up to his bestselling debut The Traitor and the Thief.
Following the official launch in Auckland of the award winning "The Little Ghost who lost her Boo" it's time to celebrate in Wellington.
Join us at our special after-school event as we host Gareth Ward - magician, storyteller, bookseller and author - as he celebrates the launch of The Clockill and the Thief.
Gareth will talk about his experience of being a writer, talk about his books and sprinkle in some magic tricks. This would be a great event for kids aged 10 to 15.
AN HOUR OF
BOOKS & MAGIC! Upstairs at Time Out Bookstore!
us at our special after school event as we host Gareth Ward - magician, storyteller, bookseller and author as he celebrates the launch of The Clockill and the Thief.
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Write a short story, a poem or some lyrics inspired by Christchurch's rich street art and get published! We are offering a series of workshops plus guided tour to work on your ideas. Open to writers, budding and established, of all ages.
BiblioHub is Depot Artspace’ inaugural celebration of Devonport’s rich literary community; its writers, writing collectives, readers clubs’, book outlets and bibliophiles .
Join us at the National Library to celebrate Max Rashbrooke’s new book 'Government for the Public Good: The Surprising Science of Large-Scale Collective Action', a fast-paced and globally informed defence of the role of government in delivering the public services that shape our lives.
Join Unity Books Wellington & Bridget Williams Books - BWB as publisher Tom Rennie and various BWB Texts authors discuss the publishing environment and the development of the series, which now numbers over fifty titles.
Short Sharp Script 2: Circa Theatre
More exciting work in progress from the second group of IIML scriptwriters, at Circa Theatre. This week the spotlight falls on work from Matasila Freshwater, Dylan Conen, Julia Ludbrook, and Ralph McCubbin Howell. Introduced by Ken Duncum.
Philippa will describe her current writing project, based on her visit to Antarctica in 2016.
Come and celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with a night of storytelling, where writers and creatives share their personal journeys with te reo Māori on the theme of kia kaha te reo Māori.
Hold the date! WORD Christchurch will (hopefully!) be held from 31 August to 4 September this year.
Register your book club of between three and 10 people from anywhere in NZ to participate in this fantastic six-month mini-book club that combines viewing WORD Christchurch Festival livestreams with reading books by the festival authors!
Registrations close 31 August when the festival (and the book clubs) begin!
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.
Written by 98 year old Peter Whitehead, now of Hampden, North Otago his story is for lovers of Africa, history and true life adventure, It's a book of many riveting, dramatic and funny exploits from nearly 100 years of a richly-lived life. Co-written with acclaimed novelist, Tony Park.
Hawke's Bay writer Anna McKenzie is visiting schools in Waikato and Auckland this month.
Hold the date! Auckland Writers Festival will (hopefully!) be held in August this year.
Wellington writer Apirana Taylor is visiting schools in Hawke's Bay this month.
Queensland writer Brian Falkner is visiting schools in Waikato and Auckland this month.
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Waikato this month.
Hawke's Bay writer Mary-anne Scott is visiting schools in Canterbury this month.
Wellington writer Kate De Goldi is visiting schools in Auckland this month.
Saturday 6 August 7:30pm New Plymouth
4th Wall Theatre
Adults $25; Senior $20; Student $10 www.4thwalltheatre.co.nz
Two poets and a musician combine to present a comic and lyric portrait of Aotearoa New Zealand and its place in the South Pacific today. Their Mad Doggerel poetry cabaret is full of cascading words, wild musicality and lightning humour.
This entertaining show will bring three nationally-eminent artists to halls and venues throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, including a National Poetry Day performance at the National Library in Wellington on Friday 26 August.
Two poets and a musician combine to present a comic and lyric portrait of Aotearoa New Zealand and its place in the South Pacific today. Their Mad Doggerel poetry cabaret is full of cascading words, wild musicality and lightning humour.
This entertaining show will bring three nationally-eminent artists to halls and venues throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, including a National Poetry Day performance at the National Library in Wellington on Friday 26 August.
Two poets and a musician combine to present a comic and lyric portrait of Aotearoa New Zealand and its place in the South Pacific today. Their Mad Doggerel poetry cabaret is full of cascading words, wild musicality and lightning humour.
This entertaining show will bring three nationally-eminent artists to halls and venues throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, including a National Poetry Day performance at the National Library in Wellington on Friday 26 August.
Poets David Eggleton and Daren Kamali and musician Richard Wallis tour the length and breadth of New Zealand in August with 'The Mad Doggerel Cabaret' - an entertaining show full of cascading words, wild musicality and lightning humour. For more details see The Arts on Tour NZ website - www.aotnz.co.nz.
Hear Jackie Clark discuss Her Say, a powerful book that holds a collection of stories told by New Zealand women who have lived with and escaped an abusive relationship.
Hawke's Bay-based author Mary-anne Scott will be visiting schools in South Canterbury and Central Otago this week.
You are invited to the launch of 'The Adventures of Mittens' written by Silvio Bruinsma and illustrated by Phoebe Morris. All welcome.
New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2022 Writers in Residence Programme.
National Poetry Day 2021: Poetry Idols, featuring Carolyn DeCarlo, Chris Tse, Freya Daly Sadgrove, Jordan Hamel, and Sinead Overbye.
Christchurch-based slam poet Daisy Lavea-Timo is visiting two schools in North Shore today as part of their celebrations for Poetry Day.
First established in 1997, National Poetry Day is a one-day national poetry event extravaganza held on a Friday in late August each year.
Did you know that just 16 of BDS's 1293 book groups around New Zealand are comprised of men only? That's less than 2%.
We'd like to invite you to help us change that.
Unity Books and Victoria University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Sea-light', a new collection of poetry by Dinah Hawken. All welcome.
Join us to hear Abbas Nazari discussing his remarkable refugee journey from Afghanistan to New Zealand. All welcome.
WORD Christchurch is a world-class festival of writing and ideas
The core of the festival is renowned authors discussing their work, showcases of poetry and song, expert panels debating local and global issues, youth and school programmes designed to inspire a love of reading and writing, and a wide range of fun, festive special events.
Join Simon Bridges plus Tova O'Brien and Danyl McLauchlan to celebrate the launch of National Identity. All welcome.
This year the international Literary Taxidermy competition has taken Katherine Mansfield as its muse, using the first and last lines of a Mansfield story and a Mansfield poem as the 'skin' for you to stuff with your own creative filling. Entries close Sunday 26 September PDT. There's a cash prize as well as the opportunity to be published in the next Literary Taxidermy anthology!
Come and celebrate the launch of Elaine Bickell's latest picture book, Starfish the Star, published by Scholastic. All welcome.
Join author and photographer Peter Laurenson at the launch of his new book, 'Khumbu: Gateway to Mount Everest ─ Pathways to Kinship'. All welcome.
Hawke's Bay-based author Mary-anne Scott is visiting schools in Wellington this week.
The Storylines National Story Tour sends four leading authors and illustrators to visit schools, early childhood education centres, community groups and libraries on each of its tours each year.
Always a sellout, Going West’s traditional centrepiece presents a celebration of ideas, oratory and performance. This year’s Gala Night promises to match the best of the past in an enhanced theatrical setting — the heritage listed Glen Eden Playhouse, a spectacular Edwardian building with great public transport access.
Explore, in writing, readings, and discussion, how poems cast spells through transformation, surprise, incantation, and evocation.
Register now at https://writerspractice.nz/events/poetry-spellcasting/
Patricia Donovan, Mary Egan Publishing and Unity Books warmly invite you to the book launch of "The Madison Gap", to be launched by Norman Bilbrough. All welcome.
You are warmly invited to the launch of Protest! Shaping Aotearoa, by Mandy Hager:
12 August
5.15 – 6.30pm
Vic Books Pipitea, 27 Lambton Quay, Wellington 6011
Auckland based author David Riley is visiting schools in Whangarei this week.
Unity Books and Gecko Press welcome you to a New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults event.
Schools event, awards ceremony and announcement of winners of 2021 NZCYA Book Awards
For any enquiries about the 2021 NZCYA Book Awards, please contact childrensawards@nzbookawards.org.nz
Join us for the launch of Alicia McKay's latest book 'You don't need an MBA".
All welcome!
Enough Horizon tells Blanche's story, her successes and her struggles: a troubled upbringing with a mentally ill mother in London, and her emigration to New Zealand in 1900, where she embraced the freedom it gave her to write and think and enjoy the wilderness she grew to love. It was here, particularly in her beloved Akaroa, that Blanche's writing and interests in the environment and her advocacy for the vulnerable in society flourished. She was a botanist, conservationist, humanitarian and prison reformer, who strove for the effective and humane treatment of prisoners. Blanche met and corresponded with leading writers, thinkers and scientists of her day, including John Ruskin, and poets Jessie Mackay and Ursula Bethell.
A casual lunch and chat with other children's writers, illustrators and bibliophiles.
JOIN US for an invigorating day of professional development offering keynote sessions, workshops, masterclasses, and discussions, with a catered morning tea/coffee and lunch.
"Love Finds A Way" - Romance Writers conference 2021
LIANZA (Library and Information Association of New Zealand) and the New Zealand Book Awards Trust are bringing together another year of Books Alive online events and virtual storytimes.
Egg & Spoon, an illustrated cookbook, is a finalist in the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction. Support our Books Alive event through your participation!
Anne Harré , Good Books and The Cuba Press warmly invite you to the launch of The Leaning Man
A new book is being launched in Tokoroa during Cook Island Language Week this August.
A month long celebration with discussions, talks, workshops and storytimes
Horowhenua based author Glenn Colquhoun is visiting schools in Auckland this week.
Wellington based author Tim Jones is visiting schools in Tasman and Nelson this week.
Join author Pip McKay
Applications for Story Tour visits in 2020 are OPEN!
Join Gameedah Jonas, Christie Roberts and Meenu Wadhwa for a very special storytime where we go on a multisensory journey together! Have a go with the library's sensory toys, and explore your imagination and senses with an engaging dinosaur story. The sensory programme is suitable for all ages and is free to attend. This event is in partnership with Hamilton City Libraries.
Ever wondered about the breadth and diversity of Hamilton writers? Here is your opportunity to meet some of them and their recent works. Showcasing a wide range of styles, genres and world views, the readings bring Hamilton writers and audiences together for an afternoon of entertainment and dialogue. This event is in partnership with Waikato Writers and Associated Artists (local branch of NZ Society of Authors).
Erika and CoCo Flash are two drag queens (one cis male, one cis female) from Taranaki who present shows about acceptance, inclusiveness, diversity and being kind, coupled with dance and games. The preschoolers' session will be a 30 minute show followed by a chat and chance to take photos. All are welcome at any session.This event is in partnership with Hamilton City Libraries.
Hamilton Book Month
The quick and the dead - a free event
Hear and meet best-selling author and journalist Caralise Trayes.
Auckland-based author Michel Mulipola is visiting schools in the Nelson/Tasman area this week.
Coromandel based author Des Hunt is visiting schools in Waikato this week.
Hawkes Bay based author Gareth Ward is visiting schools in Auckland this week.
Shayne Carter – the cult pioneer of the 1980’s Dunedin sound, New Zealand Music Hall of Famer, and award-winning author of "Dead People I Have Known" will be sharing tales from his autobiography that recently won the Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-Fiction, and the MitoQ Best First Book Awards: EH McCormick Prize for General Non-Fiction at the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards with poet and journalist, Richard Langston.
A stellar line up of four cutting-edge Wellington poets will be discussing “A Poet’s Life” with Radio New Zealand presenter, Lynn Freeman. Featherston Booktown audiences will be familiar with Sam Duckor-Jones, Tayi Tibble, and Jordan Hamel but Helen Rickerby, winner of the Mary and Peter Biggs award for Poetry at the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, with her book "How to Live", will be a new treat:
Women who speak have always been monstrous.
That twisty sphinx, those tempting sirens;
Better plug your ears with wax, boys.
Richard Von Sturmer is a long time Zen practitioner and an acclaimed New Zealand writer, poet, lyricist and performer.
Being attentive to the present moment, to the natural world and to our own nature, is essential for good poetic writing. In this Hamilton Book Month workshop we will explore haiku and tanka, forms of Japanese poetry.
We are having a special Poetry Soiree at Waikato Museum on National Poetry Day. The evening will begin with drinks and platter food in the foyer before our MC Nick Clothier welcomes everyone and outlines the evening's format. Our featured poet, this year's Writer in Residence Richard von Sturmer, will start the readings. After our invited poets have read we will head to the foyer for further refreshments, book sales and signing.
EVENT POSTPONED – DATE TBC Unity Books Wellington has postponed the Intersections │ Kaituhi │ Black Lives Matter poetry event as we now have a cap on capacity at Unity and would like our events to be inclusive. We will keep you posted when we confirm a new date. Thank you for your understanding and stay safe.
Join author Tina Shaw for this workshop on the craft of writing small. How can you tell a story in only 250-500 words? We’ll look at language, storytelling, world building and how you might push the boundaries of your fiction. You’ll also be writing your own brand-new flash fiction. Come and discover the tremendous universe of writing small.
EVENT POSTPONED – DATE TBC Victoria University Press and Unity Books Wellington have postponed the David Coventry lunchtime event as we now have a cap on capacity at Unity and would like our events to be inclusive. We will keep you posted when we confirm a new date. Thank you for your understanding and stay safe.
Traditional and contemporary stories presented for our youngest preschool visitors and their families. This event is in partnership with Hamilton City Libraries.
Come along and hear our panellists Eileen Merriman, David Hill and Gareth Ward in conversation with fellow YA author Tina Shaw. This event is sponsored by Waikato University and supported by Books For Kids with books for sale and signing. Complimentary refreshments will be served beforehand with a cash bar available.
As part of our Out on the Shelves campaign, we are hosting an author event, where we will be having live conversations with four published authors from Aotearoa NZ from the rainbow community.
Tune in on Facebook or Zoom to hear from essa may ranapiri, Lil O’Brien, Hera Lindsay Bird and Sam Orchard. They will be sharing a sample of their work, discussing their writing and answering audience questions!
EVENT POSTPONED – DATE TBC - Join us to celebrate the publication of Lockdown Sketch Mind (The Cuba Press), the illustrated Covid-19 lockdown diary of award-winning Wellington author and illustrator Fifi Colston.
Out on the Shelves is an online resource that lists books with rainbow themes and characters, with the aim of supporting rainbow young people to find stories that represent their identities in positive and affirming ways.
Out on the Shelves is also an opportunity to create more visibility in our school and community libraries! Our campaign is a chance for libraries to promote and build their rainbow collections, celebrate these stories and help connect rainbow young people with their stories and with each other.
Finalist in the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards For Children and Young Adults, New Zealand-Tongan author and illustrator Lisala Halapua brings his Tongan grandmother's stories to life in his Island Fables picture book series. Lisala will start by reading from his books then talk about his writing and artwork. He'll follow that with an illustration workshop for 5-10 year olds using a mix of drawing media for children to choose from.
To celebrate the opening of City Gallery Wellington's exhibition Terminal, five speakers deliver requiems for an airport.
Come along and hear poets Dominic Hoey and essa may ranapiri read. Cost $10, cash only. Dominic's I Thought We’d Be Famous and essa's Ransack will be available for you to buy and get signed. This event is in partnership with Never Project Space.
There’s a new book club in town!
Blokes Book Club meets for the first time at Central Library on Thursday 13 August at 6.30pm facilitated by Mark Caunter, Heritage Librarian. Share your thoughts with like-minded blokes on what you’ve been reading and hear about what others are enjoying. How the book club runs from here will be up to you!
This event is in partnership with Hamilton City Libraries.
Auckland University Press and Unity Books Wellington have postponed the AUP New Poets launch as we will now have a cap on capacity at Unity and would like our evening launches to be inclusive. We will keep you posted when we confirm a new date
Join Nalini Singh and Bronwyn Sell (who also writes as Brynn Kelly) as they talk crime and romance with chair and author Nicky Webber. This event is supported by Poppies Bookstore with books for sale and signing.
... Invasive Predators in New Zealand
Join Carolyn. M (Kim) King for a presentation on her new book on invasive predators in New Zealand which offers a much-needed insight into one of New Zealand’s longest-running national crises.
ON line LIVE ceremony for NZ Children's and Young Peoples book awards. watch here https://www.facebook.com/events/2535627380062629/
We warmly invite you to the launch of Fridays with Jim: Conversations about our country with Jim Bolger, by David Cohen (Massey University Press).
Come and hear Golriz Ghahraman in conversation with Kelli Pike. Golriz fled her home in Iran aged nine and after a terrifying and uncertain journey, landed in Auckland with her parents where they were able to seek asylum and ultimately create a new life.
We're delighted to invite you to the launch of ‘Best of Auckland’.
MC Cate Prestidge will host local authors talking for 3-4 minutes about how they wrote and published their books. At the end of the MC session there will be time when you can approach authors you are interested in for a longer chat.
Please let us know if you are interested in joining other authors to talk about your book.
Some books will be available for sale, and there will be authors signing afterwards, so bring cash!
Free parking available on campus. Enter via Gate 3 on Tristram St.
You thought you knew who you were, and then you attended the book launch for I Am A Human Being by Jackson Nieuwland (Compound Press).
Teams of up to six members are invited to participate in a contest that will test their knowledge of all things literary. There will be eight rounds of ten questions each, plus an additional list round. Categories will include children's literature and New Zealand fiction.
The cost is $10 per person. Registration necessary. Contact Auteur House on (07) 8342485 with queries. Teams are encouraged to take their seats by 6pm and the quiz will commence at 6.30pm sharp. Food and drink will be available for purchase from The Londoner.
A lunchtime event featuring Anne Manchester - Memory Stick, John Horrocks - Dark Empire and Pete Carter - This Is Us.
Join us at Unity Books in Wellington to launch filmmaker Jonathan King's first graphic novel for children, The Inkberg Enigma (Gecko Press).
An opportunity to come and have an informal chat about what you’ve been reading with other readers facilitated by Maebh Long. Share what you’ve been enjoying and check out what’s new on the library shelves while you’re here. Bring some books to swap with others in aid of a good cause- the Friends of Hamilton Public Library who fund the petrol costs for volunteers who deliver library resources to homebound borrowers. This event is in partnership with Hamilton City Libraries. Entry Fee: $5.00 Cash
In this course, you will explore pacing, red herrings, unreliable narrators and other writing techniques to make your writing suspenseful and keep your readers on edge. You will write and workshop with others, as well as read and discuss texts by authors who have mastered the art of suspense writing.
New Kirikiriroa 'project space' Never will be hosting a pop-up shop for Auckland book store 'Strange Goods' for the duration of August.
Strange Goods offers a curated selection of multi-disciplinary arts books, publications and objects from across Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Kirsten McKenzie will lead a workshop covering:
-how to develop promotional material
-dealing with the media (providing a press release, key points for being interviewed, radio slot preparation etc)
-what makes a good author photo
-how to decide whether to use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, website etc
-how to ask for and use reviews to promote your work
The workshop costs $25 and afternoon tea will be served. Registration required, email hamiltonbookmonth@gmail.com Poppies Hamilton will have Kirsten's books for sale.
As part of our Out on the Shelves campaign, we are running a rainbow writing competition as part of our campaign!
To get involved, submit a piece of writing that features a rainbow experience. That could mean focussing the piece on a rainbow character or exploring rainbow themes… as long as there is a strong link to the rainbow community, then your writing will be eligible to enter!
We’ll be accepting poems of any length and flash fiction of 1000 words or less*. Multiple entries are more than welcome.
Entry age groups are: “Under 16” and “16-24”.
Winners from each age group will win a $50 book voucher thanks to The Women’s Bookshop!
3.2.1. BLAST OFF... !
Join us for Storytime featuring Amy who will read There's a Hedgehog in my Pants and talk about her writing journey. The session will feature a Lego challenge to build a hedgehog. This event is supported by Books For Kids with Amy's book for sale. Come and enjoy a hot coffee or hot chocolate on us. Further information here. This event is in partnership with Hamilton City Libraries.
20 events throughout August 2020 during Hamilton Book Month
See hamiltonbookmonth.com for details and email hamiltonbookmonth@gmail.com
Join us for a special Storytime session of Margaret Mahy's story A Lion in the Meadow / He Raiona i Roto i Ngā Otaota.
We are thrilled to announce Pacific Laureate Lani Wendt Young as this year’s speaker for the Book Council Lecture in Wellington on August 28. Tickets on sale August 5.
Unity Books Wellington and Penguin Random House warmly invite you to hear Alan Duff discuss his new book, 'A Conversation With My Country'. All welcome.
This is an unmissable opportunity to hear from one of the world’s leading civil rights activists in conversation with Action Station’s Laura O’Connell Rapira.
In his book, On the Other Side of Freedom, Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson gives an extraordinary, personal insight into the power of the imagination and what it takes to start a movement to overturn systems of injustice and make way for true freedom.
ELECTRIC / ANTARCTIC: Rebecca Priestley and Helen Heath in conversation
A one-day workshop with Victor Rodger which explores the story that you want to tell in order to find the story you should tell.
In 2019 it's easier than ever before to get your book produced through self-publishing. It's also harder than ever to get your book noticed in a noisy publishing market. How do you cut through the noise and make your book stand out? Come along and hear Dave MacManus from The CopyPress in Nelson take you through the steps of self-publishing, from editing and design to getting your book accepted into bookshops.
On National Poetry Day 2019 join Unity Books and Massey University Press to celebrate 'Wild Honey: Reading New Zealand Women’s Poetry' by Paula Green.
Paula will introduce readings from carina gallegos, Stefanie Lash,
Therese Lloyd, Maria McMillan and Manon Revuelta.
2019 Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day
"Four Readings and a Festival" – SP (Spark Place)
Thursday 22 August 6pm - 7.30pm
Four Christchurch poets talk fame, fortune, first books and what possessed them to do it. Reading from their newborn collections are Erik Kennedy (shortlisted in the 2019 Ockham Book Awards for his collection There's No Place Like the Internet In Springtime), Marisa Cappetta (How to Tour the World on a Flying Fox), Victoria Broome (How We Talk to Each Other) and Gail Ingram (Contents Under Pressure). MC of the panel is Joanna Preston (Kathleen Grattan Award for The Summer King).
Unity Books Wellington and Fern Publishing warmly invite you to celebrate the publication of 'Relative Strangers: A Mother’s Adoption Memoir' by Pip Murdoch to be launched by Dame Fiona Kidman.
Will people step up now and take the time to learn, know and feel the history of the places they call home?
BEST NEW ZEALAND POEMS 2018
BBC presenter, writer, Classicist and comedian Natalie Haynes takes on the Trojan War. Based on her latest novel, A Thousand Ships, Natalie’s hour of 'Troy Story’ steers you through the stories of the women at the heart of the greatest conflict in ancient literature.
Settle in for a wild ride from divine pleasure to carnage and aftermath, from the women’s perspective. Your ticket includes a light afternoon tea and the chance to chat with Natalie after the talk.
Thanks to Double Denim for hosting. Proudly supported by The Park hotel.
The History of Theatre has never been so much fun.
Writer and comedian Natalie Haynes presents Honour Among Thebes, a lively tour through the early Greek Tragedies and Comedies, from the first performance by Thespis to the raucous sex-strike of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, via the great tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Honour Among Thebes is based on Natalies book, The Children of Jocasta which retells the Antigone and Oedipus myths through a refreshingly feminist lens.
The Ashton Wylie Trust Literature awards are unique in the country for their encouragement of writing in the Mind, Body, Spirit genre.
The awards were established in 1999 thanks to a bequest from the late businessman, Ashton Wylie.
The 2019 winners will be announced at a ceremony at Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Westhaven Marina, in Auckland on Friday 16 August, 2019.
The Book category winner and the Unpublished Manuscript category winner each receive a $10,000 prize.
Unity Books Wellington and Penguin Random House warmly invite you to celebrate the publication of 'Nailing Down The Saint' by Craig Cliff. Author talk chaired by Brannavan Gnanalingam.
AXIOMATIC: Maria Tumarkin in conversation with Chris Price
I'm on tour down and back up the country to promote the publication of three new collections of poetry.
Diane Weatherhead is launching her new book 'Get Organised - Seasonal Planner for the Southern Hemisphere' .
Unity Books Wellington and Auckland University Press warmly invite you to attend the combined launch of HOW TO LIVE by Helen Rickerby & AUP New Poets 5: Carolyn DeCarlo, Sophie van Waardenberg, Rebecca Hawkes
Unity Books and Gecko Press welcome you to a New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults event.
An event to celebrate the launch of Paula Green's Wild Honey: Reading NZ Women's Poetry, written by author Paula Green.
The Women's Bookshop 30th Birthday Literary Concert
Despite significant levels of inequality, the prospects of a capital gains tax in New Zealand now appear remote.
Please join author Max Rashbrooke and tax expert Lisa Marriott as they discuss options for tackling wealth inequality in their talk: Wealth, Wellbeing and Capital Gains Tax: What Next?
This event will be chaired by Janine Hayward, University of Otago.
Despite significant levels of inequality, the prospects of a capital gains tax in New Zealand now appear remote.
Please join author Max Rashbrooke and tax expert Lisa Marriott as they discuss options for tackling wealth inequality in their talk: Wealth, Wellbeing and Capital Gains Tax: What Next?
This event will be chaired by Anna Hood, University of Auckland.
DIG DEEPER: Dinah Hawken and Lynn Jenner in conversation with Bill Manhire
Join Unity Books Wellington, Faber & Faber and Allen & Unwin NZ for an in-store author talk with Toby Faber, author of ‘Faber & Faber: The Untold Story’ and a new crime thriller, ‘Close to the Edge’.
Write a short story, a poem, or some lyrics inspired by Christchurch's rich street art and get published! We are offering a series of workshops plus guided tours to work on your ideas. Open to writers, budding and established, of all ages.
Immediate call for submissions.
This anthology of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and visual art celebrates the voices, experiences and ethnicities that form contemporary New Zealand. Its editors are Michelle Elvy, Paula Morris, and James Norcliffe.
Hamilton Book Month is on every August with almost all events free of charge and open to all.
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a reading by the author
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!
Hold the date! Booksellers Aotearoa 99th Annual Conference is scheduled for the last weekend in July.
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Auckland this month.
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a reading by the author
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.
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a reading by the author
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a reading by the author
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a reading by the author
New Zealand's only regular online poetry event and community - this time featuring queer, nonbinary poet - Page Sinclair!
Storylines Children's Writers and Illustrators' National Hui 2022
Auckland University Press invite you to celebrate the launch of No Other Place to Stand: An Anthology of Climate Change Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand.
Celebrate the release of Kororā and the Sushi Shop with a book reading by the author
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.
An annual weekend of wonderful writers, curious audiences and beautiful Marlborough vistas
Coromandel writer Des Hunt is visiting schools in Auckland this month.
New Zealand's only regular online poetry slam!
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Regional Roadshow brings professional development to the regions. We are delighted to be returning to Te Whanganui-a-Tara for our second Regional Roadshow of 2022!
Sometimes, the right story at the right moment can give us the courage we need to overcome adversity. And when that story doesn't already exist, we need to make it ourselves.
Write a short story - in any genre, fiction or fact - that helped or would have helped you at a pivotal moment in your life. One winner will receive up to $2000 worth of training and coaching with Exisle Academy, including the opportunity to discuss developing a book with our editors.
For more information and entry: https://exisleacademy.com/the-story-i-needed-writing-competition/
JOIN US for an invigorating day of professional development offering keynote sessions, workshops, masterclasses, and discussions, with a catered morning tea/coffee and lunch.
The Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival is very pleased to be bringing Charlotte to Dunedin next month to talk about her memoir, The Mirror Book (RHNZ Vintage, 2021). Charlotte will be in conversation with Phillippa Duffy, General Manager of the University Book Shop, and one of the recent festival’s popular session hosts.
Join Unity Books, Freerange Press and contributors Emily Writes, Brannavan Gnanalingam, Jess Berentson-Shaw and more to celebrate the launch of Parenting in the Anthropocene, the third volume in the Radical Futures series.
Be the first to see this emotive new exhibition, where words written in many hands across many centuries declare strikingly similar messages: "I love you. I miss you." Hear Auckland Museum’s Curator of Manuscripts Nina Finigan and Interpretive Planner Kavi Chetty share their journey in creating "Love & Loss".
Tickets available at https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/visit/whats-on/members/love-and-loss-members-preview-talk-and-tour
Explore how our memories are triggered, how we mould and manipulate them, and how this impacts on our writing.
Develop your writing skills and meet other writers
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we will be hosting an event with Hannah Parry ( in conversation with Casey Lucas-Quaid ) to celebrate the launch of her latest novel A Radical Act of Free Magic.
WHERE: -Te Awe branch
WHEN: -Thursday 22nd July at 6pm
We are pleased to host the launch of Catherine Clarke’s debut novel The Only Living Lady Parachutist based on a woman who jumped from hot air balloons in 1890s Australia and New Zealand.
Unity Books and Victoria University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'The Commercial Hotel' by John Summers. All welcome.
Join us to hear clinical psychologist and author Julie Zarifeh in conversation with Dr. Shaystah Dean, discussing Julie's new book Grief on the Run and the five strategies she used to help her cope with devastating loss. All welcome.
Join author Anne Kayes, as she discusses and reads from her new YA novel, 'In Our Own Back Yard'. All welcome.
5ever x NAG is in Nelson for Te Ramaroa Light Festival - and we need your help! Please join us for some creative chaos and pedal-powered publishing!
The Marlborough Book Festival is run by the Marlborough Readers & Writers Charitable Trust.
https://www.marlboroughbookfest.co.nz/
Unity Books and Victoria University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Selected Poems' by Harry Ricketts. All welcome.
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Join Unity Books and Paul Wood, author of How to Escape from Prison, to celebrate the launch of Paul’s latest book Mental Fitness (Harper Collins).
Wellington based author/illustrator Ruth Paul is visiting schools in Christchurch this week.
Please join us at the launch of Catherine Clarke’s debut novel The Only Living Lady Parachutist, based on a woman who jumped from hot air balloons in 1890s Australia and New Zealand.
The 19th NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival presents a wide range of films, guest speakers, workshops and presentations from inspirational adventurers. Our films and books tell stories of adventure sports, foreign cultures, remote travel and environmental issues.
Experience a literary launch of some of Aotearoa’s most vibrant performance poets, who are all featured in the ground-breaking new spoken word anthology, ‘Solid Air - Australia & New Zealand Spoken Word’.
Celebrate the premiere NZ launch of the ground breaking ‘Solid Air: Australia & New Zealand Spoken Word’ anthology.
Celebrate the launch of Body Politic, Mary Cresswell's new poetry collection published by The Cuba Press. Mary will read from her work and be in conversation with Rachel McAlpine, who will launch the book.
This inaugural monthly event is an opportunity for fledgling and seasoned poets and writers to air their work to a live and supportive audience, surrounded by the 'Old English Pub' ambience of Kerikeri's Plough & Feather Taproom. Everyone is welcome, students/adults alike.
All welcome to a poetry reading to celebrate the publication of Walking Home by Michele Amas (Victoria University Press).
Applications for Story Tour visits in 2020 are OPEN!
Canterbury based author of "Tales from the Farm" books is visiting schools in Taranaki this week.
Yes! it's happening! Wellington based author Juliette MacIver is visiting schools in Christchurch this week.
Nau mai, haere mai. Welcome to the coolest little poetry slam in the capital.
27 August 18:45
23 September 18:45
12 October 18:45
Motif Poetry is proud to present a friendly, inclusive space for poets to come together and share their work. The winners of each slam will go through to the Wellington Regional Final at the National Library of New Zealand in November.
Join us to release two new books into the world! Brannavan Gnanalingam's 'Sprigs' and Murdoch Stephens' 'Rat King Landlord'.
Central Hawke's Bay's inaugural festival, Between the Lines.
Writing for the stage is more than just telling a story. Playwright Dave Armstrong will help you develop the skills to create compelling, well-paced scenes and snappy dialogue that will work well on stage. By the end of the course, you will have written a short play.
You will be expected to work on your play in between each class, with the final class including a reading of each completed short play.
Canterbury based author of "Tales from the Farm" books is visiting schools in Marlborough this week.
Unity Books Wellington and The Cuba Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'How To Be Old', poems by Rachel McAlpine
Join us to celebrate the launch of 'Stop Worrying About Money' by Baubre Murray. All welcome.
An event with Suzy Cato at Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop
Join the ever-popular Peta Mathias – cook, raconteur, traveller, writer, singer, and TV star at a Gala Afternoon Tea on Saturday 11 July from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm in the Supper Room in the Anzac Hall.
Elizabeth Knox, who was appointed a CNZM in the recent Queen's Birthday honours list, will be in conversation with Featherston-based broadcaster, writer, and chicken fancier, Noelle McCarthy, on her internationally bestselling book: The Absolute Book.
Are you a Year 12 or 13 student in the Wellington region? Enter the annual Katherine Mansfield Short Story Competition and be in to win a $500 cash prize.
Learn new ways to make your writing spectacular at our school holiday creative writing workshop. For young people aged 10-14.
Free event to start the school holidays. Decorate your own mask, dress up and come celebrate the launch of "Blaze - Guardian of the Monarchs" by local author Adele Gaddes.
For more information, pre-sales of the book, and to download mask template visit www.adelegaddes.com
The Marlborough Book Festival is an annual weekend of wonderful writers, curious audiences and beautiful Marlborough locations.
Unity Books Wellington, Ambasciata d’Italia, Marco Sonzogni & The Cuba Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'The Occasional Demon' by Primo Levi, a limited edition of Primo Levi’s poetry in both Italian and English to mark the centenary of his birth, translated by Marco Sonzogni & Harry Thomas.
Unity Books Wellington & Pain Publications warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'BRAIN CONNECTIONS: How To Sleep Better, Worry Less and Feel Happier' by Dr Giresh Kanji. All welcome.
Five poets in dicussion with Chris Price.
A writers festival that has broad appeal but cosy enough that you can get soup and scones while listening to readings on a winters afternoon.
Workshops, panel discussions and readings from new and established authors, as well as the announcement of the winner of the Franklin Writers Group National Flash Fiction Competition.
Venue - Nathan Homestead Date - 27th of July 2019
Unity Books Wellington & Otago University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'A Communist In The Family: Searching For Rewi Alley' by Elspeth Sandys
HOT AND COLD: Lynda Chanwai-Earle in conversation with Miria George
Join authors of the latest addition to the BWB Texts series, A Careful Revolution, to explore the politics and practicalities of the low-emissions transition. Can this revolution be careful?
Monday 22 July, 6.00–7.00 pm
City Gallery Wellington
As part of KidsFest, come along to an interactive book launch for Ringlet and the Day the Oceans Stopped presented by author Felicity Williams and her shoal of merkid helpers. Step into a sparkling interactive underwater world created by set designer Julian Southgate and Canvas Bag Drama School.
Do you love history, horrible or nice? How do you write a story based on real life events? In this KidsFest workshop with author Joanna Grochowicz, you’ll come to grips with the elements necessary to create stories based on your favourite well-known moments in history.
Roald Amundsen – hero or villain? Amundsen’s South Polar conquest is an extraordinary tale that combines risk, intrigue and adventure. In this free event for KidsFest, come and meet author Joanna Grochowicz as she recounts the gripping tale of the great Norwegian explorer’s courage, determination and ruthlessness in the race to the South Pole.
Calling all budding young authors! Have you ever wanted to write a story? Are you interested in starting out as an author? Unleash your inner writer in this interactive workshop with award-winning author, Swapna Haddow, where you will learn about creativity, editing and writing your very own stories.
Free event for KidsFest! Come and meet award-winning UK author Swapna Haddow and hear her talk about her brand new book Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!). Come along and ask questions and find out what it takes to be an author.
Climate change is happening and the potential long-term costs are incalculable. But how do we manage the short-term costs of mitigation?
Join authors David Hall and Maria Bargh as they discuss whether a revolution can be ‘careful’, and how to ensure a tika transition in true partnership with Māori.
Unity Books and Victoria University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Lay Studies' by Steven Toussaint
Write a short story, a poem or some lyrics inspired by Christchurch's rich street art and get published! We are offering a series of workshops plus guided tour to work on your ideas. Open to writers, budding and established, of all ages.
Welcome to Beyond the Page, New Zealand’s largest literary festival for tamariki and their whānau!
Hutt City Libraries, Upper Hutt City Libraries, Wellington City Libraries, Porirua City Libraries and Kāpiti Coast District Libraries are collaborating to run an exciting line-up of events to entertain, excite, and inspire the region’s tamariki and get them exploring the world of story and their cities.
This amazing literary and creative journey takes place in 2019 from 6 - 21 July in the Wellington, Hutt Valley, Porirua and Kāpiti coast regions, for more information, visit our website www.beyondthepage.nz
Central Otago writer Kyle Mewburn is visiting schools in Northland this month.
Join novelist and lawyer, Brannavan Gnanalingam for this two-day, online workshop exploring humour, its role in literature, and methods you can use to incorporate it into narratives.
Sarah Jane Barnett, Otago University Press and GOOD BOOKS warmly welcome you to join us for the online launch of Notes on Womanhood, the new memoir by Sarah Jane Barnett.
Wellington-based author and illustrator duo Ruth Paul and Juliette MacIver are visiting schools in Central Otago this week.
Book Buzz is a free, fun evening event for librarians and teachers held at the Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop in Ponsonby
KUPU – NGĀ RINGA TUHITUHI | A MĀORI WRITERS FESTIVAL
Celebrating Māori Writers – Past, Present, and Future.
Hold the date! Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival will (hopefully!) be held in June this year.
A $3 Book Fair over ten days at Eureka, Waikato
A $25,000 award to a New Zealand writer
Hamilton-based author Sharon Holt is visiting schools in the Nelson & Tasman areas this week.
The 19th NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival presents a wide range of films, guest speakers, workshops and presentations from inspirational adventurers. Our films and books tell stories of adventure sports, foreign cultures, remote travel and environmental issues.
Unity Books and Victoria University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Selected Poems' by Harry Ricketts. All welcome.
The 2021 celebration of flash fiction in Aotearoa New Zealand!
www.nationalflash.org
Christchurch-based author James Norcliffe is visiting schools in Napier/Hastings this week as part of the #NZreadaloud for Yrs 3 & 4.
Come and hear cleaners from Porirua and beyond reading their poems from Landing Press’s latest collection – 'Somewhere a cleaner'. With live music by Don Franks (former cleaner and poet). Coffee and cake – koha (BYO cup). Hosted by the Friends of Pātaka. This event is free,
Award-winning author, Fleur Beale, will speak about her latest novel, The Calling. This will be followed by a Q&A and an opportunity for purchase and book signing by the author. This event is part of this year’s celebrations marking the 186th anniversary of Suzanne Aubert Meri Hōhepa’s birth. Everyone is welcome!
JOIN US for an invigorating day of professional development offering keynote sessions, workshops, masterclasses, and discussions, with a catered morning tea/coffee and lunch.
Register at: https://nzsa-regional-roadshow-wellington.lilregie.com/booking/attendees/new
JOIN US for an invigorating day of professional development offering keynote sessions, workshops, masterclasses, and discussions, with a catered morning tea/coffee and lunch.
Brian Pauling and Bronwyn Beatty discuss Sharing the mic: Community access radio in Aotearoa New Zealand with publisher Emma Johnson. All welcome.
With humour and humanity, Rosemary Riddell describes life as a New Zealand District Court and Family Court Judge in her book 'To Be Fair'.
Free event. All welcome.
Purchase Adele's books at adelegaddes.com and pick up at the launch!
Verb Wellington and Katherine Mansfield House & Garden have come together to offer an opportunity to spend time in one of the world’s most vibrant literary cities to focus on your writing. Applications close Friday 9 July.
Please join us for the launch of Loop Tracks by Sue Orr (VUP). All welcome.
Come and hear Ian Harris discuss with Bishop Richard Randerson some of the themes covered in Ian’s new book Hand in Hand: Blending secular and sacred to enlarge the human spirit, which continues his exploration of religion in the modern secular world.
Please join us for the launch of RANGIKURA by Tayi Tibble (VUP).
A timely and perceptive memoir, Alison Jones' book was shortlisted for the General Non-fiction Award at the 2021 Ockham NZ Book Awards. Join us for a lunchtime session to hear Alison speak with Amanda Thomas.
All welcome, no RSVP required.
Awa Press and Unity Books warmly invite you to the Wellington launch of 'Helen Kelly: Her Life' by Rebecca Macfie. All welcome.
Join us to hear Pic Picot of Pic’s Peanut Butter discuss his new memoir, Pic: Adventures in Life, Love and Business. All welcome.
Join us at Unity for this lunchtime dialogue between Alan Bollard and Brian Easton regarding Brian's new book, 'Not in Narrow Seas: The Economic History of Aotearoa New Zealand' (Victoria University Press).
Meet Becky Manawatu, the author of the award-winning Auē, and get your book signed. Copies of Auē available to purchase.
Having been forced to postpone the Featherston Booktown Karukatea 2020 Festival in May, Featherston Booktown is returning with a roar, with a series of drawcard literary events dubbed Words in Winter from June through to August in Featherston.
The opening event will be “Aotearoa New Zealand, We Need to Talk” featuring three award-winning and provocative writers held over the weekend of 27- 28 June 2020.
Having been forced to postpone the Featherston Booktown Karukatea 2020 Festival in May, Featherston Booktown is returning with a roar, with a series of drawcard literary events dubbed Words in Winter from June through to August in Featherston.
Having been forced to postpone the Featherston Booktown Karukatea 2020 Festival in May, Featherston Booktown is returning with a roar, with a series of drawcard literary events dubbed Words in Winter from June through to August in Featherston.
The opening event will be “Aotearoa New Zealand, We Need to Talk” featuring three award-winning and provocative writers held over the weekend of 27- 28 June, 2020.
Unity Books and Massey University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Observations of a Rural Nurse' by Sara McIntyre. All welcome.
Unity Books, The Cuba Press and Wakefield Digitals warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Jerningham', by Cristina Sanders.
Join us in-store or on facebook live https://www.facebook.com/unitybooks/posts/3272704246093428 12pm Thurs 11 June to hear Grant Sheehan discuss 'The Making of ‘Does Ava Dream?'. His new book tells the story behind the creation of Sheehan’s single edition metal book 'Does Ava Dream?' which is about how an artificially intelligent species could develop dreaming, with striking visualisations of what those dreams might look like.
Resident French writer at Randell Cottage, Amaury da Cunha, and Christchurch author Karen Zelas share a fascination with the story of Minnie Dean, the only woman to be hanged for murder in New Zealand. Hear them discuss their research in conversation with Mary McCallum.
Unity Books Wellington & HarperCollins Publishers warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'How To Escape From Prison: The Remarkable Story of How One Man Defied The Odds' by Dr Paul Wood.
All welcome. Please RSVP to: sandra.noakes@harpercollins.co.nz
June 22 is our shortest day of the year — and the day we know and love as National Flash Fiction Day.
This winter celebrate the smallest fictions on National Flash Fiction Day!
Flash in the Pan brings together Canterbury's best established and emerging flash fiction writers for a spirited afternoon with readings, award presentations.
Unity Books Wellington & Otago University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Two or More Islands' by Diana Bridge. All welcome.
Nau mai, haere mai.
Welcome to the coolest little slam in the capital 🌬
19 June, 16 July, 27 August, 17 September
Unity Books Wellington & Auckland University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Making History: A New Zealand Story' by Jock Phillips, to be launched by Sir Geoffrey Palmer.
NZSA AGM Dunedin 15 June 2019
Saturday 15 June
The New Zealand Society of Authors holds its national AGM, Saturday morning at the Dunedin City Library. In the afternoon are free workshops for writers. If you are not a member, you are welcome to attend the workshops for koha, and find out what NZSA is all about: workshops, advocacy, professional development, information, support and collegiality. We have 8 regional branches and many local hubs.
Unity Books, Lift Education and Creative New Zealand warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi', a reorua (bilingual) graphic-novel-style flip-book that offers an innovative and fascinating new look at our founding treaty. By Toby Morris with Ross Calman, Mark Derby, and Piripi Walker. All welcome.
BRING YOUR WRITING - poetry, flash fiction, short story, performance poetry, life writing etc - to read at the open mic (up to 6 mins max) , or come as audience to hear what's brand new. Plus, excellent musicians, word challenges, book prizes & more. Everyone welcome. Inside.Out has been providing local writers with a comfortable space to share their prose and poetry since 2012.
Unity Books and Te Papa Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'The New Photography' edited by Athol McCredie. All welcome.
Unity Books and Victoria University Press invite you to celebrate the launch of 'Shirley Smith: An Examined Life' by Sarah Gaitanos. The book will be launched by the Hon. Grant Robertson.
An event to celebrate the launch of Paula Green's Wild Honey: Reading NZ Women's Poetry, written by author Paula Green.
Sometimes the quest for meaning can shift the focus away from sound in a poem. In this workshop taught by Whanganui poet and teacher Airini Beautrais, we will go back to words as the building blocks of poems and explore different ways to approach sound. To reserve your space contact Kirsten Le Harivel at kirsten@kahini.org.
Curse the flight-cancelling wind! The launch of Peter Bland's poetry has been postponed because Peter is still in Auckland. Now next Thursday 6 May, 6-7:30pm. Sorry for the inconvenience. We look forward to seeing you all then.
The Blue Dragon Book Fair in the Ngaio Town Hall, Wellington on 28 and 29 May 2022 is a chance to donate books to a worthwhile cause and also find some amazing book bargains.
The very popular annual book fair is organised by the Blue Dragon Children’s Trust NZ, set up by a group of Wellington women to raise funds for Blue Dragon Children’s Centre in Vietnam.
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Regional Roadshow brings professional development to the regions. In 2022, NZSA will offer one-day professional development workshops, masterclasses and panel discussions in regions across New Zealand - starting with the Whangārei Roadshow!
Book launch: "Nagology: an exercise in mattering"
May 19th, Trades Hall 124 Vivian Street, 6pm doors (6:30 start)
There will be readings, wine and nibbles, as well as books for sale!
All Welcome!
Join us for the annual Janet Frame Memorial Lecture from our current President of Honour Tessa Duder CNZM, OBE. This event is open to all interested parties, as well as NZSA members and industry stakeholders.
New Zealand's only regular online poetry event - this time featuring US poet and film maker - Najya Williams!
Barbara Petrie shares her inspiration for her book The Eel of Te Raki.
The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are the country’s premier literary honours for books written by New Zealanders.
4 x $5,000 cash grants available to New Zealand writers to help them research a fiction or non-fiction writing project.
ComicFest 2022 is Saturday 7 May — and this year will be fully online! You can join in on the day and watch the livestream over at Wellington City Libraries' YouTube channel.
We Read Auckland Ka Pānui Tātau i Tāmaki Makaurau celebrates Auckland’s readers and writers and the stories that bring us together. One place, many stories - He wāhi kotahi, he kōrero rau.
Join us for the launch of seven new stories from local author Dahlia Malaeulu!
Dahlia’s new books aim to engage and develop Samoan cultural knowledge and language.
Help a great cause and grab a bargain!
Welcome to our new series of poetry readings at Unity Books!
Poetry readings from Landing Press’s unique new collection Somewhere a cleaner - free.
Unity Books and Auckland University Press invite you to join us in celebrating the first-ever anthology of Asian New Zealand creative writing.
Join us to hear Claire Regnault in conversation with Te Papa Press Publisher Nicola Legat , discussing Claire's ravishing new book Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840–1910.
All welcome.
You're invited to the launch of Clare Moleta's Unsheltered, an extraordinary debut novel.
POSTPONED (date TBC) Unfortunately we have had to postpone tonight’s Patricia Grace event for From the Centre: A Writer's Life. Once confirmed, we will post the new date on social media and in our newsletter. Thanks for your support.
Unity Books and Penguin Random House NZ warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of Patricia Grace's memoir, 'From The Centre: A Writer's Life'. All welcome.
Napier based author Gareth Ward is visiting schools in Auckland this week.
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Regional Roadshow brings professional development to the regions. A day of professional development workshops, masterclasses and panel discussions.
Please join us for the launch of 'Greta and Valdin' by Rebecca K Reilly (VUP). All welcome.
Join us to celebrate the Wellington launch of 'Vunimaqo and Me', a poetry collection by Daren Kamali published by Kava Bowl Media. All welcome.
If you're in Christchurch and have been looking for a book group to join, or you're struggling to find enough people to form one, you're not alone. Other individuals are looking too — so we thought you might like to meet them!
The 2020 Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Inc Annual General Meeting will be held at Front+Centre, 69 Tory Street, Wellington
Taupō based author Donovan Bixley is visiting schools in Wellington this week.
Unity Books and Massey University Press warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of Sue Kedgley's autobiography, 'Fifty Years a Feminist'. All welcome.
Ned Barraud, Susan Brocker, Giselle Clarkson and David Riley
visit schools, libraries and community groups in Timaru, the Mackenzie District and Ashburton this week.
Auckland based illustrator Michel Mulipola is visiting schools in Wellington this week.
Join Roskill Community Voice at Mt Roskill War Memorial Hall on Saturday the 15th March, 2pm-4pm for an afternoon of readings and panel discussion from four authors writing about the climate crisis and how it affects our daily lives.
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021
If you're in Queenstown and have been looking for a book group to join, or you're struggling to find enough people to form one, you're not alone. Other individuals are looking too — so we thought you might like to meet them!
If you're in the Kapiti area and have been looking for a book group to join, or you're struggling to find enough people to form one, you're not alone. Other individuals are looking too — so we thought you might like to meet them!
If you're in Hamilton and have been looking for a book group to join, or you're struggling to find enough people to form one, you're not alone. Other individuals are looking too — so we thought you might like to meet them!
If you're in Hamilton and have been looking for a book group to join, or you're struggling to find enough people to form one, you're not alone. Other individuals are looking too — so we thought you might like to meet them!
Join Ingrid Horrocks, Turi Park, Tim Park and MC Rebecca Priestley as they discuss the ecologies, histories and personal journeys that weave their way through the ground-breaking books Ngā Uruora and Where We Swim.
If you're in Dunedin and have been looking for a book group to join, or you're struggling to find enough people to form one, you're not alone. Other individuals are looking too — so we thought you might like to meet them!
If you're in Tauranga and have been looking for a book group to join, or you're struggling to find enough people to form one, you're not alone. Other individuals are looking too — so we thought you might like to meet them!
2021 Auckland Writers Festival
Poetry Reading
If you're in Nelson and have been looking for a book group to join, or you're struggling to find enough people to form one, you're not alone. Other individuals are looking too — so we thought you might like to meet them!
If you're in Auckland and have been looking for a book group to join, or you're struggling to find enough people to form one, you're not alone. Other individuals are looking too — so we thought you might like to meet them!
If you're in Auckland and have been looking for a book group to join, or you're struggling to find enough people to form one, you're not alone. Other individuals are looking too — so we thought you might like to meet them!
Christchurch based author & illustrator Gavin Bishop is visiting schools in Hamilton this week.
The Takapuna Poetry Tour features contemporary poets performing poems in response to Takapuna and its writing history. Join us for spoken word and poetry on the streets. Poets include Jack Ross, Renee Liang, Kiri Piahana Wong, Elizabeth Morten and Ruby Porter
If you're in Christchurch and have been looking for a book group to join, or you're struggling to find enough people to form one, you're not alone. Other individuals are looking too — so we thought you might like to meet them!
Unity Books, Victoria University Press and NIWA warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of 'The Alarmist: Fifty Years Measuring Climate Change' by Dave Lowe. All welcome.
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
2021 Featherston Booktown
Come and hear a diverse range of cleaners reading their poetry from Landing Press’s latest collection – 'Somewhere a cleaner.' With live music by Don Franks (former cleaner and poet). Coffee and cake (bring your own cup) - koha.
WORD Christchurch, in association with Auckland Writers Festival, presents a very special evening with Liane Moriarty, author of the smash international hits Big Little Lies, Truly Madly Guilty, The Husband’s Secret and many more.
Every year we stage over 200 public events, gathering together 230 of the world’s best writers and thinkers with over 83,000 festival goers, to celebrate the world of books and ideas.
A community celebrates the artefact of the book with New Zealand writers, poets, workshops and second hand booksellers
Alliance Francais de Wellington is hosting a talk and book signing for Anne Ingram's new children's book: Bonjour Lucy Bee.
May 30, 6.00pm
Book signing and talk
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Drinks and nibbles will be served
Kinley Salmon interrogates common predictions about a jobless future and explores what might happen to workers as automation becomes more widespread. He sketches out two bold alternative futures for New Zealand – and suggests what it might take, and what we might risk, to pursue each of them. This BWB Talk is chaired by Bernard Hickey.
The annual, popular Blue Dragon Book Fair will be held in the Ngaio Town Hall in Wellington from 9am to 4pm on Saturday 25 May 2019. All of the money raised goes directly to Blue Dragon Children's Education Centre in Vietnam to support its work providing education and training to young disadvantaged people and rescuing those who have been trafficked.
Friends of Kapiti Library and Kapiti Children's Writers invite you to the launch of Anne Ingram's ninth book for 8-12 year olds: Bonjour Lucy Bee
Marilyn Waring will be in conversation with Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw, co-director of think-and-do tank The Workshop and senior research associate at the Public Policy Institute at the University of Auckland. In 2018, she published BWB Text A Matter of Fact: Talking Truth in a Post-Truth World.
NZ Book Council's Annual General Meeting and True Stories Told Live evening at Meow bar.
Featuring an excellent line-up of storytellers! Please join us.
The NZ Book Council’s AGM will be taking place from 6pm. All welcome.
Free entry, with cash bar available.
Celebrate the launch of Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) with children's author Swapna Haddow.
Unity Books and Seraph Press invite you to celebrate the launch of
The Grief Almanac: A Sequel by Vana Manasiadis
Join Bridget Williams Books and Unity Books to hear Vincent O'Malley talk about his new book, 'The New Zealand Wars | Ngā Pakanga O Aotearoa'.
Event Invitation:
Announcement of winner for The Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel 2019 and launch of 2018 winner Ruby Porter's Attraction
4pm to 5.30pm, Sat 18 May
Balcony Bar, Level 5, Aotea Centre, Auckland
Part of the Auckland Writers Festival
All are welcome to this free public event.
A GRANNIES + VILLAINS + DELICIOUS + FUN-FILLED GECKO PRESS EXTRAVAGANZA MORNING TEA! Bring your Granny and come dressed as your favourite Villain to this special celebration. Eric and Clotilde will be joined by other Gecko Press authors (Giselle Clarkson, Kieran Rynhardt, Jonathan King, Paul Beavis and more!) for their final stop in the tour. Delicious food will be served, prizes for best dressed!
The Children’s Bookshop Kilbirnie (Free)
Grannies & Villains Activity hour at Capital E. Bring your little villains to Capital E for storytime and live drawing, followed by a fun activity to take home
Capital E (Free)
Making a Villain: Clotilde Perrin with Sarah Wilkins
Wellington-based illustrator Sarah Wilkins sits down for an in-depth chat with Clotilde Perrin, French author/illustrator of the extraordinary children’s book Inside the Villains. Join these two talented artists for a fascinating insight into the world of a writer and illustrator. Their talk will span the imaginative and the technical—not to be missed for all illustrators, designers and curious adults.
Unity Books, Free
Unity Books, Gecko Press, Embassy of France, Alliance Francaise and Institut Francais warmly invite you to hear CLOTILDE PERRIN
Award-winning French author/illustrator of Inside The Villains
in conversation with Wellington illustrator Sarah Wilkins.
Tanya Batt, professional storyteller and author will tell stories and launch her new book, The Time of Your Life, illustrated by Bruce Potter.
A weekend long celebration of the artefact of the book, writers, and challenging ideas for all the family, set in Featherston - a picturesque country town 50 minutes from Wellington. We have over 60 presenters and over 70 events throughout the weekend.
Come along to enjoy a French crêpe, have a chat and some fun with our two authors.
Alliance Française Dunedin, ($3 for members/$5 for non-members)
Unity Books and Te Papa Press invite you to celebrate the launch of
'100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa' edited by Susan Waugh.
Villains & Grannies! Eric and Clotilde appear at Dunedin Writers Festival.
A celebration of books and authors and very importantly, the readers of books. 4 days of events which include workshops, panel discussions, a train trip for the littlies and literary discussion and discourse of all kinds. The premier celebration of all things literary in Dunedin.
As Aotearoa’s only UNESCO City of Literature, Dunedin has quite the soft spot for the written word and its diverse practitioners. The fourth Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival is fast galloping towards us (9-12 May) and promises four days of terrific talk across 36 events, with a cast of over 60 participants.
Inside.out is open mic for writers, with great musician guests each time. All writing - poetry, fiction, flash, micro, life writing, performance poetry etc - is welcome. College students and writers new to open mic are warmly welcomed. Inside.Out has been happening since 2012 once a month every month at Cafe One2one, always on the second Wednesday, and it gets busy!
Clotilde Perrin discusses her life as an award-winning author/illustrator in France. The event is coordinated by the Alliance Française Palmerston North.
Palmerston North Central Library (Free)
Eric Veille discussion his art practice and life as an author
Ramp Gallery (Free)
Eric Veille discussion his art practice and life as an author
Ramp Gallery (Free)
Unity Books & New Zealand Alternative warmly invite you to hear
KATE RAWORTH author of the bestselling ‘Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist’ in discussion with Chlöe Swarbrick MP and Thomas Nash from Massey University and New Zealand Alternative.
An 8 week evening course for adults, Tuesdays 5.30-7.30. To book, go to www.cecwellington.ac.nz
The Children’s Bookshop is hosting Neal Shusterman, a New York Times bestseller many times over.
Join Eric Veille for an investigation in the art of the Granny… he will read his marvellous Encyclopedia of Grannies and will draw live so you can see how he illustrates their mysterious ways….(Free)
Come and meet Clotilde Perrin and Eric Veillé at the Alliance Française Auckland, as they will hold a talk and answer all your questions with French author Karin Serres, 2019 Randell Cottage writer in residence.
Alliance Française Auckland, Free
Auckland's Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop is hosting Neal Shusterman, a New York Times bestseller many times over.
Grannies & Villains! Eric and Clotilde turn pen and paper into fabulous characters before your eyes (Free Event)
Grannies & Villains: Clotilde Perrin and Eric Veille have fun … one reads while the other draws live! Come along with your questions (Free Event)
Eric and Clotilde join Gavin Bishop for a conversation about life, writing, art and France.
Workshops! Join Eric or Clotilde and learn how to make your own storybook character. (Free but registration required)
Join Unity Books and Otago University Press for the launch of
THE BRAIDED RIVER: MIGRATION AND THE PERSONAL ESSAY
by Diane Comer launched by Golriz Ghahraman MP
Grannies & Villains! Eric and Clotilde turn pen and paper into fabulous characters before your eyes.
Don't miss an engaging evening as author Jennifer Andrewes chats about the experience of trading her family's comfortable Wellington existence for life in a small French village.
Join Unity Books Wellington to celebrate the launch of
'FROM STRATEGY TO ACTION: A Guide To Getting Shit Done In The Public Sector' by Alicia McKay
Poetry at Piha with Going West.
New Zealand's only regular online spoken word poetry event!
Shifted Ground, a live literary salon from Going West.
Christchurch-based author and columnist Joe Bennett is visiting schools in Tauranga this week.
A place where readers and authors can meet.
The Sargeson Prize is New Zealand's richest short-story competition, with an Open Division and a Secondary Schools Division. Sponsored by the University of Waikato. Details here: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/school-of-arts/english/sargeson-prize
Do you enjoy delving into some darkness in your reading?
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with Wellington City Libraries, invites booklovers to a fun evening of criminally good conversation featuring five outstanding local storytellers.
Three-time Ockhams New Zealand Book Awards listee Brannavan Gnanalingam chairs a panel discussion with 2019 Ngaio Marsh Award and Ockhams winner Dame Fiona Kidman, 2021 Ockhams longlistee Sally J Morgan, and New York Times bestselling writing duo Dr Judy Melinek and TJ Michell. From crafting rich characters alongside exciting storylines to addressing real-life issues through their fiction, much will be revealed .
Five writers, Russell Brown, Nisha Madhan, Karlo Mila, Zech Soakai and Kennedy Warne, tell their stories of walking in a time of COVID-19.
Join us to hear Anna Fifield discuss her book, 'The Great Successor: The Secret Rise & Rule of Kim Jong Un' (John Murray) with Kelly Dennett. All welcome.
Talk and draw with graphic artist Tara Black in discussion with fellow artist Dylan Horrocks.
Same Same But Different and Food Court Books are overjoyed to host a reading from four of the most exciting takatāpui wahine writing today.
All welcome to this celebration of How To Live With Mammals, new poetry by Ash Davida Jane (VUP).
A week-long festival of arts and ideas held in Wanaka.
Tusiata Avia's powerful collection of poetry, adapted for the stage is touring to Dunedin, Oamaru, and Invercargill, as part of the Dunedin Arts Festival.
Tusiata Avia's powerful collection of poetry, adapted for the stage is touring to Dunedin, Oamaru, and Invercargill, as part of the Dunedin Arts Festival.
The written word is powerful, but it is also a chance to play and create things which we cannot have in our real lives. Join writer, musician and taonga pūoro practitioner Ruby Solly in this two-day workshop to extend your writing, embrace the strange, and work on your potential to describe the indescribable.
On 10.30am - 3.00pm, 10 April and 17 April 2021.
Limited places available.
Register now! https://writerspractice.nz/events/purepsychic/
Take part in a day of keynote sessions, workshops, masterclasses and discussions plus a catered morning tea/coffee and lunch.
Tusiata Avia's powerful collection of poetry adapted for the stage is touring to Dunedin, Oamaru, and Invercargill, as part of the Dunedin Arts Festival.
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with Wellington City Libraries, invites booklovers to a fun evening of criminally good conversation featuring four acclaimed local storytellers.
2018 Ngaio Marsh Award winner Jennifer Lane chairs a panel discussion with Rajorshi Chakraborti, Helen Vivienne Fletcher, and Rodney Strong on how they craft memorable characters and page-turning storylines, and infuse their books with real-life issues and insights into people and society.
Tusiata Avia's powerful collection of poetry adapted for the stage is touring to Dunedin, Oamaru and Invercargill as part of the Dunedin Arts Festival.
‘Imagining Decolonisation’, a short book authored by Bianca Elkington, Rebecca Kiddle, Moana Jackson, Ocean Mercier, Mike Ross, Jennie Smeaton and Amanda Thomas and published by Bridget Williams Books, has held a top ten spot in Unity’s best seller list for much of the last year.
Join us and the book’s authors for an evening of celebration.
Meet the author. Hear from Child Alert (ECPAT) NZ, supporters of the book. See www.lphansen.com for further information and for the Launch writing competition with its generous prizes.
Twelve extraordinary tales of disappearance: a collection of true crime writing by New Zealand’s award-winning master of non-fiction, Steve Braunias.
Join Steve for a talk about his new book MISSING PERSONS at Unity Books Wellington.
Author Jennifer Somervell is visiting Taranaki schools.
Graeme Woodfield is Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. He is a transfusion medicine specialist and author.
A writer's journey will cover Graeme's three books Jack Lovelock (Athlete and Doctor), No Ordinary Man (Sir Arthur Porritt) and his latest book Alcohol, A dangerous love affair.
The New Zealand Poetry Society invites entries in its annual international poetry competition. Poets can enter in one of four sections: Open, Open Junior, Haiku, and Haiku Junior. There are cash prizes to be won and the chance to be published in our annual anthology.
Mystery in the Library Series 2020
Join four criminally minded storytellers from the Waikato and Bay of Plenty for an evening of mirth and mystery. 2018 Ngaios finalist Nikki Crutchley will chair a chat with Christina O'Reilly, Zoe Rankin, and #1 bestseller Julie Thomas.
Light refreshments on arrival.
Koha entry.
[Registration not required]
The winners of all the Storylines Awards will be announced at the annual Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day to be held on Sunday 5 April at the University of Auckland Epsom Campus, and all recipients will receive their certificates and awards.
... how to make that a reality, a workshop with Julie Thomas.
Join Cambridge author Julie Thomas who will share practical advice on plotting, pacing, characters and dialogue and how to end!
Don't miss an engaging evening as author Jennifer Andrewes chats about the experience of trading her family's comfortable Wellington existence for life in a small French village.
Don't miss an engaging evening as author Jennifer Andrewes chats about the experience of trading her family's comfortable Wellington existence for life in a small French village.
Celebrating Sir David Skegg's The Health of the People
6.00–8.00 pm (doors open 5.30pm)
Wednesday 17th April
National Library of New Zealand, Wellington
Speaker: Sir David Skegg,
Chair: Professor Diana Sarfati
All welcome. Refreshments will be served
Join Unity Books Wellington and Victoria University Press for the launch of Nikki-Lee Birdsey’s 'NIGHT AS DAY'.
It's the Grand Finals of New Zealand's only regular online poetry slam!
Join us March 26, 2022 (in New Zealand) for a special online event to kick off a week of International Children’s Book Day celebrations.
This is a global event with participants from around the world!
Come and hear a diverse range of cleaners reading their poetry from Landing Press’s latest Collection – 'Somewhere a cleaner' – at the Aro Street Community Centre on Sunday, 28 March from 4pm to 5pm. Featuring Aro Valley's own Don Franks. Open mic for poems related to cleaning. Admission is free.
Presentation of the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture - Julia Marshall, Publisher Gecko Press
Presentation of the 2021 Storylines National Awards
A book event for readers and authors to connect.
Take part in a day of keynote sessions, workshops, masterclasses and discussions plus a catered morning tea/coffee and lunch.
You are warmly invited to join us to celebrate the launch of 'More Favourable Waters: Aotearoa poets respond to Dante’s Purgatory' edited by Marco Sonzogni & Timothy Smith (The Cuba Press) and 'Quantum of Dante' by Marco Sonzogni (Beatnik Books). All welcome.
Join New York Times bestselling co-authors Judy Melinek, M.D. and T.J. Mitchell for a candid discussion on writing together, the life of a forensic pathologist and their latest book, Aftershock.
Hawkes Bay-based author Mary-anne Scott is visiting schools around the West Coast this week.
Unity Books and The Tuwhiri Project warmly invite you to hear Girol Karacaoglu in conversation with Ramsey Margolis on Girol's new book, Love You. All welcome.