August 30, 2026 at 4:16 AM
August 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Kia ora and congratulations to our friends at #WORDChch plus a big shoutout to all the writers, session chairs, publishers, booksellers, creative people, supporters, and readers. The Festival was such a buzz!
Read our event reports at:
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/word-christc... #WORDChch ^DR
Read our event reports at:
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/word-christc... #WORDChch ^DR
September 6, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Kia ora and congratulations to our friends at #WORDChch plus a big shoutout to all the writers, session chairs, publishers, booksellers, creative people, supporters, and readers. The Festival was such a buzz!
Read our event reports at:
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/word-christc... #WORDChch ^DR
Read our event reports at:
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/word-christc... #WORDChch ^DR
Today in book pins - Day Two of WORD Christchurch Festival 2026! wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme #WORDChch
September 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Today in book pins - Day Two of WORD Christchurch Festival 2026! wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme #WORDChch
I just saw Perlina Lau in the audience ahead of Tina Makereti’s #WORDchch session so naturally I launched myself at her saying “I love Creamerie, it’s fucking amazing”.
Hope I wasn’t too unhinged.
Hope I wasn’t too unhinged.
August 29, 2024 at 11:25 PM
I just saw Perlina Lau in the audience ahead of Tina Makereti’s #WORDchch session so naturally I launched myself at her saying “I love Creamerie, it’s fucking amazing”.
Hope I wasn’t too unhinged.
Hope I wasn’t too unhinged.
There’s some juicy stuff in this year’s #wordchch festival coming up next month.
The #wordchch 2025 launch was tonight and Donna has made her picks of the festival! Find out what she’s excited in our latest post ^MT
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/a...
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/a...
A librarian’s dozen: My picks of WORD Christchurch Festival 2025
Donna tells us what she's loving in this year's WORD Christchurch festival programme, on 27-31 August 2025.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
There’s some juicy stuff in this year’s #wordchch festival coming up next month.
Be the hashtag you want to see in the world, or carry it aloft #WORDChch
Check out what’s on at WORD that takes your fancy
wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme
Check out what’s on at WORD that takes your fancy
wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme
September 3, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Be the hashtag you want to see in the world, or carry it aloft #WORDChch
Check out what’s on at WORD that takes your fancy
wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme
Check out what’s on at WORD that takes your fancy
wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme
So one of my favourite things about #WORDchch is that it brings all the booky people together and you get to bump into folk you don’t necessarily see that often, sometimes people from out of town and it’s a delight.
I’m biased but book people are the best people.
I’m biased but book people are the best people.
September 4, 2026 at 10:14 AM
So one of my favourite things about #WORDchch is that it brings all the booky people together and you get to bump into folk you don’t necessarily see that often, sometimes people from out of town and it’s a delight.
I’m biased but book people are the best people.
I’m biased but book people are the best people.
Nicky Hager has a new book out tomorrow. Back in September 2014, Nicky was here for #WORDChch and did an excellent session with Luke Harding and Richard King on secrets, spies, and free speech. cclblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/s... ^DR
Secrets, spies, and free speech – WORD Christchurch
Secrets, spies, and free speech was stunningly topical, and the chair and panellists were knowledgeable and articulate, and pretty funny to boot (I actually got sore cheeks). Discussion ranged arou…
cclblog.wordpress.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Nicky Hager has a new book out tomorrow. Back in September 2014, Nicky was here for #WORDChch and did an excellent session with Luke Harding and Richard King on secrets, spies, and free speech. cclblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/s... ^DR
The WORD Christchurch event last night with RF Kuang and @rachaelking70.bsky.social was a STUNNER! We have an event report incoming, but in the meantime here are some pics.
#WORDChch #BookSky #pukapuka ^DR
#WORDChch #BookSky #pukapuka ^DR
May 21, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The WORD Christchurch event last night with RF Kuang and @rachaelking70.bsky.social was a STUNNER! We have an event report incoming, but in the meantime here are some pics.
#WORDChch #BookSky #pukapuka ^DR
#WORDChch #BookSky #pukapuka ^DR
Booky wordy pins out because it is Day One of WORD Christchurch Festival 2026 e hoa! wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme #Christchurch #Ōtautahi #WORDChch
September 1, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Booky wordy pins out because it is Day One of WORD Christchurch Festival 2026 e hoa! wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme #Christchurch #Ōtautahi #WORDChch
Congratulations to Airini Beautrais, who has won the 2024 Janet Frame Prize worth $10,000. Rachael King announced the award on Frame's 100th birthday at @WORDChCh on behalf of the Janet Frame Literary Trust and in memory of her late father Michael King, who was a founding trustee of the JFLT.
August 28, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Congratulations to Airini Beautrais, who has won the 2024 Janet Frame Prize worth $10,000. Rachael King announced the award on Frame's 100th birthday at @WORDChCh on behalf of the Janet Frame Literary Trust and in memory of her late father Michael King, who was a founding trustee of the JFLT.
When three of your library holds come in all at once and none of them are #WORDchch titles....
a man says " it 's too much " in front of a window
Alt: David Rose saying "it's too much !"
Damn right, David. This Chidgey I'm currently reading is nearly 400 pages.
media.tenor.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
When three of your library holds come in all at once and none of them are #WORDchch titles....
I went to the #WORDchch launch last night. This year's programme theme is "share the joy of words" and I've combed through the programme to find the events that "spark joy" for me.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/l...
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/l...
July 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I went to the #WORDchch launch last night. This year's programme theme is "share the joy of words" and I've combed through the programme to find the events that "spark joy" for me.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/l...
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/l...
Louise Erdrich is an interesting lady. Glad I got a chance to tell her what her books mean to me. And heard her read a wild story from The Python's Kiss. #ReadersAndWriters #WORDChch
May 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Louise Erdrich is an interesting lady. Glad I got a chance to tell her what her books mean to me. And heard her read a wild story from The Python's Kiss. #ReadersAndWriters #WORDChch
Now that's what I call excellent booky news! Simon Winchester will be here in Christchurch next year (Friday 6 March 2026) for a #WORDChch event! wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/si...
#booksky #pukapuka #Ōtautahi #Christchurch ^DR
#booksky #pukapuka #Ōtautahi #Christchurch ^DR
Simon Winchester: The Breath of the Gods
The wild, wondrous, and wandering stories of Simon Winchester return to Ōtautahi Christchurch
wordchristchurch.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Now that's what I call excellent booky news! Simon Winchester will be here in Christchurch next year (Friday 6 March 2026) for a #WORDChch event! wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/si...
#booksky #pukapuka #Ōtautahi #Christchurch ^DR
#booksky #pukapuka #Ōtautahi #Christchurch ^DR
Mama's first Book Bundle! "As seen on Backlisted"
www.backlisted.fm @backlisted.bsky.social
Made specially for #WORDChch visitors to Tūranga.
The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore / Angel by Elizabeth Taylor / The Corner that held them by Sylvia Townsend Warner (eppies 242, 243, and 244). ^DR
www.backlisted.fm @backlisted.bsky.social
Made specially for #WORDChch visitors to Tūranga.
The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore / Angel by Elizabeth Taylor / The Corner that held them by Sylvia Townsend Warner (eppies 242, 243, and 244). ^DR
August 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Mama's first Book Bundle! "As seen on Backlisted"
www.backlisted.fm @backlisted.bsky.social
Made specially for #WORDChch visitors to Tūranga.
The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore / Angel by Elizabeth Taylor / The Corner that held them by Sylvia Townsend Warner (eppies 242, 243, and 244). ^DR
www.backlisted.fm @backlisted.bsky.social
Made specially for #WORDChch visitors to Tūranga.
The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore / Angel by Elizabeth Taylor / The Corner that held them by Sylvia Townsend Warner (eppies 242, 243, and 244). ^DR
Get to know WORD writers better as they share their favourite places to write & think.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/w...
#WORDChch #pukapuka #booksky ^DR
@dominichoey.bsky.social @pipadam.bsky.social
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/w...
#WORDChch #pukapuka #booksky ^DR
@dominichoey.bsky.social @pipadam.bsky.social
August 26, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Get to know WORD writers better as they share their favourite places to write & think.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/w...
#WORDChch #pukapuka #booksky ^DR
@dominichoey.bsky.social @pipadam.bsky.social
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/w...
#WORDChch #pukapuka #booksky ^DR
@dominichoey.bsky.social @pipadam.bsky.social
Bibliophile / One of my fave book pins for #WORDChch Day 3 wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme
September 3, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Bibliophile / One of my fave book pins for #WORDChch Day 3 wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme
Book pin today is apt AF cos tonight’s #WORDChch event is Book smelling 101 wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/fr... with multisensory artist Dr Jo Burzynska & Dr Erin Harrington @ladyhorrors.bsky.social
August 29, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Book pin today is apt AF cos tonight’s #WORDChch event is Book smelling 101 wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/fr... with multisensory artist Dr Jo Burzynska & Dr Erin Harrington @ladyhorrors.bsky.social