Editing New Zealand literature (section)

== Literary festivals ==
[[File:Hannah_Parry_and_Elizabeth_Knox_at_DWRF_2021_(cropped).jpg|thumb|[[H. G. Parry|Hannah Parry]] and [[Elizabeth Knox]] at the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival 2021]] There are a number of regular literary festivals held in different locations across New Zealand. Some are stand-alone and some are part of arts festivals.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Writing Festivals and Book Fairs|url=https://authors.org.nz/writing-festivals-and-book-fairs/|access-date=1 October 2021|website=New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa|language=en-US|archive-date=17 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217135807/https://authors.org.nz/writing-festivals-and-book-fairs/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Stand-alone festivals include [[Going West]] (established in 1996), [[WORD Christchurch]] (established in 1997),<ref name=":1" /> the [[Auckland Writers Festival]] (established in 1999),<ref name=":3" /> the [[Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival|Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival]] (established in 2014), the [[Verb Wellington|Verb Writers Festival & LitCrawl]] (established in 2014),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Festivals|url=https://www.verbwellington.nz/festival-archives|access-date=2 October 2021|website=Verb Wellington|language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=About Verb|url=https://www.verbwellington.nz/about|access-date=1 October 2021|website=Verb Wellington|language=en-NZ}}</ref> the Hokianga Book Festival and the Whanganui Literary Festival.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Whanganui Literary Festival|url=http://www.writersfest.co.nz/|access-date=1 October 2021|website=Whanganui Literary Festival|language=en}}</ref> The small town of [[Featherston, New Zealand|Featherston]] is one of 22 recognised [[book town]]s in the world and holds a Featherston Booktown event annually in May.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NZBC Stories Details|url=https://www.read-nz.org/new-zealand-book-scene/nzbc-stories-details/featherston-is-an-official-booktown?pageNum=1|access-date=1 October 2021|website=Read NZ|archive-date=2 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002004133/https://www.read-nz.org/new-zealand-book-scene/nzbc-stories-details/featherston-is-an-official-booktown?pageNum=1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2 October 2015|title=Featherston Booktown|url=https://wairarapanz.com/see-and-do/featherston-booktown|access-date=1 October 2021|website=Destination Wairarapa|language=en}}</ref> Former literary festivals include [[NZ Book Month|New Zealand Book Month]], which ran from 2006 to 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Zealand Book Month|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/nz-book-month|access-date=2 October 2021|website=NZ History|publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|language=en}}</ref> The Verb festival in Wellington in 2019 held a panel event where three out of five panellists were writers of Chinese heritage, Rosabel Tan, Gregory Kan and [[Chen Chen (poet)|Chen Chen]]; writer Nina Mingya Powles said she thought this was the first time that had happened in New Zealand and that this felt like a "groundbreaking moment" for Chinese New Zealand writers.<ref name=":5" />

Other literary events include the writers' section of the Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival (held in February and March),<ref name=":0" /> the Verb Wellington writers and readers programme at the [[New Zealand Festival of the Arts|New Zealand Festival]] (held every two years in March),<ref name=":4" /> the Aspiring Conversations with authors at the Festival of Colour (held in April in [[Wānaka]]),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Festival of Colour Wanaka – 2021|url=https://www.festivalofcolour.co.nz/|access-date=1 October 2021|website=Festival of Colour|language=en-US}}</ref> the New Zealand Mountain Film & Book Festival focusing on adventurous sports and lifestyles (held every two years in [[Queenstown, New Zealand|Queenstown]] in July),<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Zealand Mountain Film & Book Festival {{!}} 25 June 2021|url=https://mountainfilm.nz/|access-date=1 October 2021|website=New Zealand Mountain Film & Book Festival|language=en-US}}</ref> the readers and writers' week at the [[Taranaki Arts Festival]] (held every two years in July and August),<ref name=":0" /> the readers and writers programme at the Tauranga Arts Festival (held every two years in October),<ref name=":2" /> the Hawke’s Bay Readers and Writers Festival (held annually in conjunction with the Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival, usually in mid to late October)<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABOUT|url=https://www.hbreadersandwriters.co.nz/p/about-us.html|access-date=1 October 2021|website=Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Festival|language=en-GB}}</ref> and the Nelson Arts Festival Readers and Writers week (held annually in October).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Events Calendar|url=https://www.read-nz.org/events-calendar/|access-date=1 October 2021|website=Read NZ}}</ref> In 2020 and 2021 many literary festivals were disrupted or cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://wordchristchurch.co.nz/|access-date=1 October 2021|website=WORD Christchurch}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Events – Tauranga Festival|url=https://www.taurangafestival.co.nz/events|access-date=1 October 2021|website=Tauranga Festival}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Past Festivals|url=https://www.writersfestival.co.nz/past-festivals|access-date=1 October 2021|website=Auckland Writers Festival}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=A six day festival of the arts around the Bay of Islands Region|url=http://upsurgefestival.co.nz/|access-date=1 October 2021|website=UPSURGE Festival|language=en-US}}</ref>