Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Organisers of the Apollo Bay WORDfest, held in the Victorian coastal town from 24 to 26 July, have reported a sold-out festival. WORDfest director Kate Bourne said, “Ticket sales were...

Monday, 27 July 2026
The program for the 2026 Blak & Bright Writers Festival, set to run from 3 to 6 September in Naarm/Melbourne, has been announced. Program highlights include Evelyn Araluen, Melissa Lucashenko,...

Thursday, 16 July 2026
Newcastle Writers Festival (NWF) has promoted program manager Amy Lovat to the role of artistic director and appointed Tristan Sharp as managing director, following a national recruitment process. The appointments...

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...

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...

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...

Monday, 29 June 2026
Blak & Bright Writers Festival will run in Naarm/Melbourne from 3 to 6 September 2026. Guests so far announced for the festival include TV presenter and former AFL player Tony...

Thursday, 25 June 2026
Mary Martin Bookshop and The Little Bookroom have partnered to host the Melbourne Kids Book Fest on 2 and 3 October 2026 at the Southgate Precinct. The bookshops announced that...

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...

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...

Thursday, 11 June 2026
The Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival (SHWF) will celebrate its 15th anniversary with its 2026 festival, which runs from 23 to 26 July in Berrima and Bowral. Guest speakers at the...

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...

Monday, 25 May 2026
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) reported attendance at its 2026 festival, which ran from 7 to 10 May, was up 16% on the previous year. MWF said more than half of...

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...