Literary festival
Queenstown Writers Festival
- Date
- Thursday, 5 November 2026 – Sunday, 8 November 2026
- Venue
- Te Atamira
- Building 11, Dart House, Remarkables Park Town Centre, 12 Hawthorne Drive, Frankton,
- Queenstown, Otago
- Cost
- Check website - earlybird ticket sales end 6 Oct
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Four days of books, stories and ideas come to Queenstown for the 2026 Queenstown Writers Festival. From author conversations and lively panels to writing workshops, poetry, theatre and children’s events, this year’s programme brings together more than 30 writers, journalists, creatives and storytellers — including Shehan Karunatilaka, Barbara Dreaver, Jon Toogood and Emma Neale. 5–8 November 2026 | Te Atamira, Queenstown
Authors appearing
- 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
Added 25/09/2026 · Last checked 25/09/2026
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