A highlight of the cultural calendar of New Zealand, the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival held in May, gathers many acclaimed writers and hundreds of enthusiastic readers through innovative programming. This iconic event is the ultimate writers’ festival in Auckland and a world renowned festival of Ideas and Literature.

With the intention of celebrating the art of writing and encouraging readership in its varied forms, the event provides a platform to easily communicate ideas with a forum for intellectual nourishment and public debate. This annual event inspires participants with a line up of educational programmes providing an un-replicable experience. It creates the kind of environment that encourages collaboration through conversation and connectivity, all essential for exchanging and transforming ideas in to words.

The festival enjoys both strong local support and a growing international profile showcasing many talented writers of New Zealand. The event provides engagement opportunities and professional development within the community which is highly admirable. Festival visitors get to experience what it is like to be transported into a different realm through words and inspiring titbits of advice. Evoking motivation and passion, this literary festival injects the notion that through hard work and determination the fantasies of becoming a skilled writer can be realised.

The festival being a coveted fixture on the international literary circuit does not come as a surprise, given the standard of its programmes and the number of great writers who take part each year. Based on a combination of aspects such as fantasy, myth, fiction, science, poetry, storytelling and the process of writing, this annual festival is an expression of the inspiration behind the written word.