Bookish dates for 2017
January
Jaipur Literature Festival: 19-23 January
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards: 31 January
February
Taipei International Book Exhibition: 8-13 February
JLF Melbourne: 11-12 February
ALIA Information Online Conference (Sydney): 13-17 February
Perth Writers Festival: 23-26 February
Australian Romance Readers Convention (Melbourne): 24-26 February
March
Noted Writers Festival (Canberra): 1-5 March
Adelaide Writers’ Week: 4-9 March
London Book Fair: 14-16 March
Somerset Celebration of Literature (Gold Coast): 15-17 March
Melbourne Art Book Fair: 16-19 March
Leading Edge Books Conference (Surfers Paradise): 19-21 March
April
Rock & Roll Writers Festival (Brisbane): 1-2 April
Bologna Children’s Book Fair: 3-6 April
Newcastle Writers Festival: 7-9 April
Swancon (Perth): 13-17 April
Supanova Gold Coast: 21-23 April
Supanova Melbourne: 28-30 April
The Stella Prize: 18 April
May
Noted Writers Festival (Canberra): 3-7 May
Clunes Booktown Festival (regional Victoria): 6-7 May
Mother’s Day (Australia and NZ): 14 May
Auckland Writers Festival: 16-21 May
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards: 16 May
NT Writers’ Festival (Alice Springs): 18-21 May
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards: 22 May
Sydney Writers’ Festival: 22-28 May
National Simultaneous Storytime: 24 May
Australian Book Industry Awards (Sydney): 25 May
Australian Book Design Awards (Sydney): 26 May
Book Expo America (New York): 31 May to 2 June
June
Reading Matters (Melbourne): 2-3 June
Emerging Writers’ Festival (Melbourne): 14-23 June
Supanova Sydney: 16-18 June
Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist: 18 June
Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Conference (Melbourne): 18-19 June
Supanova Perth: 23-25 June
August
Byron Writers Festival: 4-6 August
Romance Writers of Australia Conference (Brisbane): 11-13 August
National Bookshop Day: 12 August
Edinburgh International Book Festival: 12-28 August
Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Awards: 18 August
Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week: 18-25 August
Canberra Writers Festival: 25-27 August
Melbourne Writers Festival: 25 August to 3 September
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults: August
September
Father’s Day (Australia and NZ): 3 September
Indigenous Literacy Day: 6 September
Brisbane Writers Festival: 6-11 September
IPEd National Editors Conference (Brisbane): 13-15 September
Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival: 15-17 September
October
Frankfurt Book Fair: 11-15 October (guest of honour: France)
Man Booker Prize: 17 October
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival: 25-29 October
Nobel Prize for Literature: October
November
GenreCon (Brisbane): 10-12 November
Supanova Brisbane: 10-12 November
Independent Publishing Conference (Melbourne): 16-18 November
Word for Word: National Non-Fiction Festival (Geelong, Victoria): 17-19 November
Supanova Adelaide: 18-19 November
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