Te wiki o te reo Māori i te ētita Ruth Smith.

Dahlia Malaeulu is a Samoan New Zealander with connections to the villages of Sinamoga and Vaivase tai. She is an award-winning author, publisher and creator of Mila's Books.

Gigi Fenster, Bryan Walpert, Rebecca K Reilly and Whiti Hereaka on discoveries, writing and great reads.

Bridget Hackshaw, Lucy Mackintosh, Qiane Matata-Sipu and Claire Regnault on discoveries, writing and great reads.

Dave Lowe, Patricia Grace, Charlotte Grimshaw and Vincent O’Malley on discoveries, writing and great reads.

Serie Barford, Anne Kennedy, Joanna Preston and Tayi Tibble on discoveries, writing and great reads.

Author: Renata Hopkins.

Numerous four-letter words were, no doubt, on high rotate in the lead-up to this year’s WORD Christchurch Festival launch — and only one of them would have been ‘word’. But despite the Covid odds the festival team once again delivered an ambitious and innovative programme that ranged from politics to poetry, and often delivered both at once.

Matt Chisholm — author of Imposter — was able to finish his memoir on time partly due to having a very understanding wife …

Brannavan Gnanalingam - author of Sprigs and a chapter in Parenting in the Anthropocene - says writing comes a ‘distant third’ to parenting.

Toby Morris, author of Dad Man Walking, has some good advice for soon-to-be dads …

Gregor Paul - author of Steve Hansen The Legacy - his dad was a binge-reader …

David Hill: grandfather and author of (most recently) Coastwatcher and numerous other books - still gets ideas for books from younger family members

Kete speaks to Jane Arthur of GOOD BOOKS in Wellington on the centenary of Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand

Kete speaks to David Cameron of Scorpio Books in Christchurch on the centenary of Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand

Kete speaks to Kate Parker, author of Kōwhai and the Giants She is a finalist for the Picture Book Award in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Kete speaks to Kim Pittar of Muirs Bookshop in Gisborne on the centenary of Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand

Kete speaks to NK Ashworth, author of Draw Me a Hero. She is a finalist for the Young Adult Fiction Award in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Kete speaks to Millie Blackwell of Mrs Blackwell’s Village Bookshop in Greytown, Wairarapa on the centenary of Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand

Alison Wong’s travel diary from the Southland Tour of A Clear Dawn (Auckland University Press) with co-editor Paula Morris

Kete speaks to Sandra Morris, author of North & South. She is a finalist for the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.