Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Publishers who have not yet entered the 2016 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) are encouraged to do so before nominations close on Monday, 22 February. Judging panels will evaluate nominations...

Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Applications for the APA’s Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship for 2015/16 are now open, and will close 18 March. The fellowship is awarded to a mid/late-career editor, working either in-house or...

Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Publishers are invited to nominate their titles for the 2016 Australian Book Industry Awards, which acknowledge the best books and finest talent in the industry. Entries will be voted for...

Thursday, 28 January 2016
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will hold a one-day workshop on editing fiction for a young adult audience, presented by publisher and editor Zoe Walton. The workshop will be...

Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Join the Small Press Network for a casual get-together in Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne or Perth. All booklovers, SPN members and their guests are welcome, and drinks and food will be...

Wednesday, 20 January 2016
The Australian Book Designers Association is inviting nominations for the Australian Book Design Hall of Fame. Established in 1994, the Hall of Fame Award is presented to designers whose body...

Tuesday, 12 January 2016
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. begins its 2016 workshop calendar with the one-day professional course ‘InDesign for editors’, presented by software trainer Antony Browne on Tuesday, 16 February from 9.30...

Friday, 11 December 2015
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) is calling for applications for the 14th Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship in 2015/16. The 10- to 12-week biennial fellowship provides an Australian-based editor with considerable...

Wednesday, 9 December 2015
The Australian Book Design Awards' (ABDA) end of year drinks will be held simultaneously in Sydney and Melbourne this Thursday evening. Sydney venue: Goros, 84-86 Mary Street, Surry Hills. Melbourne...

Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Bookings for the 12th National CBCA Conference 2016 are now open. The 2016 conference, entitled ‘Read: Myriad Possibilities’, will be held at the Menzies Hotel in Sydney from 20-21 May...

Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Join your bookselling and publishing friends and colleagues for drinks, nibbles, industry gossip and great conversation at the annual Victorian book industry Christmas Party.  The Victorian Reps of the Year...

Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Publishers are invited to nominate international publishers, agents and literary scouts working in established or emerging markets to be part of the Australia Council’s next Visiting International Publishers (VIP) program...

Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Join your fellow Small Press Network (SPN) members, and other industry folks, for a casual get-together in Canberra. All SPN members and their guests are welcome to attend, and drinks...

Wednesday, 7 October 2015
The Children’s Book Council of Australia's (CBCA) reviewing journal Reading Time has undergone a transformation. It is now online and issues a weekly newsletter. Subscription to the newsletter can be accessed at: readingtime.com.au....

Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Join your fellow Small Press Network members, and other industry folks, for a casual get-together in Brisbane, Melbourne or Perth. All SPN members and their guests are welcome to attend,...

Wednesday, 30 September 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will run its November workshop, a one-day professional development course on markup languages presented by editor Linda Nix, on Wednesday, 11 November from 9.30...

Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Registrations for Editors Victoria’s Redact 2015 weekend intensive workshop will close 28 September.Redact 2015 is a professional development workshop held over 17-18 October at the Grange Bellinzona conference centre at...

Wednesday, 16 September 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will host a meeting on markup languages presented by Linda Nix on Tuesday, 6 October. A good working knowledge of markup languages such as...

Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Publishers are urged to send entries for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2016 as soon as possible. Entry forms can be downloaded from the CBCA website here. Entries should...

Wednesday, 26 August 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will run a one-day professional development workshop on indexing for editors with freelance indexer Glenda Browne on Wednesday, 21 October from 9.30 am to...

Wednesday, 19 August 2015
Global non-profit Room to Read and children’s and YA author Tristan Bancks have created the 2015 World Change Challenge fundraising campaign to support literacy efforts in Nepal. The campaign will...

Wednesday, 12 August 2015
Registrations are open for Redact 2015, a weekend intensive workshop for freelance and in-house editors with some experience run by Editors Victoria. Redact 2015 is a professional development workshop held...

Wednesday, 5 August 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will run a one-day professional development workshop on social media campaigns with author and The Community Crew CEO Laurel Papworth on Friday, 11 September...

Wednesday, 22 July 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will host an event on Australian style in the 21st century with professor emeritus Pam Peter on 4 August. The event will look at how...

Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Editors Victoria is running the course ‘Introduction to Copyediting’ with Susan Keogh on 15 August at CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Finding and correcting spelling and grammatical errors is only part...

Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Editors Victoria is running the course ‘Introduction to Structural Editing’ with Susan Keogh on 29 August at CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Structural editing tends to be one of those hazy...