Wednesday, 11 December 2013
The LIANZA 2014 conference program committee is calling for abstract submissions for the conference to be held in Auckland, New Zealand on 12-15 October 2014. Professionals and practitioners with an interest...

Tuesday, 10 December 2013
futurEducation 2014: Achieving Real Results with Digital Resources is for teachers, educators, publishers and policy makers.  Realistic and challenging presentations will address both the cutting edge and the reality -...

Monday, 9 December 2013
The State Library of NSW invites entries for the 2014 National Biography Award. The deadline for entries is Friday 17 January 2014. The National Biography Award is administered and presented...

Tuesday, 3 December 2013
The Bologna Children’s Book fair is the most important event dedicated to the children’s publishing and multimedia industry. Why do you exhibit at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair? Sell and...

Tuesday, 26 November 2013
futurEDUCATION 2014: Achieving Real Results with Digital Resources will be held on Thursday 27 February at Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne. Tickets are on sale now. Book before 20 December 2013...

Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Residential Editorial Program (REP) 2014: Program finalised: Charlotte Wood, John Flanagan, Alice Pung, Ellen van Neerven and Ali Coby Eckermann join acclaimed editorial mentors Jo Butler, Jacquleine Kent and Linda...

Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Taipei International Book Exhibition & Seoul In February this year eight rights and export managers attended the 2013 Taipei international book fair, with a smaller number continuing on to Seoul...

Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Children’s Publishing Christmas Get-Together: 25 November, 4.30 – 7 pm (RSVP by November 18). Calling everyone who works in Children’s publishing: authors, publishers, illustrators, booksellers, teachers, librarians. The APA Children’s...

Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Calling everyone who works in Children’s books: authors, publishers, illustrators, booksellers, teachers, librarians: The APA Children’s Publishing Committee invites you to the annual Christmas Get-Together at Allen and Unwin’s terrace...

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Walker Books Australia are raising funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation at the Newtown Book Fair. WHEN: Thursday, November 7th from 3pm-7pm WHERE: Walker Books Australia (Behind 1-15 Wilson St,...

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
The APA is pleased to announce that acclaimed Australian author Charlotte Wood will be the keynote speaker at the 2014 Residential Editorial Program (REP). Charlotte is the author of four...

Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Book submissions invited now from APA members for the Children’s Book Illustration Exhibition at the Bologna Book Fair 2014. Hello! From Australia is an APA and Books Illustrated rights based...

Tuesday, 15 October 2013
APA Members are invited to submit books to be represented in the APA rights based Hello! From Australia Exhibition of Children’s Book Illustrations, part of the APA collective stand at the...

Monday, 14 October 2013
The CBCA’s 11th National Conference 'Discovering National Treasures' will be held in Canberra on 16-18 May 2014. The program and early-bird booking details will be available at the end of...

Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Residential Editorial Program (REP): Applications are invited from mid-career editors for REP 2014.This intensive, five-day program offers mid-career editors an exceptional opportunity to develop their literary editing skills with highly...

Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Society of Editors (NSW) is holding a workshop on Editing for Horticultural Publication presented by Jennifer Stackhouse, a former editor of ABC Gardening Australia magazine and is the author and editor of...

Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Writers Victoria and RMIT will hold a dinner meeting debate on the topic: Old Media Is Dead!  On-demand digital access to content—anytime, anywhere—is transforming how we engage with media. Is it...

Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Society of Editors (NSW) Inc is presenting a one-day workshop on Friday 15 November: Speketh so Pleyne: Plain English for editors, presented by Dr Neil James, Executive Director, Plain English...

Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Applications are invited from mid-career editors for the REP 2014.  It will be held at Varuna, the Writers’ House in Katoomba in NSW from 5 to 10 May 2014. Successful...

Monday, 30 September 2013
Applications for the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award are now open. Early bird applications are due 2pm on 16 October ($75 fee) and final applications are due 2pm 11 December...

Monday, 30 September 2013
The Australian Society of Authors will bring together authors, illustrators and industry practitioners for a National Writers’ Congress from 17-19 October at the National Maritime Museum in Sydney. The Congress...

Monday, 30 September 2013
Editors Victoria is holding a one-day Intermediate Grammar for Editors course with Glenys Osborne on 12 October from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. A one-day Advanced Grammar for Editors course—also...

Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. presents a one-day workshop on Grammar Essentials with Pam Peters, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Macquarie University. Date: Friday, 18 October 2013, 9.30am to 4.30pm. Venue: UTS...

Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Books+Publishing editor-in-chief Andrea Hanke will be attending this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair as part of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) contingent, and will be reporting on the Australians’ experience at...

Tuesday, 10 September 2013
The call for papers for the academic day of the 2013 Small Press Network Independent Publishers Conference has been extended, but must close on 20 September. The academic day, to...

Monday, 9 September 2013
Pinerolo, the Children’s Book Cottage in Blackheath NSW, has two upcoming events.  The third annual Open Day will be held on 22 September, as part of the Blue Mountains Art Trail....

Tuesday, 3 September 2013
The Australian Publishers Association’s Independent Publishers Committee is hosting a networking event on Monday 9 September from 5-7 pm at the Queensland Writers Centre. Drinks and nibbles will be served...

Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Entries for the 2013 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards are open. Australian citizens and permanent residents can enter one of five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama and young adult. Each category...

Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Entries for the 2013 Aurealis Awards are open. Any work of speculative fiction written by an Australian citizen of permanent resident and published for the first time between 1 January...

Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Editors Victoria has two workshops currently open for bookings. Introductory Grammar for Editors (Saturday, 14 September). This is a half-day course that outlines the nine parts of speech, examines their...