Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Registration for the 15th annual Leading Edge Books (LEB) Conference will open this week. The 2015 conference will be held at the Rydges Hotel in Melbourne from 15-16 May. Participating authors...

Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Registration is now open for the 91st Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Conference, to be held on 17-18 May at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. The theme for the...

Wednesday, 18 February 2015
The Readings Children’s Book Prize will announce its shortlist on Sunday 22 March at the Children’s Book Festival in Melbourne. The prize celebrates books that children and families love to...

Wednesday, 18 February 2015
The nominations for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) opens on Monday 23 February and closes on Monday 9 March.Nominations are sought for ten categories including two new awards: the Small Publishers’ Adult...

Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Busybird Publishing and Hire a Hubby Australia are jointly releasing a new anthology to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA). Below the Belt is a collection...

Wednesday, 11 February 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) will run two one-day workshops on Microsoft Word in early March, presented by Kevin O’Brien.The first workshop, ‘Microsoft Word for editors: beginner to intermediate’, will...

Thursday, 29 January 2015
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) invites nominations for the inaugural John Simkin Medal—an award recognising an outstanding index to a book compiled in Australia or New...

Thursday, 29 January 2015
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI), Victorian Branch is running ‘Is the Index Any Good’, a half-day professional development course on Saturday 28 February. The course will...

Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Submissions for the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing open on 2 March 2015 and will close on 2 April 2015. The prize is awarded annually to the best...

Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Editors Victoria is running three Grammar for Editors courses with Glenys Osborne at the CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Introductory: 31 January (bookings close 18 January)Intermediate: 14 February (bookings close...

Monday, 12 January 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will run a one-day workshop on InDesign, presented by Antony Brown, on Friday 20 February. The new InDesign course will comprise a morning devoted...

Wednesday, 7 January 2015
A Celebration of the Life of Maurice Saxby AM will be held in the Great Hall, Sydney University at 5pm on Monday 19 January. Speakers will represent the many organisations...

Tuesday, 6 January 2015
The Melbourne City of Literature Travel Fund provides up to $3000 to support writers, editors, publishers, librarians, booksellers, or anyone else working in the Victorian literary sector.   Opportunities that may...

Tuesday, 2 December 2014
The Children’s Publishing Committee of the Australian Publishers Association is holding its Annual Christmas get-together.When: 5-7pm, Thursday 11 DecemberWhere: Penguin Group Australia, 707 Collins Street, MelbourneCost: FreeRSVP: Monday 8 December to Montse Aumatell...

Tuesday, 2 December 2014
The 2015 Australian Book Design Awards are now open for entries. The awards are open to any book designed and published for the first time in Australia between 1 January 2014...

Wednesday, 19 November 2014
The Australian Embassy Beijing is calling for expressions of interest from publishing professionals from all business areas to attend the Australia-China Publishing Forum in Beijing on 24-26 March 2015. This year’s...

Thursday, 6 November 2014
The Australian Embassy Beijing is calling for expressions of interest from publishing professionals from all business areas to attend the Australia-China Publishing Forum in Beijing on 24-26 March 2015. This...

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The CBCA (Victorian branch) is accepting entries into the Crichton Award for New Illustrators until 30 November 2014. For more information, including eligibility and entry forms, visit the CBCA Victoria website...

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The closing date for entry in the 2015 Book of the Year Awards is 30 November 2014. In order to avoid eligibility issues, books must be received on or before this...

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
The Australian Booksellers Association will hold Christmas parties for its Victorian and NSW branches. The Christmas Party for the Victorian branch of the ABA will be held at Green Park Dining,...

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Editors Victoria is running the courese ‘Dance Steps for the Self-Employed Editor—Advanced’ with Jackey Coyle on Saturday 25 October 2014 from 11am to 5pm at CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.The course will explore...

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Editors Victoria is running the course ‘InDesign for Editors (PC)–Intermediate’ with Clare Brophy on Saturday 8 November 2014 from 11am to 5pm at CAE, 253 Flinders Lane Melbourne.The course covers the fundamentals of...

Monday, 6 October 2014
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. presents The Business of Editing, a one day seminar Saturday 15 November, 9.30am to 5.30pm. Cost: $350.The Business of Editing is aimed at freelance...

Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Submissions are invited from APA members to be represented in the 2015 Hello! From Australia Illustration Exhibition, held as part of the APA stand at Bologna Book Fair Monday 30...

Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Society of Editors (NSW) will run a workshop on the principles of Plain English for editors, presented by Susan McKerihan, explaining the three main components of Plain English: structure, language and the professional...

Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Editors Victoria is running a workshop on ‘Writing Effective Blurbs and Publicity Material’ with Susan Keogh on Saturday 20 September from 1-5pm. Keogh will share techniques that can help editors produce more...

Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Society of Editors (NSW) is running the training course Ebooks 201 presented by Sarah J H Fletcher. The course is for editors who have completed basic ebook training (Ebooks 101 for...

Tuesday, 26 August 2014
The APA has organised a webinar for Friday 29 August in the lead-up to the Frankfurt Book Fair in October. The webinar will suit those going to Frankfurt this year...

Wednesday, 20 August 2014
Bookings are open for an Indigenous Literacy Day dinner featuring a performance by singer-songwriter Archie Roach.Date: 3 September, 7pm for a 7:30pm start, concluding 10:30pm.Venue: North Fitzroy Star Hotel, 32-34...