Join Megan Dunn for a masterclass exploring how writing from life is an active fiction.
This workshop will help you to discover two essential ingredients for new work – a pulsating idea and a voice (character) to tell the tale.
A unique masterclass with Lloyd Jones which will explore the crucial role of 'imaginative risk' in writing.
Catch mega-bestselling author Liane Moriarty live on stage for a warm and wise conversation about family life, love and friendship, and the darkness that can lie beneath the veneer of seemingly perfect lives.
Three global crime-writing heavyweights discuss the inner workings of the criminal mind - and reveal the winners of the 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards.
Takahē is setting up shop and making an issue on-site during WORD. Drop in to find out what goes on behind the scenes at a literary magazine.
Gifted novelist and screenwriter David Mitchell beams in from his home in Ireland to talk about creativity, fictional worlds, and his stunning WORD collaboration with Tiny Ruins.
A kōrero with Coco Solid, Rebecca K Reilly and Nicole Titihuia Hawkins about the writing, art, music or people inspire them, and how these influences show up in their work.
Pip Williams joins Nicky Pellegrino live from Adelaide to discuss The Dictionary of Lost Words, her best-selling novel that shows the English language in a new light.
Chris Tse and Emma Barnes host a range of special guests for a deep dive into the brilliance and diversity of Queer writing today.
Join Rebecca K. Reilly, Sue Orr and Chloe Lane in conversation with Kate De Goldi about the murky intricacies of emotional, sexual and family politics and dynamics explored in their novels.
Whiti Hereaka, Sascha Stronach and Cassie Hart on the craft of reimagining the past, present and future in their fiction.
Emily St John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, joins Rachael King from New York City to discuss a writer’s life during a pandemic, the power of imagination, and her new novel, Sea of Tranquility.
Our festival-within-a-festival is back for another marathon of stunning performances and outrageous gimmicks.
Two gifted satirists, Coco Solid and Murdoch Stephens, tackle housing and gentrification in their recent books. Join them for a sparky conversation about the places we live.
Join Lloyd Jones in conversation about how myths, fables and legends shape our understanding of the past, and of ourselves.
Join Heather Morris, author of the blockbuster The Tattooist of Auschwitz, in conversation about her gripping new novel Three Sisters.
Prize-winning Indian novelist, playwright, journalist and film maker Annie Zaidi takes you into the heart of Mumbai with Dr Hafsa Ahmed.
Economics commentator Max Rashbrooke and chronicler of life on the poverty line, author, playwright and poet Dominic Hoey, talk wealth, poverty and opportunity with Danyl McLauchlan.
Kate De Goldi in conversation with Liz Grant about her new novel Eddy Eddy.
Ottessa Moshfegh is the queen of bitingly mordant, unsettling and atmospheric fiction. She joins us from Southern California to talk about her new novel Lapvona.
Tracey Slaughter, Brannavan Gnanalingam and Murdoch Stephens chat about the harsh realities of domestic life and parenting, desire and rage, loss and sexual politics in their books.
Whether you want to professionally present your own work, or hone your editing skills to improve other people's writing, this is the workshop for you.
In this workshop, Tracey Slaughter explores how to achieve grounded, dynamic writing in the short story form.
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