Chaired by the fabulous Jane Forrest, author-illustrator Gavin Bishop journeyed us through the striking illustrations that feature in some of his most popular books, including his latest, Atua.

And that's a wrap! Time for a well earned drink to celebrate the end of a fun and successful Marlborough Book Festival 2022!🎉👏

Our first writer residents, here for MarlBookFest Kinda quiet and dull round here since Rachael King Sue Orr Paula Morris @CursesMcD left

A huge congratulations to razz for winning The 2022 Book Trade Industry: Aotearoa Booksellers' Choice Award for her very first novel Greta and Valdin. 🙌🥳🏆🎉

🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉 to literary legend Gavin Bishop, who was awarded his fifth Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award with his latest book, Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes. Atua also won the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction and the Russell Clark Award for Illustration.🙌

New podcast from our 2022 festival has landed! Listen in to @paulamorris discussing the fascinating, chaotic and ground-breaking life of the NZ journalist, poet, fiction writer and war correspondent Iris Wilkinson, aka Robin Hyde. A superb yarn: marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/paula-morris…

The second podcast from our 2022 festival is online NOW: Wrens Under The Radar written by Marlborough librarian Colleen Shipley, was inspired by the true story of eight women posted to a top-secret mission in Blenheim from November 1942 to May 1944. bit.ly/3HjC3yr

Our latest podcast has arrived! Lloyd Jones is one of New Zealand’s most significant and successful contemporary authors. Lloyd talks about his life and work, including the allegory The Cage, and his latest novel, The Fish. Stay safe and dry everyone! podbean.com/ew/pb-pmapz-13…

New #MBF22 podcast out --- Steve Braunias discusses his book Cover Story: 100 Beautiful, Strange and Frankly Incredible New Zealand LP Covers, plus the interviews behind the book and his own experience collecting more than 800 albums: marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/steve-brauni…

Marlborough Book Festival is on July 21-23! Lock in the dates and spread the word to ensure you don’t miss this wonderful weekend celebrating writers discussing their work in Blenheim. Tickets will go on sale in June, but for now stay tuned for regular updates. #mbf #marlbookfest

🎧Check out our latest podcast with Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris. Learn what inspires these champions of young readers, and how they push boundaries to create bespoke books for a new generation. 👉 To listen and subscribe to our podcasts, head to Spotify, Podbean or Amazon.

Have you subscribed to our newsletter yet? Jump onto our website marlboroughbookfest.co.nz and sign up for the latest information and updates on ticket sales, authors and more. Save the dates: Friday 21 July - Sunday 23rd July, 2023 We can't wait to see you there! #mbf23 #readnz

You'll be seeing this photo around a bit this year. Our 2023 festival hero image is Karen Gibb, the owner of PaperPlus Blenheim and an amazing MBF sponsor, reading at one of her favourite Marlborough spots - Momorangi Bay. #goodbusiness #thankyou #mbf23 #sponsor #bookfest #read

This year’s MBF features 23 sessions with 16 wonderful authors speaking at the ASB Theatre Marlborough and the new Marlborough Library and Art Gallery . It's going to be a fabulous weekend of inspiring, informative and entertaining conversations. marlboroughbookfest.co.nz #mbf23

📢Calling all lovers of film, and crime fiction…and everyone else for that matter! Tickets to see Michael Bennett at the Marlborough Book Festival are on sale now. Visit: marlboroughbookfest.co.nz #writersfest #bookfestival #nzauthor #readaotearoa #marlboroughbookfest #readbooks

Thanks for inviting me to speak ⁦MarlBookFest⁩ - having the best time!

Unfortunately I enjoyed a little too much of the sponsors' excellent products. Catherine Chidgey left me singing sea shanties in the en suite and was a second-rate stand-in for me at my MarlBookFest session. If you WILL put me up in a vineyard...! Dog Point Vineyard Cloudy Bay

Lots of giggles and fun and left field questions from the lucky year 2 & 3 pupils from Renwick School yesterday. Thank you Catherine!

New Zealand book festivals: A field guide thespinoff.co.nz/books/18-02-20… As well as the MBF, we can think of many other reasons to "linger" in Blenheim and our stunning Marlborough region too! 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷 Save the dates: 25-28 July 2024 #mbf