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July

BookUp 
(22–23 July)
Melbourne Rare Book Week 
(23 July–1 August)
Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Conference and Trade Day 
(24–25 July)
Apollo Bay WORDfest
(24–26 July)
From Manuscript to Print: A Self-Publishing Prepress Workshop
(25 July)

August

Poetry Month 
(1–31 August)
Byron Writers Festival
(14 August–16 June)
Aotearoa NZ Children’s Book Week
(15–21 August)
Mudgee Readers’ Festival
(21–23 August)
Children’s Book Week
(22–28 August)
Festival of Dangerous Ideas 
(30 August)

September

WORD Christchurch Festival
(1–6 September)
Blak & Bright
(3–6 September)
Blak & Bright Writers Festival 
(3–6 September)
Whitsundays Writers Festival
(13 September)

October

Melbourne Kids Book Fest 
(2–3 October)
Frankfurt Book Fair 
(7–11 October)
Brisbane Writers Festival 
(8–11 October)
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
(21–25 October)

April

Newcastle Writers Festival 
(2–4 April 2027)

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WORD Christchurch Festival 2026 program announced

Thursday, 16 July 2026
WORD Christchurch Festival has announced its program for this year’s event, running from 1 to 6 September 2026. The festival will feature more than 100 writers, thinkers and performers in...

Mudgee Readers’ Festival 2026 program announced

Thursday, 16 July 2026
Mudgee Readers’ Festival (MRF) has announced the full program for its 2026 festival, running 21 to 23 August, featuring conversations, workshops and special events at venues across Wiradjuri Country, Mudgee,...

ABA announces Summer Circuit events 

Tuesday, 14 July 2026
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced Summer Circuit, a new series of networking and presentation events, “designed to bring booksellers together ahead of the summer selling season”. “Whether you...

Frankfurt Book Fair to close Hall 6 

Monday, 13 July 2026
Organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF), which will run 7 to 11 October 2026, have announced Hall 6 will be closed after structural building inspections raised safety concerns, reported...

Surf Coast Writers Festival starts strong 

Surf Coast writers festival graphic Wednesday, 8 July 2026
The inaugural Surf Coast Writers Festival wrapped up a successful program on Saturday 27 June in the Victorian town of Torquay. Organisers said the event attracted “hundreds of readers, aspiring...

New Prepress Workshop from FolioFox & Dettori Publishing

Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Local short-run printing company, FolioFox, is collaborating with Dettori Publishing to co-host ‘From Manuscript to Print: A Self-Publishing Prepress Workshop’ at Melbourne’s City Library on Saturday, July 25th. The 90-minute...

Poetry Month 2026 program announced 

Monday, 6 July 2026
Red Room Poetry has announced the 2026 Poetry Month program running throughout August. Featuring artists, musicians, comedians and journalists alongside international poets Jericho Brown, Tusiata Avia, Michael Pederson and Pádraig...

Marginalia Lit Fest Live announces 2026 program 

Thursday, 2 July 2026
Marginalia Lit Fest Live (previously Amplify) has announced its 2026 program, featuring 22 authors and publishing professionals from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and the US across 10...

Festival of Dangerous Ideas announces 2026 program 

Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Festival of Dangerous Ideas will be held from 20 to 30 August 2026 at Carriageworks, Sydney, with a program that asks audiences “to confront the complex, urgent and uncomfortable ideas...

Wilson tops the charts at Words on the Waves 

A Words on the Waves sandwich board sign in front of the ocean Thursday, 25 June 2026
Words on the Waves Writers Festival, held on the New South Wales Central Coast from 27 May to 1 June, has reported a 40% increase “in core ticket sales” for...

Byron Writers Festival 2026 program announced

Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Byron Writers Festival has released the line-up for this year’s program, running from 14 to 16 August in Bundjalung Country, Byron Bay, NSW. Festival organisers said that with the theme...

Melbourne Rare Book Week announces 2026 program 

Rare Book Week Thursday, 11 June 2026
Melbourne Rare Book Week (MRBW) returns on 23 July, running until 1 August 2026 with a line-up of events, exhibitions, talks and lectures. Book experts will explore topics including the...

Big Day of Books Perth 2026 program announced

Wednesday, 3 June 2026
At Big Day of Books Perth on 20 June, Western Australian radio presenters will chat to Australian authors about their new books during a live broadcast literary show. Hosted by...

Willy Lit Fest 2026 program announced

Willy lit fest logo Wednesday, 3 June 2026
Willy Lit Fest will run in the Williamstown Town Hall, Melbourne, from 12 to 14 June under the theme of “reflections”. The event will feature 40 sessions and almost 80...

NT Writers Festival 2026 festival opens

Thursday, 28 May 2026
The NT Writers Festival will return to Garramilla/Darwin today, running from 28 to 31 May under the theme “Navigating”. Panels, workshops and conversations will include appearances by writers Omar Musa,...

SWF 2026 “the most successful” ever 

SWF Box office Tuesday, 26 May 2026
The 2026 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), which this year ran 17 to 24 May, recorded a second consecutive year of record-breaking attendance and ticket sales, making it “the most successful...

AWF26 breaks box office, bookstall records 

Monday, 25 May 2026
Ticket sales for the 2026 Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki (AWF26), held in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland from 12 to 17 May, were up 15% on the previous year, representing...

Q-Lit 2026 program announced

Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Q-Lit has announced the program for this year’s festival, to be held in Naarm/Melbourne from 16 to 19 July, with the theme “queer nostalgia”. The opening gala at Kensington Town...

Island Readers & Writers Festival 2026 program

Logo of the Island Readers & Writers Festival, Nipaluna / Hobart, 28 May to 1 June 2026 Tuesday, 19 May 2026
The inaugural Island Readers & Writers Festival, which will run from 28 May to 1 June, has announced its event program. Presented across 7 series – in conversations, panel discussions,...

Booksellers Conference and Trade Day 

Wednesday, 13 May 2026
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the annual Booksellers Conference will be held on 24 July and the Auckland Trade Day on the following day. Organisers describe the event as “a unique...

 

 

 

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