The Marlborough Book Festival
5 to 7 July, ASB Theatre Marlborough, Blenheim Marlborough moves into literary merriment mode with its annual book festival featuring a heavyweight lineup of novelists, poets, bloggers, non-fiction writers, a historian, a songwriter and a chef. Spread across picturesque venues including a luxury launch, a vineyard villa and a winery cellar door, the programme includes authors Chessie Henry, Owen Marshall, Pip Adam, Kate Duignan, Anne Kennedy, Kate De Goldi, blogger Emily Writes, artist and writer Grahame Sydney, novelist Whiti Hereaka and cook Eleanor Ozich. marlboroughbookfest.co.nz