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New Zealand literary festivals
Click on the links below for details of New Zealand Literary Festivals
A highlight of Auckland City's cultural calendar, the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival brings together acclaimed writers and thousands of readers in a long weekend of innovative programming in May each year.
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The annual literary festival that takes place in Waitakere City each September takes its inspiration came from the train journey described by Maurice Gee in his novel, Going West.
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Set in the stunning Hamilton Gardens each February, the Summer Festival is a dynamic celebration of arts, culture and entertainment held within 58 hectares of unique gardens.
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The Kids’ Lit Quiz is an annual quiz for students aged 11-12 who compete towards a National Final, and then the World final against teams from the UK, South Africa and China.
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Held in Wellington every year since 2001, the festival is an opportunity for the whole community to celebrate the telling of Maori stories, for writers and readers to get together and meet others, for books to be launched, and to present and celebrate the E tuhi! Awards.
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Held in July each year, Montata Poetry Day is a nationwide celebration of events featuring some of the country’s best and emerging poets.
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The Nelson Arts Festival Writers and Readers week sees top New Zealand writers visit for a programme of informal gatherings each year.
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This annual festival of events and activities marks the New Zealand Post Book Awards and has become New Zealand’s premier celebration of children’s books. Festivals are staged at the same time in almost every community in the country, from Northland to the deep south.
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The festival celebrates the National Schools Poetry Awards and aims to to give Years 12 and 13 students the chance to be recognised for their writing skills and also help develop their interest in the literary field.
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Part of the Wellington's International Festival of the Arts, Writers and Readers Week is held every two years in March (next in 2012), offering a line-up of home-grown and international novelists, poets, historians, biographers, children's writers and other literary voices for readings, discussions and debates.
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Every two years Rawene celebrates its readers and writers with a festival established by Bernie Hume in 1995. The next festival is exepected to be in April/May 2012.
To be held in the month of August from 2009, the annual Storylines Festival celebrates children’s literature with family events in Northland, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
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The Taranaki International Festival of the Arts is held in July/August every two years (the 10th festival will be held in 2009)
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The Tauranga Arts Fetival is held every two years (next in 2009) and includes a Writers and Readers programme.
Now a major event on the literary calendar, The Press Christchurch Writers Festival hosts international and New Zealand writers annually in September.
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Auckland Writers & Readers Festival
