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:
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.
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.
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.
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.