Over 60,000 attendees of all ages flocked to the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival | Waituhi o Tāmaki, marking a triumphant week for New Zealand’s most beloved annual literary event. From 16 – 21 May 2023, the Auckland Writers Festival, renowned .
Celebrated New Zealand writer Catherine Chidgey has won the $64,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for The Axeman’s Carnival – a page-turning novel of depth, pathos and humanity that skilfully infuses .