Matt Dinniman Bringing Dungeon Crawler Carl To New Zealand In March 2026

MELBOURNE, AU (September 15, 2025) - New York Times bestselling author Matt Dinniman has today announced he's bringing Dungeon Crawler Carl Live to Auckland for an intimate, one-night-only discussion of his unique and highly immersive LitRPG series. The event also celebrates the launch of Dinniman's brand-new release, Operation Bounce House, publishing by Penguin Michael Joesph on 12th February 2026 in Hardback, eBook, and Audio.

Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl Live will appear at Q Theatre Auckland on Friday 27 March, 2026.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 11am local time on Wednesday 17 September.

My Live Nation members may also secure tickets first in the pre-sale beginning on Tuesday 16 September at 11am and ends on Wednesday 17 September at 10am. 

For complete tour and ticket information, visit: http://www.livenation.co.nz

DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL LIVE
WITH MATT DINNIMAN
NEW ZEALAND 2026

Q THEATRE, AUCKLAND
FRIDAY 27 MARCH

TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER, 11AM LOCAL
Live Nation pre-sale: Tuesday 16 September, 11am - Wednesday 17 September, 10am

For complete tour and ticket information, visit www.livenation.co.nz

ABOUT DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL:

It's Hunger Games meets Dungeons & Dragons in the addictive, New York Times bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman - a near-future fantasy adventure perfect for fans of role-playing games and readers of Jim Butcher and Ernie Cline. As a LitRPG story, the Dungeon Crawler Carl series offers a unique, highly immersive reading experience that reads like playing a fantasy role-playing game - complete with all the outrageous battle scenes, fantastical highs, and heartfelt found family moments. Readers follow Carl and his ex-girlfriend's cat, the particular-yet-charming Princess Donut, as they try to escape an Earth-spanning fantasy dungeon to survive the alien apocalypse.

Since its self-published release, Dungeon Crawler Carl has established itself has one of the most popular novels in the growing LitRPG space, with over 4 million copies sold. On TikTok, LitRPG and Dungeon Crawler Carl hashtags have amassed over 13 million views, and on Reddit, r/DungeonCrawlerCarl has over 80k members. Much to fan's excitement, Deadline has announced that Universal International Studios and Seth McFarlane's Fuzzy Door Productions are set to adapt Dungeon Crawler Carl for TV.

"This series has no goddamn business burying so much depth and emotion and complexity under its bawdy, gory surface, but it does so anyway. What a wild-ass and unexpected delight." - New York Times bestselling author Scott Lynch.

ABOUT MATT DINNIMAN:

Matt Dinniman is a writer, author, and musician (well, he's a bass player) from Gig Harbour, WA. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series.