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Block out your diary now!

The 2021 Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival will take place from Thursday 6 - Sunday 9 May so we recommend you cancel all your existing plans for that weekend now... 

Seeking Dunedin's diaspora

We're looking for faraway whānau.

We bask in the pleasure and privilege of our home being the southernmost UNESCO City of Literature so we are looking for Dunedin writers living in our sister Cities to take part in a project – can you help?

Dunedin people tend towards being adventurous and creative, and we know that they leave to explore the world, enlarging their imaginations and perspectives, and when they come home, they bring the world with them.

We are looking for Dunedin writers, in any genre, who are currently residing in any of the Cities of Literature (listed below). In such a time of disconnection and restricted movement, we’re checking in on our people, how they’re doing and, of course, what they’re doing, and at the same time, we can delight in their choice to find homes in other places that treasure literature as much as we do.

If you know of anyone, please ask them to email festivaldirector@dwrf.co.nz for more information - we would very much love to hear from them.

​UNESCO Cities of Literature:
Angoulême, France
Baghdad, Iraq
Barcelona, Spain
Beirut, Lebanon
Bucheon, South Korea
Dublin, Ireland
Durban, South Africa
Edinburgh, Scotland
Exeter, England
Granada, Spain
Heidelberg, Germany
Iowa City, USA
Kraków, Poland
Kuhmo, Finland
Lahore, Pakistan
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Lillehammer, Norway
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lviv, Ukraine
Manchester, England
Melbourne, Australia
Milan, Italy
Montevideo, Uruguay
Nanjing, China
Norwich, England
Nottingham, England
Óbidos, Portugal
Odesa, Ukraine
Prague, Czech Republic
Québec City, Canada
Reykjavík, Iceland
Seattle, USA
Slemani, Iraq
Tartu, Estonia
Ulyanovsk, Russia
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Wonju, South Korea
Wrocław, Poland

Dunedin Writers And Readers Festival 2019 

PODCASTS: If you missed a session in 2019, want to listen to a favourite again, or share one with a friend, then ​click here to access all podcasts.

PICTURES: Thanks to our fab photographers, you can relive the festival magic (and maybe spot yourself in the crowd).
Click here to see our full gallery.
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THANK YOU: To the authors, chairs, ​funders, sponsors, festival friends and volunteers who made the festival possible.  And a huge thank you to our audiences. We're thrilled to say you helped us to record attendance figures. 
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Major funders:
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Gold sponsors:
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Silver sponsors:
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Bronze sponsors:
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