"I don’t know how to say loudly enough that the Marlborough Book Festival exceeds all preconceptions & expectations. Amazing manaakitanga amazing audiences important conversations happening on and off stage. Kai for the wairua & the tinana." Tina Makereti, 2018 author
The Marlborough Book Festival is an annual weekend of wonderful writers, curious audiences and beautiful Marlborough locations.
About Us
The Readers and Writers Trust is a charitable trust run by a committee of volunteers who are mad about reading... read more...
Our Authors 2018
We were privileged to have 12 fantastic authors join us for our 2018 festival, from poets to novelists, with a historian, a policitical cartoonist and a food writer to boot... read more...
Our Partners
Our wonderful festival wouldn't exist without the generosity and passion of our fantastic sponsors... read more...
Our Festival Video
We created a festival video to give you a taste of what it's all about - keep an eye out for MBF19... watch it now...