One of the art world’s most exciting voices Katy Hessel meets with NZ art curator Julia Waite to discuss her campaign for a...

Discuss the personal rebellions depicted in the books of Emily Perkins and Lynn Davidson, and discuss the fear, excitement...

Tusiata Avia, author of the Ockham NZ Book Award-winning The Savage Coloniser Book and recent recipient of a Prime Minister’s...

Bringing her trademark wit, deep knowledge and fierce feminism to The Herald stage, don’t miss Hayne’s show-stopping tour...

The Festival's esteemed panel of some of the world’s greatest thinkers: Professor of Global History at Oxford University and...

The central premise behind the Japanese sensation Before the Coffee Gets Cold series is this: if you could travel back in...

Three writers join Dr Emma Espiner to discuss Māori perspectives on confronting and handling big existential challenges.

Ockham NZ Book Awards shortlisted writer Pip Adam (Audition) sits down with these three storytellers to investigate the...

Elisabeth Easther meets three writers who have combined meticulous research of Aotearoa New Zealand and Australian history...

Paula Morris joins Daniel Hahn and Jerry Pinto in conversation for the first time as they give insight into their craft and...

What does it mean to reclaim Māoritanga from a Pākehā upbringing? That’s the premise of Isaac Martyn’s (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te...

Auckland Writers Festival brings together Aotearoa’s foremost horror writers and filmmakers to dissect the style, stories and...

Join Ockham NZ Book Awards shortlisted writer Pip Adam (Audition) to explore approaches to writing sex that centre consent...

Catherine Chidgey and Granta Best Young British Novelist K Patrick join for a conversation about their thrilling books and...

Indira Stewart meets Faith Wilson, Rosanna Raymond and Pelenakeke Brown in a wide-ranging discussion about how this...

If you’ve even a passing interest in the book world, there’s a good chance you’ve heard murmurings about dragons, magic and...

Almost a century on from the publication of Virginia Woolf’s powerful feminist polemic, the debate about the constraints...

Be part of something special as legendary singer-songwriter Troy Kingi writes and performs an entirely original waiata in 60...