Send a bookseller superstar to the Auckland Writers Festival
Do you know, or are you a bookseller superstar? Hachette Aotearoa wants to send one brilliant bookseller to the 2024 Auckland Writers Festival – one of the highlights of the NZ literary scene.
Your favourite bookseller could attend events with Celeste Ng, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Nalini Singh, Airana Ngarewa, Kate Evans, Olivia Spooner, Saraid de Silva, Shilo Kino, and Sam Smith – just to name a few!
This awesome prize includes:
return flights to Auckland
two nights (May 17 and 18) at the FIVE STAR SkyCity Hotel
a 10 session pass to soak up a whole range of brilliant Festival authors
Here’s what a few previous winners have said about the trip:
Rochelle from Stead and Daughters:
The entire experience was absolutely fabulous – what’s not to love I say. I came home with my booklovers tank full to the brim.’
Bel from Scorpio Books:
An incredible weekend of big ideas, new discoveries and fantastic performances.’
Sue from Paper Plus Masterton:
So many wonderful memorable moments and I will treasure this time away.’
Jill from Paper Plus Oamaru:
Thanks so much for the opportunity to attend the Auckland Writers Festival, what a great experience...I can’t thank you enough, it was awesome.'
Timothy from Whitcoulls Hornby:
It was everything I dreamed it would be and more. Meeting the likes of Roxane Gay, Teju Cole and Rupi Kaur was so incredibly inspiring for me. The atmosphere of the crowd was so cool - so many passionate readers, writers and lovers of the written word. It's something I'm going to continue to attend every year!
Entry is open to all NZ bookstore employees and anyone can nominate a bookseller – click the link to make your nominations: https://www.hachette.co.nz/whats-on/be-in-to-win-a-trip-to-the-2024-auckland-writers-festival-/