🌟It’s here! The 2025 programme has been officially released into the world. Follow the link https://t.co/Nl72id5Ipw to start planning your Festival schedule. You can snap up your tickets from 9am Friday 14 March via @Ticketmaster We can’t wait to see you there! #AWF25

Thanks so much @AklWritersFest for an awesome programme which I am stoked to be part of. https://t.co/0sNK8FAwla

@SamHayes_

@paullynchwriter @OneWorldLit

That's just a TINY taster so far of what's to come. AD @Lyndsey_Fineran likens the Festival to a "great bookshop brought to life" so grab a cup of tea and have a stroll through the imaginary shelves at the link in bio (and don't forget to hold onto your Sam Neill!)

Hold on to your hats! Sam Neill will be joining @robynmalcolm in conversation about his No.1 bestselling memoir Did I Ever Tell You This? @TwoPaddocks @text_publishing #AWF24

Having @katyhessel in town is a real coup for Art lovers. She has brought a whole new audience to art through her @thegreatwomenartists IG & will be in conversation with curator Julia Waite from @Auckartgal @PenguinBooks_NZ #AWF24

Get your head in the game! We have the one and only @DanCarter talking about his new book #TheArtofWinning with @DuncanGrieve about leadership under pressure and his journey so far #AWF24

One of the lovely international reunions we are hosting this year sees @GrantaBooks Best Young British Novelist @K__Patrick reunite with NZ novelist @CathChidgey to discuss their novels featuring young women falling under the spell of charismatic school leaders #AWF24

Professor of Global History at @uniofoxford and hailed one of "The World's Top 50 Thinkers" by @Prospect_UK and "rock-star don" by the @BBC, this will be @peterfrankopan 1st time on a NZ stage discussing bestsellers The Earth Transformed & The Silk Road #AWF24 @BloomsburySyd

We’ve trebled our family programme offer with a new look to PukaPuka Adventures. Lvl 5 of the Aotea Centre will be bursting with interactive activities for the whole whānau including illustrator battles, a mini rave, a kids’ open mic, zine-making, reading caves & more... #AWF24

When the Festival begins we will be 6 months into the new government and @thespinoff 's Gone by Lunchtime will be here to survey their first half a year in power with a live version of their podcast @toby_etc @Hui_Hopper @BenThomasNZ #AWF24

Our second @thebookerpize winner on the bill this year, Richard Flanagan will discuss his lauded memoir, Question 7 @penguinbooks_nz which has been hailed by many as one of the most significant pieces of Australian art in the last 100 years. #AWF24

We’ll also be paying tribute to the great Janet Frame in her centenary year with a panel featuring Meg Mason, esteemed cultural historian Peter Simpson, and Janet Frame’s niece Pamela Gordon hosted by Kim Hill. #AWF24

Viet Thanh Nguyen @hachettenz @littlebrownuk Vietnamese-American professor and novelist, and one of the US' foremost writers and public intellectuals will join @incorrect_pin in conversation about his esteemed career and his newest work A Man of Two Faces. #AWF24

We are thrilled to announce trailblazing author, and a true figurehead of modern NZ literature Patricia Grace, will be joining us this year. Grace’s new collection Bird Child and Other Stories @penguin_nz released in Jan has been #1 in the NZ charts since then #AWF24

Acclaimed Indian author, politician, diplomat and public intellectual @shashitharoor joins Linda Clark in a broad-ranging conversation on his work and a crucial year for India #AWF24

For Fantasy fans, don’t miss @say_shannon author of #TheBoneSeason and #RootsOfChaos series. She’ll be in conversation with NYT bestselling local fantasy writer Nalini Singh @NaliniSingh. #AWF24

Japanese author @kawaguchicoffee's million-copy selling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series asks: if you could travel back in time to have one final conversation with someone, who would you choose and what would you say? he'll join Maggie Tweedie at #AWF24

Celeste Ng @pronounced_ing the author of breakout hit Little Fires Everywhere will be talking to Jenna Wee about her NYT bestselling novels, and her latest Our Missing Hearts. Celeste will also be part of panels about writing Asian female rage and dystopian writing #AWF24