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New Zealand
Author readings in New Zealand
Listen to authors and poets read from their work at readings, open mics and spoken-word evenings.
157 upcoming events
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Author talk
Courage, Choice, and What Comes Next with Dystopian Icon Veronica Roth
with Veronica Roth
- Location
- Tauranga Library
- Time
- 12.00pm
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Book launch
Book launch: Ponsonby People's Union
with Roger Fowler
- Location
- Auckland Central Library
- Time
- 1.00pm – 3.30pm
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Reading
Poetry readings with Colleen Coco Collins & others
with Colleen Coco Collins
- Location
- Gus Fisher Gallery
- Time
- 2.00pm – 3.00pm
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Author talk
Asher Emanuel in conversation with Steve Braunias
with Steve Braunias, Asher Emanuel
- Location
- Time Out Bookstore Ltd
- Time
- 6.00pm – 7.15pm
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Book launch
Book Launch: Sunday Session - Big Book of Kiwi Nursery Rhymes
with Kimberly Andrews
- Location
- Unity Books Wellington
- Time
- 3.00pm
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Book launch
Launching In-store: The Station by Bruce Foster & Redmer Yska
with Bruce Foster, Redmer Yska
- Location
- Unity Books Wellington
- Time
- 6.00pm
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Literary festival
Hawke's Bay Readers & Writers Festival
with Isabelle Taylor, Witi Ihimaera, Tīhema Baker, Susie Ferguson, Jo Randerson, Ivy Cliffwater, Elisabeth Easther, Nalini Singh, Kate O’Keeffe, Tom Coyle
Runs Thu, 8 Oct – Sun, 18 Oct 2026
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Book launch
Book Launch: Meditations of a Landscape Architect by David Irwin
with David Irwin
- Location
- Objectspace
- Time
- 5.30pm – 7.00pm
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Author talk
Author talk: History of Jubilee Blind Institute, Parnell with Carolyn Cameron
with Carolyn Cameron
- Location
- Parnell Library
- Time
- 6.00pm – 7.00pm
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Book launch
Book Launch: Thyme to Cook by Emma Galloway
with Emma Galloway
- Location
- Mt Eden Village Centre
- Time
- 6.00pm – 8.00pm
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Author talk
Returning Home: Writing the Filipino Experience
with Monica Macansantos
- Location
- Central City Library
- Time
- 6.30pm – 7.30pm
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Author talk
NZ Christian Book Expo - An Evening with Rob Harley
with Rob Harley
- Location
- Empower Church
- Time
- 6.30pm – 9.30pm
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Author talk
HBRW 2026 - Fertility Matters
with Susie Ferguson, Elisabeth Easther, Kate O’Keeffe
- Location
- Havelock North Function Centre
- Time
- 5.30pm – 6.30pm
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Book launch
Book Launch: 'Hometown' by Martinette Williams
with Martinette Williams
- Location
- Maggie's
- Time
- 7.00pm
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Author talk
HBRW 2026 - The Dead Speak: My Life in Forensics
with Louise Ward, Gareth Ward, Thomas Coyle
- Location
- Havelock North Function Centre
- Time
- 7.00pm – 8.00pm
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Author talk
HBRW 2026 - Surviving White Island
- Location
- Havelock North Function Centre
- Time
- 10.00am – 11.00am
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Author talk
HBRW 2026 - Food!
with Vanya Insull, Allyson Gofton
- Location
- Havelock North Function Centre
- Time
- 12.00pm – 1.00pm
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Author talk
HBRW 2026 - Aotearoa in Bloom
with Tryphena Cracknell, Rachel Clare
Runs Sat, 10 Oct – Sun, 18 Oct 2026
- Location
- Havelock North Function Centre
- Time
- 2.00pm – 3.00pm
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Author talk
HBRW 2026 - Witi Ihimaera & Rediscovering Te Reo
with Witi Ihimaera Smiler
- Location
- Havelock North Function Centre
- Time
- 4.00pm – 5.00pm
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Author talk
HBRW 2026 - The Romantasy Phenomenon
with Catherine Robertson, Ivy Cliffwater, Nalini Singh
- Location
- Havelock North Function Centre
- Time
- 6.00pm – 7.00pm
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Author talk
HBRW 2026 - Histories Real & Imagined
with Tess Redgrave, Tracy Farr, Cristina Sanders, Lauren Keenan
- Location
- Havelock North Function Centre
- Time
- 12.00pm – 1.00pm
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Book launch
Book launch: Ponsonby People's Union
with Roger Fowler
- Location
- Auckland Central Library
- Time
- 1.00pm – 4.00pm
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Author talk
HBRW 2026 - Wild Horses
with Abby Letteri, Marty Smith
- Location
- Havelock North Library
- Time
- 4.00pm – 5.00pm
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Author talk
HBRW 2026 - The Crash
with Sally Wenley
- Location
- Havelock North Function Centre
- Time
- 6.00pm – 7.00pm
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Book launch
Book Launch: Song of the Birds by Robert Vennell
with Robert Vennell
- Location
- Auckland Museum
- Time
- 6.00pm – 7.30pm
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Book launch
Book Launch: Meditations of a Landscape Architect by David Irwin
with David Irwin
- Location
- Objectspace at Sir Miles Warren Gallery
- Time
- 5.30pm – 7.00pm
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Author talk
Author talk & storytime: Claire Mabey reads from Cass and the Beast
with Claire Mabey
- Location
- Schrödinger's Books
- Time
- 3.00pm
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Literary festival
A night with Alice Oseman
with Alice Oseman
- Location
- Dorothy Winstone Centre
- Time
- 7.00pm – 8.30pm
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Author talk
Author talk: Josh Silver - Fruit Fly
with Tendai Mutambu, Josh Silver
- Location
- The Hannah
- Time
- 6.00pm – 7.00pm
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Author talk
Author talk: Lloyd Jones in Conversation with Claire Mabey
with Claire Mabey, Lloyd Jones
- Location
- Wellington Library
- Time
- 12.30pm
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Book chat
Manukau Library Book Chat
- Location
- Manukau Library and Research Centre Te Paerangi
- Time
- 10.30am – 11.30am
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Book launch
Book Launch: Dido on the Edge
with Bianca Parker
- Location
- Time Out Bookstore Ltd
- Time
- 7.00pm – 9.00pm
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Literary festival
'Capital Trees' walking tour with author Susette Goldsmith
with Susette Goldsmith
- Location
- Supreme Court Complex
- Time
- 2.00pm – 4.00pm
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Author talk
Author talk: Matthew Wright (Trading Blows - What Drove the Musket Wars)
with Matthew Wright
- Location
- Schrödinger's Books
- Time
- 6.00pm
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Literary festival
Home Again with Jon Toogood
with Jon Toogood, Karl Puschmann
- Location
- Te Ao Mārama – Tauranga Library & Community Hub
- Time
- 5.00pm – 6.00pm
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Author talk
Author talk: Grant Hodgson (Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship: A Conversation in 1825)
with Grant Hodgson
- Location
- Schrödinger's Books
- Time
- 4.00pm
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Literary festival
Queenstown Writers Festival
with Eugene Bingham, Jon Toogood, Tīhema Baker, Kyle Mewburn, Kate Camp, Emma Neale, Gladys Henderson, Kiri Allan, Gavin Strawhan, Simon Lendrum, Shehan Karunatilaka, Dame Anne Salmond, Charlotte Grimshaw, Kahli Scott, Elizabeth Knox, Pax Assadi, Laura Williamson, Asher Emanuel, Breton Dukes, Claire Mabey, Sarah-Kate Lynch, Thomas Coyle, Pauline Smith, Laura Shallcrass, Barbara Dreaver, Megan Nicol Reed, Dick Hubbard
Runs Thu, 5 Nov – Sun, 8 Nov 2026
- Location
- Te Atamira
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Author talk
Author talk: Lloyd Jones (The Beaded Curtain)
with Lloyd Jones
- Location
- Schrödinger's Books
- Time
- 6.00pm
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Author talk
Author talk: An Evening with Nadia Lim
with Nadia Lim
- Location
- Mitre 10 MEGA New Plymouth
- Time
- 6.30pm
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Book launch
Book Launch: The Hummingbirds by Kata Kiss
with Kata Kiss
- Location
- Time Out Bookstore Ltd
- Time
- 3.00pm – 4.00pm
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Author talk
Author Talk: This is Grief with Kirsten O’Connor
with Kirsten O’Connor
- Location
- Page & Blackmore
- Time
- 5.15pm
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Author talk
An Evening with Mary Beard: Talking Classics
with Mary Beard
- Location
- Aotea Centre
- Time
- 7.30pm
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Book chat
Manukau Library Book Chat
- Location
- Manukau Library and Research Centre Te Paerangi
- Time
- 10.30am – 11.30am
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Author talk
Eric Idle: An Evening of Idle Conversation
with Eric Idle
- Location
- St. James Theatre
- Time
- 6.30pm
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Book launch
Book Launch for COLD REDEMPTION (Psy Changeling Trinity series #10)
with Nalini Singh
- Location
- Chapter Book & Tea Shop
- Time
- 7.00pm
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Author talk
Book Launch for COLD REDEMPTION with Nalini Singh
with Nalini Singh
- Location
- Chapter Book & Tea Shop
- Time
- 7.00pm
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Meet the author
An Evening with Dr Ramani Durvasula
with Dr Ramani Durvasula
- Location
- Bruce Mason Centre
- Time
- 7.00pm
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Author talk
Author Talk: An Evening with Dr Ramani Durvasula
with Dr Ramani Durvasula
- Location
- Bruce Mason Centre
- Time
- 7.00pm
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Literary festival
Wham Bam Author Jam
with JA Low, Lee Simpson, Samantha Beneke, Deborah Carter, Aleisha Maree, Sarah Williams, Esme Brett, K M Jackways, Lilliana Rose, A.J. Cane, Stacey Broadbent, Jessica Jayne Webb, Kathleen Kelly, Shaye Torrel, Catherine Mede, Courtney Clark Michaels, Karen Healey, Lynda Tomalin, Paul Mannering, J. Střelou, Leesa Bow, Kirsty Roby, Tee Ayer, Sydney Hunter, Kate Healey, Jen Morris, Andie, Sasha A. Linderson, Stacey Jayne, Trinity Wood, Melissa Gunn, Janna Ruth, Tanya Nellestein, Nikki Perry, Johanna M Rae, Vi Summers, Elle Ashwell, Minky St Anne, Jay Shaw, Cyan Tayse, Cate Lane, L.L. Hunter, HM Hodgson, Susan Glamuzina, Tilly Otara, Laura Catherine, Robinne Weiss, Penny Dee, Sofia Aves, Wendy Smith, Manna Clarke, Shayla Morgansen, Sue Carpenter, Jayne Rivers, Rachel Scotte, Julia Střelou, Cleo Browne, Suzi Love, Gillian St. Kevern, Emma Danielle, Hope Malone
- Location
- TBC
- Time
- 9.00am – 5.00pm
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Literary festival
The Little Lost Libraries - Community Activation
Runs Fri, 1 Oct – Wed, 13 Oct 2027
- Location
- Whangārei
