New Zealand

Literary shows in New Zealand

Theatre, performance and live shows inspired by books and the people who write them.

75 upcoming events

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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
FreeAucklandVerified
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Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Reading
Dewey Book Group (Tuesday)
Location
Tūranga
Time
6.00pm – 7.00pm
FreeCanterburyUnverified listing
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Te Hiku
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Northland Mobile Library Service: Te Hiku
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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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
See cost detailsHawke's BayVerified
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Reading
Time Out x Griffin's Morning Reading Rave
Location
Time Out Bookstore Ltd
Time
10.00am – 12.00pm
$5 (can be redeemed on a book)AucklandVerified
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Time Out X Griffin's Afternoon Reading Rave
Location
Time Out Bookstore Ltd
Time
4.00pm – 6.00pm
$5 (can be redeemed on a book)AucklandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
Location
Kaitaia
FreeNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
Library card requiredVerified
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Literary festival
Māori Writers Festival
Runs Fri, 16 Oct – Sun, 18 Oct 2026
Location
Venue TBC
FreeBay of PlentyVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Hokianga
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Hokianga
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Literary festival
A night with Alice Oseman
with Alice Oseman
Location
Dorothy Winstone Centre
Time
7.00pm – 8.30pm
$30.55 + BFAucklandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Hokianga
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Hokianga
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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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
See cost detailsWellingtonVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: District-wide
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: District-wide
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: District-wide
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Wham Bam Tauranga Poetry Slam
Location
Toi Tauranga Art Gallery
Time
6.00pm – 8.00pm
See cost detailsBay of PlentyVerified
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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
See cost detailsBay of PlentyVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Te Hiku
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Reading
Dewey Book Group (Tuesday)
Location
Tūranga
Time
6.00pm – 7.00pm
FreeCanterburyVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Te Hiku
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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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
See cost detailsOtagoVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Te Hiku
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Fendalton Library Book Discussion Group
Location
Fendalton Library
Time
6.00pm – 7.00pm
Cost involved, please enquireCanterburyVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
Library card requiredVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
FreeNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
Library card requiredVerified
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Reading
The Big Read
Location
Barewood Garden
Time
10.00am – 4.00pm
See cost detailsMarlboroughVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Hokianga
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Hokianga
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Northland Mobile Library Service: Hokianga
Location
Kaitaia
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Show
Richard Dawkins: 50 Years of the Selfish Gene
with Richard Dawkins
Location
Aotea Centre
Time
7.00pm
$89.00 - $179.00AucklandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: District-wide
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Richard Dawkins: 50 Years of the Selfish Gene
with Richard Dawkins
Location
Michael Fowler Centre
Time
7.00pm
See cost detailsWellingtonVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: District-wide
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: District-wide
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Northland Mobile Library Service: District-wide
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Te Hiku
Location
Kaitaia
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Te Hiku
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Reading
Dewey Book Group (Tuesday)
Location
Tūranga
Time
6.00pm – 7.00pm
FreeCanterburyVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Te Hiku
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Te Hiku
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Fendalton Library Book Discussion Group
Location
Fendalton Library
Time
6.00pm – 7.00pm
Cost involved, please enquireCanterburyVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Bay Whangaroa
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Northland Mobile Library Service: Hokianga
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Hokianga
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Hokianga
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Northland Mobile Library Service: Hokianga
Location
Kaitaia
Library card requiredNorthlandVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Reading
Te Wā Paki - Te Reo Storytime
Location
Māngere Bridge Library
Time
10.30am – 11.00am
FreeAucklandVerified
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Show
An Evening with David Sedaris
with David Sedaris
Location
St James Theatre
See cost detailsWellingtonVerified
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An Evening with David Sedaris
with David Sedaris
Location
Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall
See cost detailsAucklandVerified
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Literary festival
The Auckland Writers Festival
Runs Tue, 11 May – Sun, 16 May 2027
FreeAucklandVerified
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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
FreeCanterburyVerified
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Literary festival
The Little Lost Libraries - Community Activation
Runs Fri, 1 Oct – Wed, 13 Oct 2027
Location
Whangārei
FreeNorthlandVerified

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