AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL

AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL 16 - 21 May 2017 Featured in our February round-up...  The Festival team is hard at work confirming details for 180+ events, 160+ writers and putting the final touches on the 2017 programme, which we are excited to launch to you 15 March. Tickets will be on sale from 17 March, and we look forward to seeing you all at the Festival in May. DATES FOR THE DIARY A reminder of Festival dates for 2017: Wednesday 15 March: Programme launched   Friday 17 March: Tickets on sale   Saturday 29 April: One-off pre-Festival event, details released with programme   Tuesday 16 May: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards    Wednesday 17 May: The University of Auckland Festival Forum   Thursday 18 May: Festival Gala Night    Friday 19 - Sunday 21 May: Three full days of public programming FESTIVAL HOTEL Whether you are travelling from out of town or just want to be near all the Festival action, take advantage of either of the SKYCITY Hotels, both ideally situated just minutes from the Festival venues. SKYCITY Hotel  Premium rooms are available from $209 per night. Book now SKYCITY Grand Hotel  Premium luxury rooms are available from $249 per night. Book now FESTIVAL BOOKS For those of you wanting to get started on your Festival reading list early, please remember our Festival bookstall is jointly run by The Women's Bookshop and Unity Books and will have most of the 2017 titles available when the programme is launched. Please contact Carole Beu to place any orders and help support the Festival. Email or phone 376 4399 quoting AWF bookshop.