Pōneke artist/writer Jo Randerson ONZM works on her feet with a live audience to tease out material for her new book Secret Art Powers: not so much a self-help manual as “a deliberate intervention against the horror show of materialist, consumer thinking.”

The eighth annual lit explosion in Wellington’s CBD.

Sorrow & Bliss has been celebrated around the world as a game-changing novel about mental health. Meg Mason joins Noelle McCarthy in a conversation about writing to the heart of love and grief.

In Faking It, Kyle Mewburn takes us back to her childhood in Australia where growing up as a young boy she had to hide her true identity. Kyle speaks to Jane Arthur about her life story so far.

CANCELLED: Due to COVID 19 travel restrictions this event is cancelled. However we are reframing it for a podcast. All ticket buyers will be notified.

CANCELLED: Due to COVID 19 this event is cancelled. All of those who have registered will be notified.

Rachel Kerr (Victory Park) and Fleur Beale (The Calling) speak with Sarah Forster about writing characters who are driven by empathy.

Three writers share new takes on old fairytales - tackling dominant ableist stories and challenging the status quo.

Lynn Davidson leads a workshop in which you will read poems that are also spells and spells that are also poems. You will write your own spells. You will make a poetry charm!

CANCELLED: Due to COVID 19 Level 2 this event is cancelled. However it is being reframed for an online format. All ticket buyers will be notified with refund or ticket swap options.

Here is where new exciting talent will be showcased for the first time, with work that will blow your mind. Curated by Ruth Smith for Te Hā o Ngā Pou Kaituhi Māori.

Sam George-Allen’s collection of essays covers nuns, farmers, musicians, and beauticians among many other ways that women work collectively. We beam Sam in live from Tasmania to talk with Michele A’Court about her research.

Dr Ngahuia Murphy and writer Ataria Sharman to writer Whiti Hereaka about the importance of creatively connecting with the feminine divine.

Best-selling novelist Catherine Robertson leads a workshops on the process of creating distinctive and memorable fictional characters that build strong connections with readers.

One of the most astonishing books of the decade is A Ghost in the Throat written by Doireann Ní Ghríofa. Verb Director Claire Mabey talks with Doireann live from Cork, Ireland about her ground-breaking exploration of how to retrieve a woman’s life from the systems that silence.

Angelique Kasmara (Isobar Precinct), Jacqueline Bublitz (Before You Knew My Name) and Cassie Hart (Butcherbird) talk about their compelling novels that take readers to the edge of our world.