Armadale Writers’ Festival program announced
Thursday, 3 September 2026
The Armadale Writers’ Festival will run from 7 to 11 September 2026 in the Perth suburb of Armadale, offering “a feast of conversation, literature and the sheer joy of words”....
Volume symposium first speakers announced
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
The first guest speakers have been announced for Volume, the national reading symposium, held online from 21 to 22 October. Author Jess Scully will host day one of Volume, “looking...
Love Your Bookshop Day campaign launched
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has launched Love Your Bookshop Day (LYDB) for Saturday 10 October, under the theme “Ask a bookseller. Shake up your shelf”. Drawing on Australia Reads research...
Canberra Writers Festival 2026 program announced
Monday, 31 August 2026
The Canberra Writers Festival (CWF) has announced its 10th anniversary program, which will run 15 to 18 October 2026, showcasing more than 110 events and 200 artists. International guest speakers...
Writers Assemble! program announced
Monday, 31 August 2026
The program for the free 3-day South Australian festival Writers Assemble!, which will run from 11 to 13 September, has been announced. The festival, which is dedicated to the craft...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2026 program announced
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has announced its full program, which will run from 21 to 25 October in Ubud, Indonesia. This year's festival is set to feature over 150...
Inaugural ConSYDeration program launched
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sydney Speculative Scribes and WestWords have partnered to launch ConSYDeration 2026, a speculative writers’ convention, scheduled to run from 11 to 13 September. The inaugural event will enable “speculative fiction...
Byron Writers Festival reports 10,000 attendees for 30th anniversary program
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Byron Writers Festival reported more than 10,000 attendees during a sold-out 30th anniversary program, held from 14 to 16 August, for the first time within the Byron Bay township. Artistic...
Collins Booksellers Franchise Excellence Awards winners announced
Monday, 17 August 2026
Collins Booksellers announced the winners of the 2026 Collins Booksellers Franchise Excellence Awards, at the annual conference on 8 to 9 August. The winners in each category were: Marketing Excellence...
Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival author line-up announced
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
The Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival has announced this year’s author line-up for the program running 30 October to 1 November 2026 on Dharug and Gundungurra land. Guest authors at the...
Emerging Writers’ Festival 2026 program announced
Thursday, 6 August 2026
The program for the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), which will run from 10 to 18 September in Melbourne and online and include the announcement of the 2026 Paragraph Fellowship recipients,...
Brisbane Writers Festival 2026 program announced
Thursday, 6 August 2026
The program for the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which will this year run from 8 to 11 October, has been announced, and will for the first time include the Queensland...
Apollo Bay WORDfest reports a sold-out festival
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Organisers of the Apollo Bay WORDfest, held in the Victorian coastal town from 24 to 26 July, have reported a sold-out festival. WORDfest director Kate Bourne said, “Ticket sales were...
Eumundi Writers Festival announces 2026 program
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
The Eumundi Writers Festival has announced the program for its 2026 event, which will run from 4 to 6 September in the Queensland town. The program focuses on “the needs...
Blak & Bright Writers Festival 2026 program announced
Monday, 27 July 2026
The program for the 2026 Blak & Bright Writers Festival, set to run from 3 to 6 September in Naarm/Melbourne, has been announced. Program highlights include Evelyn Araluen, Melissa Lucashenko,...
Festival of Fiction 2026 program announced
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
Festival of Fiction has announced this year’s program, running 21 to 22 November 2026 at Edith Cowan University Joondalup, featuring 80 authors, 10 publishing professionals and 1,200 readers and writers,...
Australian Publishers Association Graphic Novel Editing Intensive announced
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced a Graphic Novel Editing Intensive, as part of its Children’s Editorial Program, to take place at RMIT in Melbourne on 29 to 30...
WORD Christchurch Festival 2026 program announced
Thursday, 16 July 2026
WORD Christchurch Festival has announced its program for this year’s event, running from 1 to 6 September 2026. The festival will feature more than 100 writers, thinkers and performers in...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival 2026 program announced
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Mudgee Readers’ Festival (MRF) has announced the full program for its 2026 festival, running 21 to 23 August, featuring conversations, workshops and special events at venues across Wiradjuri Country, Mudgee,...
Newcastle Writers Festival appoints managing and artistic directors
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Newcastle Writers Festival (NWF) has promoted program manager Amy Lovat to the role of artistic director and appointed Tristan Sharp as managing director, following a national recruitment process. The appointments...
ABA announces Summer Circuit events
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced Summer Circuit, a new series of networking and presentation events, “designed to bring booksellers together ahead of the summer selling season”. “Whether you...
Frankfurt Book Fair to close Hall 6
Monday, 13 July 2026
Organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF), which will run 7 to 11 October 2026, have announced Hall 6 will be closed after structural building inspections raised safety concerns, reported...
Surf Coast Writers Festival starts strong
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
The inaugural Surf Coast Writers Festival wrapped up a successful program on Saturday 27 June in the Victorian town of Torquay. Organisers said the event attracted “hundreds of readers, aspiring...
New Prepress Workshop from FolioFox & Dettori Publishing
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Local short-run printing company, FolioFox, is collaborating with Dettori Publishing to co-host ‘From Manuscript to Print: A Self-Publishing Prepress Workshop’ at Melbourne’s City Library on Saturday, July 25th. The 90-minute...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival first line-up announced
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has announced the first line-up for the program set to run 21 to 25 October 2026 in Bali, Indonesia. This year’s festival theme is “Samarasā:...
Poetry Month 2026 program announced
Monday, 6 July 2026
Red Room Poetry has announced the 2026 Poetry Month program running throughout August. Featuring artists, musicians, comedians and journalists alongside international poets Jericho Brown, Tusiata Avia, Michael Pederson and Pádraig...
Marginalia Lit Fest Live announces 2026 program
Thursday, 2 July 2026
Marginalia Lit Fest Live (previously Amplify) has announced its 2026 program, featuring 22 authors and publishing professionals from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and the US across 10...
Festival of Dangerous Ideas announces 2026 program
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Festival of Dangerous Ideas will be held from 20 to 30 August 2026 at Carriageworks, Sydney, with a program that asks audiences “to confront the complex, urgent and uncomfortable ideas...
Blak & Bright announces first speakers for 2026 festival
Monday, 29 June 2026
Blak & Bright Writers Festival will run in Naarm/Melbourne from 3 to 6 September 2026. Guests so far announced for the festival include TV presenter and former AFL player Tony...
Melbourne Kids Book Fest coming to Southgate Precinct
Thursday, 25 June 2026
Mary Martin Bookshop and The Little Bookroom have partnered to host the Melbourne Kids Book Fest on 2 and 3 October 2026 at the Southgate Precinct. The bookshops announced that...
