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      • Gala Showcase – What Does the Future Hold?
      • Workshop: Self Starters - SOLD OUT
      • Guiding Lights - CANCELLED
      • Crossing Genres
      • Crossing Boundaries – Form & Content in Poetry & Storytelling
      • Escaping the Humdrum
      • Workshop: Lusting for Words – Writing Romance SOLD OUT
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      • Love in the Time of Covid – A Chronicle of a Pandemic
      • Workshop: Seeds of Poetry SOLD OUT
      • Magical Rights
      • A New Plaque: Essie Summers
      • Things OK with You?
      • The Language of Flowers
      • Drawing the World
      • NZ Crime – What's Going On?
      • The Books that Made Me
      • Rivers, Riptides & Roads
      • Walking the Heartland
      • Writing Romance in the 21st Century
      • The Wilder Years: Selected Poems
      • Rocketing to Fame
      • Story Time Double Decker Bus
      • The Historical Novel: Germany
      • Mapping Dunedin's Stories
      • A Posse of Poets
      • Decolonisation – Activating Allies
      • Writing for Children
      • Politics of Poetry
      • Girl in the Mirror
      • Placing Fantasy Inside the Real World
    • Guest Bios >
      • Amanda Thomas
      • Angela Wanhalla
      • Annabel Wilson
      • Becky Manawatu
      • Bridget Schaumann
      • Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb
      • Bruce Ansley
      • Catherine Chidgey
      • David Ciccoricco
      • David Eggleton
      • David Elliot
      • Derek Morrison
      • Diane Brown
      • Dougal Rillstone
      • Elizabeth Knox
      • Emma Neale
      • Emma Wood
      • Fiona Farrell
      • Frank Gordon
      • Gareth Ward
      • HG Parry
      • Jacinta Ruru
      • Jared Savage
      • Jasmine OM Taylor
      • Jayne Castel
      • Jessica Thompson Carr
      • Jillian Sullivan
      • Kaitrin McMullan
      • Kathryn van Beek
      • Kirby-Jane Hallum
      • Kyle Mewburn
      • Laura Williamson
      • Liz Breslin
      • Lynn Freeman
      • Majella Cullinane
      • Marcelle Nader-Turner
      • Te Kai a te Rangatira
      • Melissa Boardman
      • Michelle Elvy
      • Mihiata Pirini
      • Nalini Singh
      • Nicola Cummins
      • Phillippa Duffy
      • Rebecca Kiddle
      • Rhian Gallagher
      • Rob Kidd
      • Robyn Belton
      • Roger Hickin
      • Rose Carlyle
      • Sally Peart
      • Shona Riddell
      • Steff Green
      • Steve Braunias
      • Susan Sims
      • Swapna Haddow
      • Vanda Symon
      • Victor Billot
      • Vincent O'Sullivan
      • Witi Ihimaera
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    • DWRF 2014
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The Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival gratefully acknowledges support from:
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With thanks to our major sponsors:
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Many thanks to additional sponsors and supporters:

Department of English and Linguistics, University of Otago
Megaphone Productions
Emerson’s Brewery
Pirate & Queen
Victoria University Press
Penguin Random House
Centre for the Book at the University of Otago
Freemasons New Zealand 

In addition to our sponsors, the trustees wish to thank all of the following who have helped make the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2017 a reality: ​

Geoffrey Anderson (Anderson and Paul), Matt Anderson (Otago Daily Times), Domi Angelo-Laloli (Otago Access Radio), Mary Arnesen, Bart Barkman (Megaphone Productions), Victor Billot (Otago University Press), Clare Bulmer (Emerson’s Brewery), Kathryn Carmody (New Zealand Book Council), Lynda Cullen (Dunedin Public Art Gallery), Sharon Dell (Hocken Collections), Phillippa Duffy (University Book Shop Otago), Jacob Edmond (Department of English and Linguistics), Jennifer Evans (Toitu- ), Tony Eyre (JW Smeaton Ltd), Catriona Ferguson, Kirsten Glengarry (Toitu), Dr Katherine Hall, Bernie Hawke (Dunedin City Council), Matthew Holdridge (Otago Daily Times), Su Ikin (Dunedin Public Libraries), Peter Ireland (National Library of New Zealand), Tammy Jackman (Dunedin City Council), Luke Johnston (BrandAid), Liz Knowles (Dunedin City Council), Rachel Lawson (Gecko Press), Ian Loughran, Cam McCracken (Dunedin Public Art Gallery), Sarah McDonald (Scenic Hotel Southern Cross), Liam McIlvanney (Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies), Julia Marshall (Gecko Press), Beverly Martens (Dunedin Literary Walking Tours), Kay Mercer (Dunedin Public Libraries), Greg Menzies (Emerson’s Brewery), John and Bridgette More (Haywards Auction House), Kyle Murdoch (NHNZ), Penny Neilson (Toitu), Robyn Notman (Hocken Collections), Anne O’Brien (Auckland Writers Festival), Sharon O’Loughlin (Enterprise Dunedin), Lesley Paris (Otago Access Radio), Cara Paterson (Dunedin City Council), Amie Richardson (Profile Media), Shef Rogers (Department of English and Linguistics), Rachel Scott (Otago University Press), Chris Szekely (National Library of New Zealand), Phillipa Tocker (Museums Aotearoa), Brenda Thom (Thom Law), Pete Williamson (Enterprise Upholstery), Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb (University Book Shop Otago).

Become a sponsor

The organisation of this event has been done on a voluntary basis, the Festival is not-for-profit and we are registered as a charity through the Charities Commission. Any donations will be eligible for a tax credit or deduction.
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We are keen to hear from anyone interested in sponsoring the Festival and would be pleased to discuss a wide range of options. Please contact Alexandra Bligh on alexandrabligh@gmail.com
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Our thanks to our major funders

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