Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Applications are open for Varuna’s new residential fellowships for NT writers, supported by the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT. This new opportunity for NT writers, poets, songwriters and illustrators...

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Varuna: The Writers House is now accepting applications for its 2016 Residential Focus Weeks. Each Focus Week offers a residential masterclass to five writers with a shared interest in a...

Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Writers Victoria will host a low-cost professional development and networking day for diverse women writers, allies and industry, to be held on 17 September from 10am to 5pm at 176...

Wednesday, 13 July 2016
The Society of Editors (NSW) will host a session on insurance and risk management, presented by Rhonda Daniels, at Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts on Tuesday, 2 August. ‘Understanding insurance...

Wednesday, 22 June 2016
The Children’s Publishing Committee of the APA in conjunction with the ABA will hold a one-day seminar on children’s publishing and bookselling, on Wednesday 27 July from 10am to 4.30pm...

Thursday, 16 June 2016
The Children’s Book Council of Australia heartily congratulates the Rev Dr John Cohen on his recent Order of Australia Award and thanks him for his many years of dedicated service...

Thursday, 16 June 2016
Editors Victoria presents Ebooks for Beginners with Lan Wang, to be held on Saturday, 25 June 2016, 1-5pm, at CAE, 253 Flinders Lane Melbourne. With all the talk about newfangled ebooks,...

Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Entries for the New Zealand Book Industry Awards for excellence, innovation and dedication in the book trade will close this Friday, 27 May. Submissions can be made in seven categories:...

Wednesday, 25 May 2016
The Small Press Network (SPN) is calling for papers to be presented at the 2016 Independent Publishing Conference, to be held in Melbourne on 9-12 November, with the theme ‘Publishing:...

Wednesday, 18 May 2016
The feature article ‘Neighbourhood watch: Strengthening ties between Oz and NZ publishing’, published in the Weekly Book Newsletter on 11 May and in Books+Publishing magazine Issue 2 2016 incorrectly stated that...

Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Tickets are still available for the Forest for the Trees: Writers and Publishing in 2016 workshop at the Sydney Writers Festival, presented with the NSW Writers’ Centre, on Friday 20...

Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Tickets are available for the 2016 Australian Book Industry Awards, to be held at the Art Gallery of NSW on Thursday, 19 May 2015. Hosted by Kitty Flanagan, special guests...

Thursday, 28 April 2016
Australian and NZ publishers and literary agents who hold film rights to local books with cinematic potential for screen adaptation are invited to make submissions to participate in this year’s...

Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Registrations have opened for the 2016 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) International Conference, to be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 128 Albert Street, Auckland on Thursday, 30 June and...

Wednesday, 13 April 2016
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will hold a one-day workshop on successful proofreading, to be presented by Meryl Potter on Wednesday, 4 May from 9.30am to 4.30pm. This practical,...

Wednesday, 13 April 2016
CBCA Notable Books will be released on the CBCA website on Monday 18 April. This is the longlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards. The shortlist will be...

Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Submissions for the ABIA longlist will close Monday, 11 April. Publishers can complete submissions on the ABIA website here. For further details, please contact montse.aumatell@publishers.asn.au.

Thursday, 31 March 2016
The Society of Editors (NSW) will present an interview with Craig Munro following the release last year of his memoir Under Cover: Adventures in the Art of Editing (Scribe). The...

Thursday, 31 March 2016
The announcement of the 2016 CBCA Notable Books list will be on Monday, 18 April. This follows the final meeting of the judges on the weekend of 16-17 April. The...

Thursday, 31 March 2016
The Society of Editors (NSW) will hold a one-day workshop on ‘Preparing for accreditation: Tips, strategies and exercises’, presented by editor Meryl Potter. The workshop will be held on Tuesday,...

Thursday, 31 March 2016
The CBCA Victoria branch is hosting an event to celebrate the announcement of the 2016 CBCA Book of the Year Notables list with guest speaker Will Kostakis. Meet some of...

Thursday, 17 March 2016
The 2016 ABIA Innovation Award recognises achievement in business innovation in the Australian publishing and bookselling industry. Rewarding originality and progressive thinking, the Innovation Award celebrates creative new ways in...

Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) is calling for nominations for Bookseller of the Year, Young Bookseller of the Year, and the Elizabeth Riley Children’s Bookseller Fellowship. Each award prize pool...

Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Entries are open for the 2016 Barbara Jefferis Award, which is awarded to ‘the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way...

Wednesday, 9 March 2016
The APA will run a webinar on working with Indigenous authors, to be held on Thursday, 10 March. Aboriginal Studies Press acting director of publishing Rachel Ippoliti and editorial and...

Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Applications have opened for the State Library of Victoria’s (SLV) Creative Fellowships for 2016-17. Recipients are invited ‘to be inspired by, repurpose, transform or imaginatively respond’ to materials from the...

Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Nominations are open for the 2016 ABIA Business Awards. Judged by a panel of business experts, the ABIA Business Awards recognise excellence in several categories: Publisher of the Year; Small...