WORD Christchurch

WORD Christchurch presents a huge variety of literary events, from our biennial Writers & Readers Festival (last festival August 2016) – the largest literary event in New Zealand's South Island – to one-off events with visiting and local authors. In May each year we partner with the Auckland Writers Festival for an Autumn Season, and in August and September on the festival off-year we partner with Christchurch Arts Festival for a series of ideas-based events. Our events bring writers, thinkers and performers together to celebrate the written word and provide a window for readers to respond to ideas. Our objective: to bring the community together through their love of words in all their forms.