Events

The University of Waikato presents 'Picturebooks, pedagogies and plurilingualism: Changing linguistic landscapes one picturebook at a time' with Professor Nicola Daly.

Siobhan Harvey, Otago University Press and Unity Books Auckland warmly invite you to the book launch of the award-winning, What We Remember, What We Forget: A memoir in memory by Siobhan Harvey.

The Going West Trust is delighted to welcome Dominic Hoey to Shadbolt House for the final event in our Within These Walls series, part of the Going West Festival’s 30-year anniversary programme.

Kerikeri book launch for The Gum Trees of Kerikeri by Lynn Jenner. To be launched by Kim Martins and proudly sponsored by the New Zealand Poetry Society. All welcome!

Come and celebrate The Real Halloween with seasonally-appropriate readings from local authors. Scorpio Books will be open late for this special event.

Scorpio Books and Otago University Press warmly welcome you to the launch of Pepeha Portal by Ariana Tikao.

Auckland readers are being invited to slow down, indulge in beautiful stories and romanticise their everyday lives as boutique romance bookstore Enamoured Books celebrates its first birthday next month. 

Tagata Atamai presents Words in Motion, three nights of Moana and Māori poetry at Basement Theatre.

Scorpio Books and Otago University Press warmly welcome you to the launch of A Day Like No Other: Selected poems by James Norcliffe.

Notable New Zealand authors Damien Wilkins, Liam McIllvannay, Tina Makereti, Laurence Fearnley, Steve Braunias, Naomi Arnold and others will take the stage at the RAWA festival for 2026. RAWA is a biennial festival that is hosted by a small group of volunteers who believe in the power of literature to influence lives in joyful and meaningful ways. Our aim is to bring together a community of readers and writers in an intimate regional festival where people can engage with, and learn from, the very best authors in Aotearoa. The spectacular programme is designed especially for readers and writers. A two-day registration provides the full RAWA experience, an enriching opportunity to meet all the wonderful speakers. Come and spend the weekend and enjoy the Open Mic Poetry Night on the Friday night at the Madeira Hotel. Open Mic is a free community event so come and enjoy. Also on offer are one-day registrations for the Saturday or Sunday programme. See https://www.rawafestival.com/2026-programme for more information and the full programme.

Join Judy L Mohr, selected as one of the inaugural New Voices of Aotearoa in 2025, for an author talk at Tūranga Library!

Scorpio Books and Otago University Press warmly welcome you to an author talk featuring Lynley Edmeades in conversation with Kiran Dass.

Scorpio Books and Grant Hodgson invite you to a special lunchtime author talk on Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship: A conversation in 1825.

Scorpio Books warmly welcomes you to a special author talk with Peter Dowling and Takerei Norton.

Join us to launch a new book of poetry by the incredible Tusiata Avia. Giving Birth to My Father is about learning to live with a loss that seems simply too heavy to bear.

Do you have the best singing voice in the world? Unlikely. But do you have the WORST singing voice in the world? EQUALLY UNLIKELY