September 2023

Michael Bennett’s striking début novel, Better the Blood, is a crime thriller with a message about the dark secrets of Aotearoa New Zealand’s history and how they still resonate today. We’re very much looking forward to welcoming Michael to Queenstown Writers Festival and hearing his conversation with lawyer Bryony Shackell. He’ll talk about the genesis of his […]

Expect the mysterious and the morbid, as well insights into memoir writing, at the 2023 Queenstown Writers Festival. For our 2023 programme we’ve brought together acclaimed writers from across Aotearoa New Zealand to discuss bold ideas and their latest books, on the weekend of November 11 to 12 at Te Atamira in Frankton. Dame Gaylene Preston