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June

Big Day of Books Perth
(20 June)
Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival 
(23–26 June)

July

International Publishers Congress
(5–9 July)
Q-Lit
(16–19 July)
Mildura Writers Festival
(16–19 July)
BookUp 
(22–23 July)
Melbourne Rare Book Week 
(23 July–1 August)
Apollo Bay WORDfest
(24–26 July)
Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Conference and Trade Day 
(24–25 July)

August

Byron Writers Festival 
(14–16 August)
Aotearoa NZ Children’s Book Week
(15–21 August)
Children’s Book Week
(22–28 August)

September

Blak & Bright
(3–6 September)
Whitsundays Writers Festival
(13 September)

October

Frankfurt Book Fair 
(7–11 October)
Brisbane Writers Festival 
(8–11 October)

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LBF to host audiobook summit

Friday, 7 February 2020
The London Book Fair (LBF) is launching a new audiobook summit, to be held on 10 March. Audio HQ will include sessions on the size of the UK market and...

Expand your audience at London Book Fair

Thursday, 6 February 2020
Build international buzz and rights leads for your standout titles in our monthly rights newsletter. Reach over 7000 overseas publishers, rights agents, subagents and industry professionals each month. Don’t miss...

Taipei book fair postponed due to coronavirus

Monday, 3 February 2020
The Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE), originally scheduled for 4–9 February, has been postponed until 7–12 May as a result of the spreading coronavirus epidemic. The Ministry of Culture, Taiwan...

Book events in 2020

Tuesday, 7 January 2020
January International Cairo Book Fair, Egypt (22 January–4 February) International Kolkata Book Fair, India (29 January–9 February) Jaipur Literature Festival, India (23–27 January) New Delhi World Book Fair, India (4–12...

Broadside festival: Garner tops bestsellers 

Wednesday, 20 November 2019
More than 16,000 people attended the inaugural Broadside festival on 9–10 November at the Melbourne Town Hall. Run by the Wheeler Centre, the festival featured international guests including UK author...

First writers announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week

Adelaide Writers' Week logo Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The first writers have been announced for next year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 29 February to 5 March. International guests include Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma, Omani novelist and...

LEB to hold 2020 conference in Brisbane

Monday, 21 October 2019
Leading Edge Books (LEB) will hold its annual conference on 22–24 March at the Sofitel Brisbane Central. The conference program for Sunday, 22 March includes member forums, a keynote presentation,...

APA announces new industry conference BookUp

Tuesday, 8 October 2019
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced a new conference for the Australian book industry called BookUp. Aimed at ‘all book publishing people’, the one-day event will explore the future...

SPN announces conference keynotes

Thursday, 3 October 2019
The Small Press Network has announced three keynote speakers for its 2019 Independent Publishing Conference, to be held at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 21–23 November. Claire Squires, director...

Jaipur Literature Festival returns to Adelaide

Monday, 30 September 2019
The Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival will host the second Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) Adelaide on November 1–3. More than 60 guests will appear at 40 free events as part...

BWF: YA, women authors top bestsellers

Friday, 13 September 2019
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) bookshop recorded a 5.9 percent growth in sales at the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) bookstore from the previous year, thanks to ‘the strong six-day...

Inaugural Terror Australis Festival program launched

Tuesday, 27 August 2019
The program for the inaugural Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival, which runs in various locations in Tasmania’s Huon Valley from 31 October to 3 November, has been announced. With...

ABA announces 2020 conference dates

Friday, 23 August 2019
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that the 96th annual conference and trade exhibition will be held at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney from 21–22 June 2020. In conjunction...

Full program announced for Ubud 2019

Thursday, 15 August 2019
The full program has been announced for the 2019 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), which runs from 23–27 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Joining a total of 180 speakers from...

Homecooked Comics Festival to run 17–18 August in Melbourne

Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Homecooked Comics Festival is a two-day indie comic book festival, featuring book launches, children's activities, workshops and a free market day, where comics creators will sell their work, alongside representatives...

Program announced for 2019 Blak & Bright festival

Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The program for this year’s Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival, to be held in Melbourne from 5-8 September, has been announced. More than 60 First Nations writers and...

Canberra Writers Festival 2019 program launched

Monday, 15 July 2019
Canberra Writers Festival has announced the full line-up of guest speakers for its festival program, which runs under the theme ‘power, politics and passion’ from 21–25 August. Over 160 authors...