Scorpio Books and Te Herenga Waka University Press warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Sick Power Trip by local poet Erik Kennedy.

An annual weekend of wonderful writers and curious audiences in beautiful Marlborough.

The winers of the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults will be announced at a ceremony in Wellington.

Hold onto your sonnets, it's Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day.

Lit. Whanganui Booklovers Festival conjures a diverse bi-annual programme of books, reading, writing, authors, discussion, and ideas from across the motu and beyond, to entertain, educate and charm our Whanganui bookloving community.

KUPU Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi Māori Writers Festival — one of Aotearoa’s first and only Māori writers festivals — returns to Rotorua this year with a bold new line-up, a dedicated day in te reo Māori, and a continued commitment to the future of Māori literature.

Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival will be held from 17 to 19 October 2025.