Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2027
Dunedin, New Zealand · Dates TBA · T3 Niche
The Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival (abbreviated as DWRF) is a literary festival held in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. Since its inception in 2014, there have been in total six festivals, including a special Celtic Noir event in 2019. The event is based mainly at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery but utilises Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, the Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Hall, the Dunedin Central Library and in 2021 the central live music venue Dog with Two Tails.
- Language
- English
- Genres
- general lit
- Venue
- Dunedin
- Format
- in-person
- Founded
- 2014
- Next edition
- TBA (confirm dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz)
- Author participation
- Programme invitations; public tickets
- Audience
- The Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival (abbreviated as DWRF) is a literary festival held in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand.
- Age policy
- International guests included John Boyne; UK hip-hop artist and author Akala, French picture-book author-illustrators Eric Veillé and Clotilde Perrin, novelist Markus Zusak, feminist author Clementine Ford and Australian Children's Laureate Morris Gleitzman.
- Language notes
- Listed working language: English
- Genre notes
- Primary focus: general lit
- Programme
- Festival events include talks, book launches, workshops, a storytrain or storybus, and in some years the unveiling of a new plaque on the Dunedin Writers' Walk.
- Past guests
- Damian Barr, Liam McIlvanney, Anna Smaill, Majella Cullinane, Nick Davies, Patricia Grace, Ian Rankin, Stella Duffy, Hannah Kent, Miranda Carter, John Lanchester, alongside Bill Manhire
- Past editions
- 1989, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025