New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week is a unique opportunity to experience literature's luminaries live. Join novelists, poets, journalists, scientists, photographers, historians, biographers and children's writers for readings, discussions and debates.
Whether you read to be entertained or enlightened this year's line-up offers home-grown and international voices that will delight and challenge the most discerning readers.
Find an Author
Tickets for all sessions are on sale now. Book at Ticketek. Programmes are available at selected PostShops and New Zealand Post retail outlets, our official bookseller Unity Books (Wellington) and selected booksellers nationwide.
Download the printed Writers and Readers Programme (pdf 6.6Mb)
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Continue & book tickets online from ticketek
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Continue & book tickets online from ticketek
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Continue & book tickets online from ticketek
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Continue & book tickets online from ticketek
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Writers Upfront
With more than 35 individual and panel events Writers Upfront once again brings the world to Wellington.... read on
Brunch with Ruth Reichl
Spend a delicious couple of hours eating and drinking with Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine.... read on
New York Stories: Ruth Reichl
When Ruth Reichl arrived in New York City to take up the esteemed position of New York Times restaurant reviewer a storm erupted.... read on
New York Stories: Writing 9/11
Both Mohsin Hamid and James Meek have written novels that take 9/11 and its terrible aftermath as their subject.... read on
New York Stories: Garry Trudeau
Join native New Yorker Garry Trudeau as he talks about his enduring creation, the men and women who continue to inspire him and life as a working cartoonist. ... read on
Ursula Dubosarsky
Ursula Dubosarsky is one of the most original and prolific writers for children. Her books range from psychological thrillers for young adults, such as The Red Shoe, to picture books like Rex ...... read on
George Monbiot by Video
Join Monbiot, journalist and climate activist, in conversation via real time video conferencing. Refusing to get on planes, carbonconscious writers such as Monbiot are turning to technology.... read on
An Hour With Joseph Stiglitz
Over the last two decades Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz has enjoyed a front-row seat at major international economic events. ... read on
The Costs of Iraq
According to the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, the war in Iraq will become the world's first three trillion dollar war.... read on
