Keynotes & Special Events

Lost Child! is a New Zealand premiere, and a one-off, just like award-winning film-maker, writer and artist Miranda July - maker of hit film Me and You and Everyone We Know.

Neurosurgery “has met its Boswell”, Ian McEwan said of Henry Marsh and his bestselling memoir Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, andBrain Surgery. Enjoy a unique glimpse into his world. 

Join current New Zealand Poet Laureate CK Stead and his predecessors Jenny Bornholdt, Michele Leggott, Bill Manhire, Cilla McQueen, Vincent O’Sullivan, Elizabeth Smither, Brian Turner and Ian Wedde for an evening of poetry.

See a special collection of New Zealand and Australian photobooks from artists and independent publishers. Speakers include Ying Ang, Ron Brownson and leading photobook expert Harvey Benge. 

One of our best loved writers of popular comedy and social satire, Roger Hall, is the focus of this year’s High Tea. Dave Armstrong hosts a group of mischievous theatre practitioners who fondly roast New Zealand’s leading playwright as he celebrates 40 years of a stellar career.

Voted the world’s top thinker by Prospect magazine readers, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is never far from the headlines. Join us for this special one-off New Zealand event.

Hear a snippet from five of the guests who'll be appearing in sessions at the Embassy and BATS theatres.