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We didn’t think we would top the reaction to Trent Dalton’s first AWF appearance in 2024, which he described as “one of the greatest moments of my writing life”.

The entranced, 2000-strong audience and book signing that went on late into the night at AWF25 proved us (happily) wrong.

“A magical night of all the feels”, “we died and went to heaven” and “wow, just wow” were only a handful of the comments from Festival-goers, as Trent shared his uplifting, inspiring and achingly honest take on love, literature and the small moments of life that become the big.

It’s rare that we invite an author back to our stages so soon, but for authors this beloved by readers, we’re happy to break the rules.

Don’t miss Trent as he makes a special return to the city for an exclusive NZ conversation on his major new novel, Gravity Let Me Go. Self-described as “a big marriage story set inside a murder story”, it’s a conversation bound to cover all of life’s beautiful, messy and extraordinary parts.

Whether you’re completing your Trent Dalton Triple, or catching him for the very first time, be prepared for a moving and remarkable evening with one of Australasia’s most in-demand writers. He will be in conversation with award-winning crime writer Michael Bennett.

'An Evening With Trent Dalton' is presented by Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki and Auckland Live in association with HarperCollins Publishers.

Date: Wednesday 15 October, 6.45-8.00pm

Venue: The Civic, 269 – 287 Queen Street, Corner Queen Street & Wellesley Street, Auckland 1010

Ticket link: https://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/event/2400630C9F60130F

Ticket prices: Standard $40; Students (up to tertiary level) $20

Special note: Trent will be signing books after the event.

ABOUT TRENT DALTON

Trent Dalton is a two-time Walkley Award–winning journalist and the international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, All Our Shimmering Skies, Love Stories and Lola in the Mirror.

Lola in the Mirror was the winner of the 2024 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year, the 2023 QBD Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Dymocks 2023 Book of the Year, the 2024 Indie Book Awards, the 2024 Book People Fiction Book of the Year and the 2024 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award. It has sold over 320,000 copies across all formats since publication in October 2023.

The Boy Swallows Universe television series, which aired in January 2024, was Netflix’s most successful Australian-made show to date. It ranked in the top 10 in 52 countries and reached the number one spot in Australia, number four in the UK and number six in the US.

Trent Dalton's Love Stories

Presented by Auckland Live in association with Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki the critically acclaimed stage adaptation Trent Dalton’s Love Stories will be on stage at The Civic in Auckland from 16 - 19 October. Following standing ovations and glowing reviews at the Brisbane Festival in 2024, Love Stories reunites the creative team behind the smash-hit page-to-stage adaptation of Boy Swallows Universe (director Sam Strong and writer Tim McGarry), bringing to life Dalton’s latest warm, wise, poignant, funny and moving story about love, in all its guises. Tickets are available now from Ticketmaster.