2025 Programmes
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Event 1
STREETSIDE: BRITOMART
Fri, 9 May 20256:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 2
An Evening with Trent Dalton
Tue, 13 May 20257:00pm - 8:30pm -
Event 3
Lunch with Ben Macintyre
Wed, 14 May 202512:30pm - 2:30pm -
Event 4
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025
Wed, 14 May 20257:00pm - 9:00pm -
Event 5
A New Light
Thu, 15 May 20256:45am - 5:10pm -
Event 6
Festival Gala Night: The Moment I Knew
Thu, 15 May 20257:00pm - 8:30pm -
Event 7
A New Light
Fri, 16 May 20256:45am - 5:10pm -
Event 8
Worldwide Book Club: Canada
Fri, 16 May 20259:15am - 9:45am -
Event 9
Debut of the Day: Michelle Rahurahu
Fri, 16 May 202511:00am - 11:30am -
Event 10
Worldwide Book Club: Māori Literature
Fri, 16 May 202512:30pm - 1:00pm -
Event 11
Wikipedia edit-a-thon – Aotearoa New Zealand Authors edition
Fri, 16 May 20252:00pm - 4:00pm -
Event 12
Lynley Edmeades: Writing the Fragment
Fri, 16 May 20259:00am - 10:30am -
Event 13
The Scene of the Crime
Fri, 16 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 14
Ruth Shaw: A Life at the End of the World
Fri, 16 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 15
Whānau: Reo Māori Phrases to Share
Fri, 16 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 16
Becoming Aotearoa: A New History of New Zealand
Fri, 16 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 17
John Connell: Nature Writing
Fri, 16 May 202511:00am - 12:30pm -
Event 18
Unreel: A Life in Review
Fri, 16 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 19
Meet the Nordic Delegation
Fri, 16 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 20
Notes from a Small Island: Hitching and Hiking Through New Zealand
Fri, 16 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 21
Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art
Fri, 16 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 22
The Book Factory
Fri, 16 May 202512:00pm - 9:00pm -
Event 23
Tina Makereti: The Story Is Wiser Than Us
Fri, 16 May 20251:00pm - 2:30pm -
Event 24
Monty Soutar
Fri, 16 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 25
The Happiest Places on Earth?
Fri, 16 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 26
Intersections Across the Moana: Storytellers and Their Villages
Fri, 16 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 27
The Ranks of the Rich
Fri, 16 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 28
2025 Honoured Writer: Gavin Bishop
Fri, 16 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 29
Stan Grant: Murriyang
Fri, 16 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 30
Living Between Languages
Fri, 16 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 31
Literature of Loss
Fri, 16 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 32
Poetry and Music
Fri, 16 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 33
Rumaan Alam: Crafting Dialogue
Fri, 16 May 20253:00pm - 4:30pm -
Event 34
A. C. Grayling: Making Peace in the Culture Wars
Fri, 16 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 35
The Last Secret Agent
Fri, 16 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 36
Books of Mana
Fri, 16 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 37
Life on the Land
Fri, 16 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 38
The Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction 2025 Winner’s Interview
Fri, 16 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 39
Becky Manawatu: Getting the First Draft Down
Fri, 16 May 20255:00pm - 6:30pm -
Event 40
Ben Macintyre: Living History
Fri, 16 May 20255:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 41
Laws & Legacy: Confronting Colonisation
Fri, 16 May 20255:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 42
Lone Stars and North Stars: Navigating Home
Fri, 16 May 20255:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 43
Space: Nature Writing’s New Frontier?
Fri, 16 May 20255:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 44
A Big Night Out for Little Bookworms
Fri, 16 May 20256:00pm - 7:15pm -
Event 45
At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China
Fri, 16 May 20257:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 46
Tell the Tale, Win the Crowd
Fri, 16 May 20257:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 47
Unsettling Fictions
Fri, 16 May 20257:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 48
Harriet Walter: All the World’s a Stage
Fri, 16 May 20258:30pm - 9:45pm -
Event 49
The Spice Salon
Fri, 16 May 20259:00pm - 10:00pm -
Event 50
A New Light
Sat, 17 May 20256:45am - 5:10pm -
Event 51
Atua Wāhine Flow
Sat, 17 May 20259:15am - 9:45am -
Event 52
Debut of the Day: Flora Feltham
Sat, 17 May 202511:00am - 11:30am -
Event 53
Local Lists: Hachette
Sat, 17 May 202512:30pm - 1:00pm -
Event 54
Worldwide Book Club: Sámi Literature
Sat, 17 May 20252:00pm - 2:30pm -
Event 55
Local Lists: Penguin Books New Zealand
Sat, 17 May 20253:30pm - 4:00pm -
Event 56
Worldwide Book Club: Books from India
Sat, 17 May 20255:00pm - 5:30pm -
Event 57
Kirsty Gunn: Two Sides to Every Story
Sat, 17 May 20259:00am - 10:30am -
Event 58
The Book Factory
Sat, 17 May 202510:00am - 5:00pm -
Event 59
Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In
Sat, 17 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 60
How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive
Sat, 17 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 61
Yael van der Wouden: The Safekeep
Sat, 17 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 62
Tina Makereti and Becky Manawatu
Sat, 17 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 63
Peter Godwin: Mastering Memoir
Sat, 17 May 202511:00am - 12:30pm -
Event 64
Trump: The Next Four Years
Sat, 17 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 65
Landmark LGBTQ+ Literature
Sat, 17 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 66
Nevermoor Unveiled
Sat, 17 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 67
The Call of the Wild
Sat, 17 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 68
North to South: Stories, Songs and Voices of the Land
Sat, 17 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 69
Damien Wilkins: Writing Grief
Sat, 17 May 20251:00pm - 2:30pm -
Event 70
2025: A Billionaire’s Playground?
Sat, 17 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 71
Let the Dead Speak Kia Kōrero te Hunga Mate
Sat, 17 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 72
Writing to Remember: Tina Makereti and Flora Feltham
Sat, 17 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 73
Mariana Enriquez
Sat, 17 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 74
The Tiny Show
Sat, 17 May 20252:00pm - 2:45pm -
Event 75
Kaliane Bradley: The Ministry of Time
Sat, 17 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 76
Bringing the Past to Life: Researching Historical Fiction
Sat, 17 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 77
All Animals Are Equal?
Sat, 17 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 78
Break the Silence, Break the Cycle
Sat, 17 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 79
Torrey Peters: Crafting Beguiling Characters
Sat, 17 May 20253:00pm - 4:30pm -
Event 80
Unfinished Business?
Sat, 17 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 81
Lars Mytting
Sat, 17 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 82
The Modern Political Novel
Sat, 17 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 83
Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery
Sat, 17 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 84
Fiona Kidman: The Writer Within
Sat, 17 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 85
Afra Atiq: The Life Benefits of Writing Poetry
Sat, 17 May 20255:00pm - 6:30pm -
Event 86
Rumaan Alam
Sat, 17 May 20255:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 87
Raja Shehadeh
Sat, 17 May 20255:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 88
Being a NZ Writer Today
Sat, 17 May 20255:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 89
Imagined Futures
Sat, 17 May 20255:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 90
A Waiata in an Hour He Waiata i te Hāora Kotahi
Sat, 17 May 20255:45pm - 6:45pm -
Event 91
The 2024 Booker Prize Winner: Samantha Harvey
Sat, 17 May 20257:00pm - 8:15pm -
Event 92
Inside The Iranian Embassy Siege
Sat, 17 May 20257:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 93
Antti Tuomainen
Sat, 17 May 20257:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 94
Asako Yuzuki: Butter
Sat, 17 May 20257:30pm - 8:30pm -
Event 95
Ian Rankin
Sat, 17 May 20258:45pm - 9:45pm -
Event 96
Dark Tales Salon
Sat, 17 May 20259:00pm - 10:00pm -
Event 97
A New Light
Sun, 18 May 20256:45am - 5:10pm -
Event 98
Atua Wāhine Flow
Sun, 18 May 20259:15am - 9:45am -
Event 99
Debut of the Day: Ferdia Lennon
Sun, 18 May 202511:00am - 11:30am -
Event 100
No Stupid Questions: Marcel Dirsus
Sun, 18 May 202512:30pm - 1:00pm -
Event 101
Worldwide Book Club: Korea
Sun, 18 May 20252:30pm - 3:00pm -
Event 102
Local Lists: Bateman, and Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
Sun, 18 May 20253:30pm - 4:00pm -
Event 103
Duncan Sarkies: Writers as Explorers
Sun, 18 May 20259:00am - 10:30am -
Event 104
The Tiny Show
Sun, 18 May 20259:30am - 10:15am -
Event 105
The Book Factory
Sun, 18 May 202510:00am - 5:00pm -
Event 106
David Nicholls
Sun, 18 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 107
Tangata Tiriti for Te Tiriti
Sun, 18 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 108
Dick Frizzell
Sun, 18 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 109
Norse Mythology & Folklore
Sun, 18 May 202510:00am - 11:00am -
Event 110
Silvia Park: Speculative Worlds
Sun, 18 May 202511:00am - 12:30pm -
Event 111
Andy Griffiths: From Treehouse to Unlimited Adventure
Sun, 18 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 112
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Dream Count
Sun, 18 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 113
Atua Wāhine: The Ancient Wisdom of Māori Goddesses
Sun, 18 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 114
NZ’s Pandemic Story: First and Next Chapters
Sun, 18 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 115
Back to Square One?
Sun, 18 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 116
Brannavan Gnanalingam: How to Write Your Book
Sun, 18 May 20251:00pm - 2:30pm -
Event 117
Japan’s Trailblazers: Sayaka Murata & Asako Yuzuki
Sun, 18 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 118
Writing Humour
Sun, 18 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 119
Hanne Ørstavik
Sun, 18 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 120
Writing Auckland
Sun, 18 May 20251:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 121
Philippe Sands
Sun, 18 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 122
A Voice for the Lost: Jacqueline Bublitz and Chris Whitaker
Sun, 18 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 123
Languages of the Land
Sun, 18 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 124
Torrey Peters
Sun, 18 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 125
Saili Matagi — The Winds of Change: A Poetry Showcase
Sun, 18 May 20252:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 126
Naomi Arnold: Writing the World
Sun, 18 May 20253:00pm - 4:30pm -
Event 127
Catherine Chidgey: The Book of Guilt
Sun, 18 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 128
Steve Williams: Together We Roared
Sun, 18 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 129
Ferdia Lennon: Glorious Exploits
Sun, 18 May 20254:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 130
Alan Hollinghurst
Sun, 18 May 20255:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 131
Someone Saved My Life Tonight Nā Tētahi Ahau i Whakaora i Tēnei Pō
Sun, 18 May 20255:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 132
Colm Tóibín
Sun, 18 May 20257:00pm - 8:15pm -
Event 133
Wicked Lambs and Witchy Troubles!
Sat, 17 May 202510:00am - 10:30am -
Event 134
Animal Escapades
Sat, 17 May 202510:45am - 11:15am -
Event 135
Make a Mean Zine
Sat, 17 May 202510:00am - 3:30pm -
Event 136
Dance Like the Atua
Sat, 17 May 202511:30am - 12:00pm -
Event 137
Take the Mic
Sat, 17 May 202512:15pm - 12:45pm -
Event 138
Criminally Fun!
Sat, 17 May 20251:30pm - 2:00pm -
Event 139
Construct a Story
Sat, 17 May 20252:15pm - 2:45pm -
Event 140
A Dreampanion Quest
Sat, 17 May 20253:00pm - 3:30pm -
Event 141
Action Stations
Sat, 17 May 202510:00am - 3:30pm -
Event 142
Action Stations
Sun, 18 May 202510:00am - 1:00pm -
Event 143
Rock Solid
Sun, 18 May 202510:00am - 10:30am -
Event 144
Absolute Nonsense!
Sun, 18 May 202510:45am - 11:15am -
Event 145
Weaving Wonders
Sun, 18 May 202511:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 146
Collage Creation Corner
Sun, 18 May 202510:00am - 12:00pm -
Event 147
How to Draw a Dragon
Sat, 17 May 20259:30am - 10:00am -
Event 148
Granny McFlitter Champion Knitter
Sat, 17 May 202510:30am - 1:00pm -
Event 149
Pukapuka Adventures Saturday
Sat, 17 May 202510:00am - 3:30pm -
Event 150
Pukapuka Adventures Sunday
Sun, 18 May 202510:00am - 1:00pm -
Event 151
How to Festival for Families
Sat, 17 May 20259:45pm - 9:45pm
