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

Bookmark Kāpiti is a festival of stories, people and places connected to the Kāpiti Coast. It’s a book festival with a twist. The organisers, presenters and performers are all connected to this beautiful place and the events are held at venues, right along the Coast; not just in one place.

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.