Featherston Booktown

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The Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival returns for its eleventh year of diverse literary events over the weekend of 8-10 May 2026.

Featherston, New Zealand booktown.org.nz Joined September 2015

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Featherston Booktown @BooktownNZ Mar 20

We're thrilled to welcome Aotearoa superstar author @CathChidgey back to Featherston for two events this May, including a special writers workshop:

Book your tickets here: bit.ly/3P4Lp8T

Featherston Booktown @BooktownNZ Mar 18

Big ideas and bold conversations are back at the Karukatea Festival this year. Join us for thought-provoking conversations tackling some of Aotearoa’s most pressing issues:

Book your tickets here: bit.ly/3P4Lp8T

Featherston Booktown @BooktownNZ Mar 16

The Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival is back from 8 - 10 May 2026 with an exciting and inspiring programme of big names, big ideas, and big conversations.

Full programme & tickets here: bit.ly/3P4Lp8T

Featherston Booktown @BooktownNZ Dec 20, 2025

Have an early Xmas present - our latest Podcast episode, Bookten Gala Night: Ten Out of Ten is out now!

Watch it on YouTube: bit.ly/48MmDBG
Audio only Podcast on Buzzsprout: bit.ly/4j4bYG4

Featherston Booktown @BooktownNZ Jun 15, 2025

All of us at Featherston Booktown are still absorbing the sad news that literary icon Maurice Gee has passed away. He was a superlative and much loved writer for both adults and young people.
We extend our sympathies to his family.
Moe mai rā, Maurice.