Wednesday, 15 July 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will present a one-day intermediate-level ebook workshop with Sarah J H Fletcher, on Friday, 7 August from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.The workshop is designed...

Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Places are still available for the one-day copy editing workshop with Meryl Potter, presented by the Society of Editors (NSW). The workshop, which will run from 9:30 am to 4:30...

Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Entries for the 2015 Asher Literary Award will close 30 July. The $12,000 biennial award is open to works by female authors that carry an anti-war theme and have been...

Wednesday, 8 July 2015
Nominations for the 2015 Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature will close Friday, 17 July. The $20,000 Nib Award is presented for excellence in research in the creation of a...

Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Applications for the James Patterson grant for Australian and New Zealand bookstores, totalling $100,000, will close 5pm Tuesday, 30 June. Applications should detail a project the bookseller will undertake to...

Tuesday, 23 June 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will present a one-day copy editing workshop with Meryl Potter, on Tuesday, 21 July from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.The workshop is designed for editors...

Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Publishers are advised that entries are open for the 2016 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Publishers are urged to send their new children’s books as soon as possible after...

Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Entries are open for the 2015 Walkley Book Award, which acknowledges the work produced by an Australian journalist or writer, published from 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2015.Entries can be a...

Thursday, 11 June 2015
Applications for the 2015 Eminent Writer-in-Residence program are now open to Australian writers working in any form or genre. The program provides a $5000 stipend, accommodation at Gorman Arts Centre...

Tuesday, 19 May 2015
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) will hold a ‘Making the most of industry awards’ webinar on Thursday, 28 May from 10:30-11:30 am. Presented by Brett Osmond, communications specialist for the...

Tuesday, 19 May 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will hold its June meeting on the topic ‘Editing in the world of ebook applications’, on Tuesday, 2 June. Presented by Sydney University Press...

Tuesday, 19 May 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will present a one-day workshop on ‘Structural editing: fiction’ with Nicola O'Shea, on Wednesday, 17 June from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.The session is designed...

Wednesday, 29 April 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. is presenting a collaborative conversation on the importance of style guides in editing on Tuesday, 5 May. Editors Robin Appleton, John Carrick and Shannon...

Wednesday, 29 April 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will run an online editing and web content strategy workshop on Wednesday, 20 May from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Presented by write-minded Pty Ltd director...

Monday, 27 April 2015
The Queensland Writers Centre is calling all Queensland writers who have published a new work in 2014 to register for inclusion in the annual catalogue Books from Our Backyard, distributed to...

Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Australian children’s book author Libby Gleeson will present the Maurice Saxby Lecture at 6pm for 6.30pm on Wednesday 6 May at MacLaurin Hall, University of Sydney. This biennial lecture honours...

Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Applications are open for the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and Australian Society of Authors (ASA) 2015 research fellowship. The fellowship supports creative projects that use university library special collections...

Thursday, 9 April 2015
Australian and NZ publishers and literary agents who hold film rights to local books with cinematic potential to be the next book-to-screen adaptation are invited to make submissions to participate...

Thursday, 9 April 2015
Published authors and illustrators of at least one book for children or young people are invited to apply for a May Gibbs Creative Time Residential (CTR) Fellowship. The aim of...

Wednesday, 8 April 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Awards will be announced in Perth on 14 April at a breakfast event. This is timed so that the...

Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) will run the seminar ‘Starting Your Own Imprint’ on Saturday, 11 April from 11am to 1pm. Presented by Ronnie Scott, Scum Magazine and Sue Wright from...

Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Tickets are now on sale for The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA), to be held at Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf in Sydney on Thursday, 21 May 2015. The evening will be hosted by satirist...

Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Editors Victoria is running the course ‘Dance Steps for the Self-Employed Editor—Basic’ with Jackey Coyle on Saturday, 11 April 2015 from 10am to 4pm at CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.The full-day course will...

Wednesday, 18 March 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) will run a one-day workshop on the topic ‘Ebooks 101 for editors: Foundation’, presented by Sarah JH Fletcher.The workshop is designed for editorial staff with...

Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Nominations for the ABIA Business Awards open Wednesday, 18 March 2015 and close on Friday, 10 April 2015. The categories for the 2015 ABIA Business Awards are:  Publisher of the...

Thursday, 12 March 2015
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is accepting applications for the annual Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency in April 2015.The program is open to writers who have not yet had...

Wednesday, 25 February 2015
PNG literacy advocacy charity Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP) will be holding an event in celebration of their new patron, children’s author Alison Lester. The event will also serve as a...

Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Applications for the 2015 Hardcopy program are now open. Hardcopy is a professional development program for emerging Australian writers and the focus for 2015 will be on nonfiction. The 2015...

Wednesday, 25 February 2015
The Australian Publishers Association will hold a webinar on finding international buyers for children’s books and rights from 9-10am on Friday, 6 March. The session will be presented by managing...