Events

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

Come along for a morning storytime to celebrate the release of ‘Poppa’s Workshop’ by Chelsea Cresswell!

Scorpio Books warmly welcomes you to the launch of So Long; South America by local author Pat Barrett.

Scorpio Books and Peta Mathias warmly welcome you to a special book launch to celebrate Peta’s new book, It’s Been Six Weeks Since My Last Confession: Essays on Life.

Scorpio Books and Te Herenga Waka University Press warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of new poetry collection It’s What He Would’ve Wanted by Nick Ascroft.

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

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.

Scorpio Books warmly welcomes you to a special author talk with Tina Makereti, chaired by Isla Huia.

The NZSA President of Honour, Charlotte Grimshaw, will deliver the prestigious annual NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture, an event that comments on the literary sector, on October 14, 2025.

Scorpio Books and Catch Phrase Media warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Fire Stations of Aotearoa New Zealand by local author George Lockyer.

Scorpio Books and Canterbury University Press warmly welcome you to the launch of Eddie Sparkle’s Bridal Taxi by local author Frankie McMillan. .

Welcome to the launch of Dead Ends, an event full of stories, not speeches. Come in from the cold and sit by the fire awhile as Laura Borrowdale and friends present an evening of domestic dystopias, monster moments and beautiful books.

Bring the kids along for a delightful morning of fun, food and family celebrating local author Jessica Urlichs and her latest books May You Always Know: A Poem of Hopes and Dreams and My Friends and I.

Scorpio Books and OneTree House warmly welcome you to the launch of The Edge of Light #2: The Miracle by local author A. M. Dixon.

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.

Scorpio Books and Bateman Books warmly welcome you to a special DOUBLE book launch and author talk! Join us to celebrate the publication of Where In All the World, a new novel by Vanessa Croft, and Riding the Echo Down, a new essay collection by Peter Ryan.

Scorpio Books and Bateman Books warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of The Food Farm by Angela Clifford and Nick Gill.

Actors read NZ short stories live at the Nix: a monthly series.