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September

Armadale Writers’ Festival 
(7–11 September)
Emerging Writers’ Festival 
(10–18 September)
Writers Assemble! 
(11–13 September)
ConSYDeration 
(11–13 September)
Whitsundays Writers Festival
(13 September)

October

Melbourne Kids Book Fest 
(2–3 October)
Frankfurt Book Fair 
(7–11 October)
Brisbane Writers Festival 
(8–11 October)
Love Your Bookshop Day 
(10 October)
Canberra Writers Festival 
(15–18 October)
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 
(21–25 October)
Volume 
(21–22 October)
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
(21–25 October)
APA Graphic Novel Editing Intensive 
(29–30 October)
Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival 
(30 October–1 November)

November

Festival of Fiction 
(21–22 November)

April

Newcastle Writers Festival 
(2–4 April 2027)

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BookPeople conference program announced 

Book people logo Monday, 24 March 2025
BookPeople has announced the program for its 2025 conference, which will run 14–16 June in Brisbane. Aimed at booksellers, the conference program includes panels, practical sessions, and keynotes – with...

MWF releases full 2025 program

MWF logo Friday, 21 March 2025
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has launched the full program for its 2025 festival, the first under new festival director Veronica Sullivan, to be held in venues across the Melbourne CBD and...

Tasmania Reads 2025 events announced

Tasmania Reads logo Monday, 17 March 2025
Tasmania Reads will be held in libraries and partner organisations across the state 23–29 March 2025, and will include the launch of a new Writers’ Room at the State Library...

Auckland Writers Festival announces 2025 program

Auckland Writers Festival guests include Edward Wong, Harriet Walter, Samantha Harvey, Ian Rankin, Colm Tóibín, Monty Soutar Monday, 17 March 2025
Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki has announced its 2025 program, to be held in Tāmaki Makaurau 13–18 May. Close to 50 international participants and more than 170 Aotearoa New...

Clunes Booktown Festival 2025 program announced 

Tuesday, 4 February 2025
Clunes Booktown Festival has announced its 2025 program. Festival director Suzi Cordell said this year’s program will explore the art of storytelling in all its diverse forms, with panels on...

Adelaide Writers’ Week full program announced 

adelaide writers week (aww) logo in blue and white Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Adelaide Writers’ Week director Louise Adler today announced the full program for 2025 Adelaide Writers' Week (AWW), which will mark the 40th anniversary of the event. In a statement, Adler...

EWF 2020 to take place ‘entirely online’  Archive

Thursday, 2 April 2020
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF), which runs from 16–23 June, usually in Melbourne, will take place online as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Festival organisers ‘made the proactive decision...

LEB conference postponed  Archive

Monday, 16 March 2020
Leading Edge Books (LEB) has postponed the upcoming LEB conference, scheduled for 22–24 March, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. LEB said in a statement this morning that it has...

S&S, Nielsen withdraw from LEB conference  Archive

Thursday, 12 March 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) and Nielsen Book Australia will not attend this year’s Leading Edge Books (LEB) Conference, which is due to run from 22–24 March in Brisbane. In...

WestWords to host day-long writing festival  Archive

Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Western Sydney literature organisation WestWords will host a day-long event in celebration of the ways in which Western Sydney has ‘shaped many diverse and cultural stories’. A Celebration of Writing...

Bottomley to give keynote at ABA conference  Archive

Thursday, 5 March 2020
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the full program for its 2020 conference, to be held at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney from 21–22 June. International guest Nic Bottomley,...

BookUp announces first keynotes  Archive

Friday, 28 February 2020
The Australian Publishers Association has announced the first keynote speakers for its inaugural book industry conference BookUp. Demographer Claire Madden will present ‘Generational change: where is Australia going?’, a look...

Expand your audience at Frankfurt  Archive

Monday, 17 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...

Expand your audience at Shanghai  Archive

Monday, 17 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...