Word Christchurch Festival

31 August 2019 | WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of ViewThe New Zealand Wars profoundly shaped the course and directio... Read more

13 September 2019 | WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of ViewTo kick off a weekend celebrating the 2019 Ngaio Marsh Awar... Read more

In Dead People I Have Known, the legendary New Zealand musician Shayne Carter tells the story of a life in music, taking... Read more

Grab a drink from the bar and head into the Heartland Chamber to warm up for the evening ahead. Five writers who really ... Read more

Join two writers whose innate sense of curiosity produces insightful works of fiction and essay. Paula Morris’s accolade... Read more

When the Guardian described Hollie McNish’s award-winning ‘poetic memoir’ Nobody Told Me as ‘diary entries, poems jotted... Read more

In turbulent times, in a fractured society, fiction can provide comfort and escape. But it can also fulfil another role.... Read more

In 2003, Robin Robertson challenged some of the world’s finest writers to open up and share their stories of embarrassme... Read more

Hard Brexit? Soft Brexit? Brexit of champions or Brexit of losers? We hope that Scottish crime writer and regular BBC pr... Read more

The judges of the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards described Driving to Treblinka as ‘not just a beautifully written ... Read more

Supported by the British Council, Creative Scotland and Bloody ScotlandA favourite at literary festivals the world over ... Read more

1 September 2018 | WORD Christchurch FestivalIn the bestselling Diary of a Bookseller, Scottish second-hand book dealer ... Read more

31 August 2018 | WORD Christchurch FestivalPresented by Heartland BankThe stars will be shining on this most electrifyin... Read more

31 August 2018 | WORD Christchurch FestivalIn what may be her most ambitious and fascinating book, Dame Anne Salmond, Di... Read more

2 September 2018 | WORD Christchurch FestivalSupported by University of CanterburyIn 2011 author, activist and performan... Read more

2 September 2018 | WORD Christchurch FestivalSupported by Embassy of the United States of America and HarperCollins‘Your... Read more

Presented by Kate SylvesterJoin two of the world’s shining stars of poetry, whose work and performances have attracted w... Read more

Presented by KathmanduWe close the festival with an inspiring event that brings together our theme of adventure, and our... Read more

Presented by KathmanduWe open the festival with an incredible speaker who perfectly embodies our adventurous theme. At t... Read more

Like the proverbial overnight sensation that actually took years, the roots of Donald Trump’s alt-right America stretch ... Read more