Ursula will be a guest at 2018 Writers & Readers in Wellington, 8–11 March. Her sessions include a conversation about her writing with Lydia Wevers and a session on word fun for young readers with Nick Earls and Kate De Goldi.

Seasoned New Zealand Festival goer and Culture Club supporter Mary Hancock has some great tips for making the most of your 2018 Festival experience.

In this era of third wave feminism and #MeToo, Ernest Hemingway’s relentless brand of machismo might seem hopelessly antiquated. Or maybe not, argues David O'Donnell, ahead of the celebrated stage adaptation of The Sun Also Rises.

He Tohu is a free, permanent exhibition at the National Library in Wellington which hosts three iconic constitutional documents that continue to shape New Zealand, including the Treaty of Waitangi and the Women’s Suffrage Petition.

We asked international artists Refik Anadol and Matt Parker what we should expect from the exciting interactive installations they're bringing to Future Playground, a digital wonderland set to delight the whole family this Festival.

Rachel Spratt is a bestselling Australian author and television writer. She is known for her Nanny Piggins and Friday Barnes series of books, and will be a guest at Writers & Readers in Wellington in March.

Festival Executive Director Meg Williams tells us what she's looking forward to.

By her books we will know award winning American writer, editor, performer and 2018 Writers & Readers guest, Charlie Jane Anders.

Therese Lloyd shares three new poems from her forthcoming collection, The Facts, which will be launched by Victoria University Press during Writers & Readers in Wellington in March.