WORD Christchurch has teamed up with the Auckland Writers Festival to bring six top quality international writers to our city in May.

The Autumn Season, which runs from 14 to 17 May, features: bestselling Scottish crime novelist Ian Rankin, creator of the Rebus series; Booker prize-winning Irish novelist Anne Enright; highly-respected British historian and biographer A. N. Wilson, author of The Victorians; science writer James Gleick exploring the mysteries of time travel; and novelist Stella Duffy, who is currently completing Ngaio Marsh’s unfinished novel Money in the Morgue. WORD Christchurch is also thrilled to welcome back the hit of the 2016 festival, Canadian storyteller Ivan Coyote.

Charles Luney Auditorium, St Margaret’s College
Sunday  14 May – Ian Rankin – 6pm

Philip Carter Family Concert Hall, The Piano
Monday 15 May – Stella Duffy – 5.30pm, A N Wilson – 7.30pm
Tuesday 16 May – James Gleick – 6pm, Ivan Coyote – 8pm
Wednesday 17 May – Anne Enright – 6pm

Buy an Autumn Season pass to save time and money. All season pass holders automatically also go in the draw to win books from all six writers, courtesy of UBS.

*All buyers will be emailed after this date with instructions on how to opt-in to the draw.