WORD Christchurch Festival 2022
WORD Christchurch was on from Wednesday 31 August to Sunday 4 September 2022.
Find out about WORD Christchurch, and the writers and books featured in the festival, and explore our coverage of WORD events and sessions.
WORD Festival 2022 coverage
Indelible: Tattoo Tales: WORD Christchurch 2022
Crime After Crime: Ngaio Marsh Edition: WORD
Best WORDs of the festival
Tāngata Ngāi Tahu, volume 2 - “We must own our own memories”
Dr Deidre Brown: Taonga Māori & Christian Missions
He Waiata Hou – Indigenous Writers Hui: WORD Christchurch
Unite under one cathedral, says former Attorney-General
Poverty, privilege and New Zealand's place in the world
War and Peace: WORD Christchurch 2022
Good Nutrients and Better Thoughts: Julia Rucklidge at WORD
Matariki: Stories and Stars: WORD Christchurch 2022
Kate De Goldi: Earthquakes and Cathedrals: WORD Chch 2022
Passion for Telling Survivors' Stories: Heather Morris
I see white trousers in your future: Menopause
Faith and The Faraway Near: Ottessa Moshfegh
The Great WORD Story Hunt at Tūranga: WORD Christchurch 2022
Word Christchurch photos
Photos of WORD Christchurch Festival 2022
WORD Christchurch information
- Visit the WORD Christchurch website
- Follow @WORDChCh on Twitter
- Follow WORDchch on Instagram
- Like WORD Christchurch on Facebook
- Listen to WORD Christchurch podcasts
WORD Christchurch coverage
Listen to Bookenz on Plains FM for interviews with WORD authors.
WORD Christchurch photos
Images from the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival, and events.
Previous WORD Coverage
Visit our WORD Christchurch page for coverage of previous festivals and events.
Listen to WORD
Nic Low
"What are you really excited about in this year's Festival?"
Moata interviews Nic Low, Programme Director for WORD Christchurch, looking ahead to WORD from 31 August - 4 September.
The Unlikely Librarian
"Aren't we all books bound in human skin?"
Poppia chats with Mike Moroney (aka the Unlikely Librarian), Library Assistant Auahatanga | Creativity tells us about his involvement in some of this year’s WORD events.
Mike's event is Indelible: Tattoo Tales Saturday 3 September 6.30pm to 7.30pm
These interviews were broadcast in part on So Many Stories, 5 August 2022.
Ray Shipley
"There's nothing quite like a live performance."
Poppia talks with Ray Shipley, poet, comedian, and former Youth Librarian looking forward to their Late Night Poetry Hour at WORD and National Poetry Day (Friday 26th August). They'll let you in on some picks from recent NZ poetry and fiction. Check out our Poetry page for more.
Ray is appearing in:
Ray Shipley's Late Night Poetry Hour Friday 2 September 9pm to 11pm
The Stardust Cabaret Saturday 3 September 7.30pm to 9pm
Out here: An anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ writers from Aotearoa Friday 2 September 4pm to 5pm
and recommends Mohamed Hassan: How to be (a bad) Muslim Friday 2 September 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Find works by WORD writers in our collection
Melani Anae
Philip Armstrong
Emma Barnes
Nick Bollinger
Naomi van den Broek
Ben Brown
Deidre Brown
Helen Brown
Jo Burzynska
Ross Calman
Coco Solid
Kate De Goldi
Sarina Dickson
Doc Drumheller
Sam Duckor-Jones
Megan Dunn
Lily Emo
Guyon Espiner
Marian Evans
Christopher Finlayson
A. J. Fitzwater
Clementine Ford
Brannavan Gnanalingam
Maria Gill
Morgan Godfery
Patricia Grace
Liz Grant
Bernadette Hall
Luke Harding
Cassie Hart
Mohamed Hassan
Rebecca Hawkes
Nicole Titihuia Hawkins
Whiti Hereaka
Julie Hill
Karen Healey
Dominic Hoey
Joseph Hullen
Claudia Jardine
Lloyd Jones
Miriama Kamo
Patrick Radden Keefe
Erik Kennedy
Dame Fiona Kidman
Graci Kim
Rachael King
Sarah Krasnostein
Rachel Kushner
Chloe Lane
Georgia Latu
Annette Lees
Noelle McCarthy
Val McDermid
Danyl McLauchlan
Frankie McMillan
Tina Makereti
Vana Manasiadis
Emily St. John Mandel
Qiane Matata-Sipu
Philip Matthews
Karlo Mila
David Mitchell
Jo Morgan
Liane Moriarty
Heather Morris
Stacey Morrison
Ottessa Moshfegh
Rebecca Nash
Tā Tipene O'Regan
Sue Orr
Nicky Pellegrino
Simon Pollard
J. P. Pomare
Joanna Preston
Michael Robotham
essa may ranapiri
Max Rashbrooke
Rebecca K Reilly
Julia Rucklidge
Maysoon Salama
Frances Samuel
Ruth Shaw
Tracey Slaughter
Rebecca Solnit
Sascha Stronach
Murdoch Stephens
Michael Stevens
Robert Sullivan
Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna'i
Hilary Jean Tapper
Te Maire Tau
Corban Te Aika
Ariana Tikao
Tiny Ruins
Chris Tse
Two Raw Sisters
Pip Williams
Annabel Wilson
Wayne Youle
Annie Zaidi
