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AWF takes on the Booker Prize shortlist
With the 2026 Booker Prize winner set to be announced on 9 November, the AWF team has been reading its way through this year's shortlist. From post-apocalyptic science fiction to sweeping literary epics, we've stepped outside our reading comfort zones, discovered some extraordinary writing and formed a few strong opinions along the way. Read more › -
The 2025 Booker Prize Winner David Szalay
Watch Hungarian–British author David Szalay’s discuss his book Flesh. Read more › -
AWF Board of Trustee changes
Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki has appointed leading New Zealand publisher Sam Elworthy to its Board, as long-serving Board member Nicola Legat ONZM steps down after eighteen and a half years. Read more ›