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WORD Christchurch gets the city buzzing! Join us at the festival 27-31 August 2025.
A real joy to join the divine Susie Ferguson and Mihingarangi Forbes on @radionz's Saturday Morning for Playing Favourites where I selected and chatted about 7 of my favourite songs and talked about the @WORDChCh programme. rnz.co.nz/national/progr…
I had a chat with Kate De Goldi about moving back to Chch, being a reading ambassador, @WORDChCh and who's better: Maurice Gee or Margaret Mahy? thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360750…
Big news reveal! El Jaguar & Meegwai Productions at @WORDChCh with 3 Book (Fight) Clubs. One of which is for teens! So much JOY! Tix: artscentre.org.nz/whats-on/book-… #thejoyofwords #bookclubsoftwitter #booktwitter #comedy #ōtautahi #christchurchnz
A @WORDChCh preview Guilt, murder and laughs at WORD Christchurch | The Press thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360751…
The 2025 WORD programme has been launched! And we're thrilled to announce that the theme this year is JOY! Dive in, start planning your festival schedule, and join us to share #TheJoyOfWords 27-31 August. wordchristchurch.co.nz
Please join us 6-8pm this Wednesday 9 July at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū to celebrate the launch of the WORD Christchurch 2025 festival programme! Grab your copy of the brochure, raise a glass with us and start panning your festival experience! All welcome.
RIP to one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s great writers - Maurice Gee who has died aged 93. Plumb (1978) one of his best novels, also The Burning Boy . Previously published in the UK by @FaberBooks - & also a brilliant writer for children (The World Around the Corner) etc
Canterbury readers/viewers can meet Michael next week at a special autumn @WORDChCh event with bestselling Irish-Australian crime writer @DervlaMcTiernan at Turanga on Tues 13 May: nz.patronbase.com/_WORDChristchu…
Terrific pic! And we can’t wait to have Michael Bennett with us again with @DervlaMcTiernan on Tuesday for An Evening In Crime! wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/an-e…
Inspired by Teina's story, Michael taught himself to write prose, along with his screenwriting/directing. He's now written award-winning non-fiction and fiction, graphic novels and crime novels. We first met Michael via his superb true crime IN DARK PLACES #yeahnoir @WORDChCh
International Fiction judge @georginacgodwin's takes on this year's shortlisted books. “...writers who are really, creative, and who are moved by such different subjects and themes, but who are all coming out with this noteworthy work.” #theockhams thepost.co.nz/culture/360672…
The 2025 Ockham NZ Book Awards finalists are announced! Congratulations to you all. Full story here: shorturl.at/cOR4e #theockhams @PenguinBooks_NZ @masseyunipress @AUPBooks @OtagoUniPress @spoorbooks @harpercollinsnz @tepapapress @thwupbooks
Let's hear it for the 2025 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction nominees! shorturl.at/pIWdD @OtagoUniPress @thwupbooks @PenguinBooks_NZ @MakaroPress @ultimopress @Moapress #theockhams
Give it up for the 2025 Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry longlistees! @thwupbooks @TheCubaPress @OtagoUniPress @AUPBooks @spoorbooks @CompoundPress #theockhams
Congratulations to the authors and illustrators nominated for the 2025 BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction! shorturl.at/pIWdD @AUPBooks @masseyunipress @AllenAndUnwinNZ #theockhams
Announcing this year's General Non-Fiction Award longlisted books! Congratulations to the authors and publishers. shorturl.at/pIWdD @thwupbooks @Moapress @masseyunipress @HarperNZ @BWB_NZ @PenguinBooks_NZ @OtagoUniPress #theockhams
I always look forward to sharing my annual list of favorite books, movies, and music. Today I’ll start by sharing some of the books that have stuck with me long after I finished reading them. Check them out this holiday season, preferably at an independent bookstore or library!
As a reminder, here are some of the books on my summer reading list.