Festivals
Literary festivals and events … chronological
2022
FEBRUARY 2022
Same Same But Different, Auckland, 16-20 February 2022 - moved online
Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival, 18-27 February 2022 - cancelled
Whanganui Literary Festival, 22-25 February 2022
(Note: usually biennial, October, odd years, 2021 event postponed)
Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts, Wellington, Writers: 25 February-20 March 2022 - moved online
Kāpiti Writers Retreat, 25-27 February 2022 - cancelled
MARCH 2022
Womad World of Words, New Plymouth, 18-20 March 2022 - cancelled
The Women’s Bookshop Ladies’ Litera-tea, Auckland, 20 March 2022 - cancelled
Aspiring Conversations, Wanaka, 25-27 March 2022 (biennial even years) - cancelled
APRIL 2022
Going West Writers Festival, Shifted Ground, Titirangi, 9 April 2022
Going West Writers Festival, Poetry at Piha, 30 April 2022
JUNE 2022
Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival, 8-12 June 2022
Kupu Māori Writers Festival, Rotorua, 12-18 June 2022
NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival, Wanaka, 24-29 June 2022
NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival, Queenstown, 30 June-2 July 2022
Blackball Readers & Writers Festival, West Coast, Writers’ Retreat, June 2022 tbc
JULY 2022
Marlborough Book Festival, Blenheim, 7-10 July 2022
AUGUST 2022
Hamilton Book Month, 1-31 August 2022
Auckland Writers Festival, 23-28 August 2022
WORD Christchurch, 31 August — 4 September 2022
SEPTEMBER 2022
Manawatu Writers Festival, Fielding, September 2022 tbc
OCTOBER 2022
Escape! (Literary Weekend date tbc), Tauranga, 12-20 June 2022 (biennial even years) - postponed from June
Yarns in Barns, Wairarapa, 14-23 October 2022 (biennial even years)
Hawkes Bay Readers & Writers Festival, October 2022 tbc
Ignition Children’s Book Festival, Dunedin, October 2022 tbc
NZ Young Writers Festival, Dunedin, October 2022 tbc
NOVEMBER 2022
Queenstown Writers Festival, November 2022 tbc (biennial even years)
VERB Writers & Readers Festival, Wellington, November 2022 tbc
2023
Festival of Colour (with Aspiring Conversations), Wanaka, 26 March-2 April 2023 (biennial odd years)
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival, May 2023 (biennial odd years)
Blackball Readers & Writers Festival, West Coast, June 2023 (biennial odd years)
Nelson Arts Festival, October 2023 (biennial odd years)
Tauranga Arts Festival, October 2023 (biennial odd years)
Literary festivals and events … alphabetical
* Next known dates are listed
2022
Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts, Wellington, Writers: 25 February-20 March 2022 - online
Aspiring Conversations, Wanaka, 25-27 March 2022 (biennial even years) - cancelled
Auckland Writers Festival, 23-28 August 2022 (postponed from May)
Blackball Readers & Writers Festival, West Coast, Writers’ Retreat, June 2022 tbc
Escape! Literary Weekend, Tauranga, 3-6 June 2022 (biennial even years)
Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival, 8-12 June 2022 (postponed from May)
Going West Writers Festival, Shifted Ground, Titirangi, 9 April 2022
Going West Writers Festival, Poetry at Piha, 30 April 2022
Hamilton Book Month, 1-31 August 2022
Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival, 18-27 February 2022 - cancelled
Hawkes Bay Readers & Writers Festival, October 2022 tbc
Ignition Children’s Book Festival, Dunedin, October 2022 tbc
Kāpiti Writers Retreat, 25-27 February 2022 - cancelled
Kupu Māori Writers Festival, Rotorua, 12-18 June 2022
Ladies’ Litera-tea (The Women's Bookshop) Auckland, 20 March 2022 — cancelled
Manawatu Writers Festival, Fielding, September 2022 tbc
Marlborough Book Festival, Blenheim, July tbc
New Zealand Mountain Film & Book Festival, Wanaka, 24-29 June 2022
New Zealand Mountain Film & Book Festival, Queenstown, 30 June-2 July 2022
New Zealand Young Writers Festival, Dunedin, October 2022 tbc
Queenstown Writers Festival, November 2022 tbc (biennial even years)
Same Same But Different, Auckland, 16-20 February 2022 - online
VERB Writers & Readers Festival, Wellington, November 2022 tbc
Whanganui Literary Festival, 22-25 February 2022 - cancelled
(Note: usually biennial, October, odd years, 2021 event postponed)
Womad World of Words, New Plymouth, 18-20 March 2022 - cancelled
WORD Christchurch, 31 August — 4 September 2022
Yarns in Barns, Wairarapa, 14-23 October 2022 (biennial even years)
2023
Blackball Readers & Writers Festival, West Coast, June 2023 (biennial odd years)
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival, May 2023 (biennial odd years)
Festival of Colour (with Aspiring Conversations), Wanaka, 26 March-2 April 2023 (biennial odd years)
Nelson Arts Festival, October 2023 (biennial odd years)
Tauranga Arts Festival, October 2023 (biennial odd years)