The Auckland Writers Festival
Browse the 2026 Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki Events
Latest
-
Show notes from the AWF team
The hardest thing about working behind the scenes at AWF is we don’t get to see much of it! Occasionally we’re able to grab a moment and get to catch an author or two. Read on to see which events we managed to dip into — and what we thought of them. Read more › -
A night with Alice Oseman
Alice Oseman’s Heartstopperseries is a phenomenon. From its beginnings as a 124 million-viewed webcomic inspired by a novel Oseman wrote while still in school, to the more than 10 million copy worldwide-selling graphic novel series and its Emmy Award-winning Netflix adaptation, readers across generations have flocked to the tender LGBTQ+ love story of Nick and Charlie. Read more › -
2026 CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST
The shortlist for the 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, announced on10 June, recognises a generation of writers who are drawing confidently on culture, language and identity to tell stories and create books that feel unmistakably of current-day Aotearoa. Read more ›