Back into BookUp (again): The inaugural research day wrapped
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Books+Publishing recently attended industry professional development conference BookUp, with three members of staff attending both days – the industry day and this year’s brand new addition, a full day dedicated...
Queenstown Writers Festival announces 2025 program
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
The Queenstown Writers Festival (QWF) has announced its 2025 program, running 30 October to 3 November 2025 in Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand. Local guests headlining this year’s festival include Nalini...
PRH announces 2025 Personal Penguin
Monday, 8 September 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has announced the Personal Penguin figurine will return for this year’s Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD), running on 11 October 2025. The collectable figurine aims...
The Booksellers Association of Aotearoa New Zealand announces Bookshop Day
Monday, 8 September 2025
The Booksellers Association of Aotearoa New Zealand has announced that national Bookshop Day will run on Saturday 11 October 2025, to encourage readers to celebrate their local bookstores. This year’s...
Hachette announces 2025 Book Haul
Thursday, 4 September 2025
Hachette has announced Harry Hartog Carindale as the location for its 2025 Hachette Book Haul. This is the third iteration of the competition, which will take place on Love Your...
NYWF announces 2025 program
Thursday, 4 September 2025
The National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) has announced its 2025 program, running 2–5 October on the land of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples in Newcastle, NSW. To open the festival...
Canberra Writers Festival 2025 program announced
Thursday, 4 September 2025
The program for this year’s Canberra Writers Festival (CWF), running 22–26 October 2025, has been announced. International guests include Griffin Dunne, Eric Puchner, Cheng Lei, Sophie Gilbert and Omar El...
Full program announced for Ubud 2025
Monday, 1 September 2025
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced the full line-up for its 2025 festival program, themed ‘Aham Brahmasmi: I Am The Universe’, which will run 30 October to 2 November...
International Literary Programmers Roundtable set to return to Melbourne
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
The Melbourne City of Literature office has announced that its International Literary Programmers Roundtable initiative will return in 2026. In this fifth iteration of the program, six participants from literary...
Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival announces 2025 program
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
The full program for the 2025 Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival, which runs 31 October–2 November, has been announced. With the theme 'a path to wonder', the 2025 program includes more...
ILF Day theme announced
Thursday, 21 August 2025
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has announced ‘Strength In Our Stories: For Now & Future Generations’ as the 2025 Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD) theme and Grinj det K’Taun Krok! (Grinch...
Papercuts Comics Festival announces program
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Papercuts Comics Festival has announced its 2025 program, running 12–14 September in Adelaide. Artists appearing include Alice Lam, Chad Molyneux, Evie ‘YEEVZ’ Hilliar, Molly Hunt, Nicola Scott and Robin Tatlow-Lord....
Northland Writers, Readers and Poets Festival announces program
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
The Northland Writers, Readers and Poets (WRAP) Festival will run 29–31 August in Kerikeri, Aotearoa New Zealand. Writers appearing at the festival include Fiona Kidman, Monty Soutar, Sherryl Clark, Cadence...
Dymocks Giving Day date, program announced
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Dymocks has announced its 2025 Giving Day will take place on 21 August. Free in-store events will occur in Dymocks stores around the country, including Matt Cosgrove leading a storytime...
Global Book Crawl 2026 dates released
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
The 2026 Global Book Crawl (GBC) will take place on April 20–26. GBC is ‘a worldwide celebration of local (indie, bricks and mortar) bookshops and those who love them,’ said...
Brisbane Writers Festival releases 2025 program
Friday, 15 August 2025
Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has launched the full program for its 2025 festival, to be held at the new venue of Brisbane Powerhouse 9–12 October. The program includes over 100 events and features...
Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day program
Thursday, 14 August 2025
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the NZ Book Awards Trust has announced the program for the Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day. Among the events around the country, Invercargill Public Library will...
Write Around the Murray 2025 program
Thursday, 14 August 2025
The Write Around the Murray (WAM) festival, running 10–14 September in Albury City, has announced its 2025 program. Among the headliners attending the event are journalist, social commentator and writer...
Love Your Bookshop Day 2025 theme announced
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
BookPeople has announced 'Discover the magic. Discover you' as the theme for Love Your Bookshop Day 2025 (LYBD), which will take place on 11 October 2025. LYBD ‘aims to reignite...
Byron Writers Festival showground events cancelled
Monday, 11 August 2025
Organisers of Byron Writers Festival (BWF) cancelled the Bangalow Showground events for the second and third days of the 2025 festival program, because of rain and safety issues. In an...
Creative Australia adjusts dates for North America Publishers’ Program
Monday, 11 August 2025
Creative Australia has adjusted the dates for the North America Publishers’ Program, to accommodate publishers, agents and rights-sellers who may wish to travel to the London Book Fair afterwards. The...
Emerging Writers Festival 2025 program launched
Monday, 11 August 2025
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) has launched its 2025 program alongside a new logo. The festival, which will run 11–18 September, will hold 70 events with over 200 artists in...
Stella Day Out to host Brisbane events
Monday, 11 August 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced the program for its Stella Day Out Brisbane event, set to take place on 13 September 2025 at Avid Reader in West End. Two sessions...
Newcastle Writers Festival announces spring festival
Thursday, 7 August 2025
Newcastle Writers Festival (NWF) has announced a special spring program, which will run 20 September to 25 October 2025. The spring program reflects the organisation’s commitment to creating year-round opportunities...
Island Readers and Writers Festival announced
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
The inaugural Island Readers and Writers Festival will be held in Nipaluna / Hobart on 29 May–1 June 2026. Produced by literary organisation and magazine Island, the festival is accepting...
Together We Read online bookclub announces 2025 title
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
Together We Read AU has announced that the fifth annual online bookclub, running 12–26 August 2025, will read Smoke by Michael Brissenden (Affirm). Smoke can be downloaded via the Libby App, which...
Port Fairy Literary Weekend announces program
Monday, 4 August 2025
Port Fairy Literary Weekend, which runs 12–14 September, has announced its full program. Headliners include Helen Garner, Jock Serong, Emily Maguire, Sharmini Kumar and Jayne Tuttle. The festival will open...
Stella Day Out announces Melbourne program
Monday, 4 August 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced the program for its Stella Day Out Melbourne event, set to take place on 18 August at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre. Three sessions have...
CBCA’s Children’s Book Week turns 80
Monday, 4 August 2025
Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced Children's Book Week Birthday Book Adventure events, running 16 to 23 August 2025, to celebrate Book Week's 80th birthday. On Saturday 23...
BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival program announced
Monday, 4 August 2025
BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, running 11–13 September, has launched its 2025 program. Among the headliners are Michael Robotham, Candice Fox, Jane Caro and Gary Jubelin. The program will feature...
