Every year, Words on Wheels - or WOW - brings a group of leading Kiwi writers to a different part of rural New Zealand. In 2007, internationally acclaimed fantasy novelist Elizabeth Knox; bestselling historical novelist Deborah Challinor; poet and playwright Bernadette Hall; children's writer Vince Ford and performance poet, reviewer, and non-fiction writer David Eggleton (pictured) will be stopping in small towns from Te Awamutu to Paeroa to spread their words.Every year, Words on Wheels - or WOW - brings a group of leading Kiwi writers to a different part of rural New Zealand. In 2007, internationally acclaimed fantasy novelist Elizabeth Knox; bestselling historical novelist Deborah Challinor; poet and playwright Bernadette Hall; children's writer Vince Ford and performance poet, reviewer, and non-fiction writer David Eggleton (pictured) will be stopping in small towns from Te Awamutu to Paeroa to spread their words.New Zealand Book Council Director Karen Ross says Words on Wheels reaches many places that other art tours do not: "No town is too small to be WOWed. It's a real shot in the arm for the cultural life of many regions. People love meeting and hearing writers in the flesh. We find communities are still buzzing long after WOW has departed."

Running annually since 1991, WOW has travelled the length of the country, moving through regions from the deep south to the far north, on a six-year cycle. Towns it will pass through between Monday 26 February and Saturday 3 March 2007 include Te Awamutu, Te Kuiti, Taupo, Rotorua, Kawerau, Whakatane, Papamoa, Tauranga, Matamata and Morrinsville.

Visit the Book Council website for more information.