Over 200 booksellers, publishers attend standalone Leading Edge Books conference
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Over 100 booksellers, close to 100 publishers and suppliers, and 29 authors attended this year’s Leading Edge Books (LEB) conference, which was held in Surfers Paradise from 19-21 March. This...
HarperCollins, Fullers and MacLean’s awarded at Leading Edge Books Conference
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
A number of industry awards were presented at this year’s Leading Edge Books Conference in Surfers Paradise on 20 March. HarperCollins was named Publisher of the Year for the second...
Auckland Writers Festival 2017 program released
Thursday, 16 March 2017
The program has been announced for the 2017 Auckland Writers Festival, which runs from 16-21 May. The line-up of 42 international writers includes Man Booker Prize-winning US novelist Paul Beatty; US...
Leading Edge Books announces conference program
Monday, 6 March 2017
Leading Edge Books has released the program for its 2017 conference, to be held from 19-21 March at the Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa. The opening address will be...
Program announced for second Rock & Roll Writers Festival; new Melbourne event
Friday, 10 February 2017
The program for the second Rock & Roll Writers Festival, to be held at the Old Museum in Brisbane from 1-2 April, has been announced. Organisers have also announced a...
Full program announced for Perth Writers Festival 2017
Friday, 13 January 2017
The full program has been announced for the 2017 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 23-26 February. Events at the festival include ‘Pondering our most precious liquid’, a panel discussion...
Bookish dates for 2017
Thursday, 12 January 2017
January Jaipur Literature Festival: 19-23 January Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards: 31 January February Taipei International Book Exhibition: 8-13 February JLF Melbourne: 11-12 February ALIA Information Online Conference (Sydney): 13-17 February...
MWF and Jaipur Literature Festival launch program for JLF Melbourne
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced it will partner with Jaipur Literature Festival to present JLF Melbourne, a two-day ‘pop-up’ festival running from 11-12 February that will celebrate ‘the best...
ABA appoints conference coordinator, announces new staff roles
Thursday, 8 December 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has appointed Helen Papadimitriou as its 2017 conference and trade exhibition coordinator following the departure of marketing and conference manager Steve Jones. ABA CEO Joel...
Oxford Literary Festival commits to paying authors after backlash
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
In the UK, the Oxford Literary Festival has ‘rebalanced its budgets’ and will pay authors £150 to speak at its 2017 festival and for all future festivals, reports the Bookseller....
Bloomsbury hosts character performances for ‘Harry Potter’ book events
Monday, 28 November 2016
Bloomsbury Australia will mark the 20th anniversary of ‘Harry Potter’ in 2017 with a series of book events and festival performances by theatre artist Nadia Sunde in the role of...
Attendance up at SPN conference; small presses remain strong in nonfiction, reports Nielsen
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
The Small Press Network’s (SPN) fifth Independent Publishing Conference was held at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 9-12 November, with an extra half day of programming this year for...
Booksellers NZ proposes World Booksellers Conference for Dunedin in 2018
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Booksellers NZ has made a formal proposal for the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) to hold its 2018 conference in Dunedin, New Zealand. The two-day conference would be held...
First authors announced for Perth Writers Festival 2017
Thursday, 3 November 2016
The first guests have been announced for the 2017 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 23-26 February. UK author Ben Rawlence will give the opening address on the issue of...
Beneba Clarke to deliver Word for Word Festival keynote
Thursday, 3 November 2016
The program has been announced for the third annual Word for Word nonfiction festival, running in Geelong from 18-20 November. Author Maxine Beneba Clarke will deliver the opening keynote address,...
Over 1000 attend first Australian Short Story Festival; 2017 event planned for Adelaide
Monday, 31 October 2016
Around 1100 people attended the first Australian Short Story Festival, which was held in Perth from 21-23 October. The festival, which was announced in February, was founded by Margaret River...
New Women in Comics festival to be held in Melbourne
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Melbourne comics bookstore All Star Comics will present the first Women in Comics Festival, to be held in the store from 10-11 December. The festival bills itself as a celebration of...
Digital Writers Festival 2016 program announced
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
The program for the Emerging Writers’ Festival’s Digital Writers’ Festival, which runs from 1-11 November, has been announced. More than 20 events will take place online during the festival, including panels,...
SPN Independent Publishing Conference 2016 program announced
Friday, 14 October 2016
The Small Press Network (SPN) has launched the program for its 2016 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 9-12 November. The four-day conference...
Second Rock & Roll Writers Festival to be held in Brisbane next year
Friday, 14 October 2016
The second Rock & Roll Writers Festival will be held in Brisbane from 1-2 April 2017. The first festival, which was held in April this year, received ‘enthusiastic coverage and...
Leading Edge to hold 2017 conference in Surfers Paradise
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Leading Edge Books will host its 2017 annual conference at the Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa on 19-21 March. The conference program features an informal lunch and afternoon sessions...
ABA to hold 2017 conference in Melbourne
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) will host its 2017 conference and trade exhibition at the InterContinental Melbourne on 18-19 June. The trade exhibition will be held on the afternoon of...
Patrić the top-selling author at MWF
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) CEO and artistic director Lisa Dempster has reported this year’s festival’s box office and attendance ‘exceeded expectations’. Final figures are still being tallied for the festival,...
City of Literature office offering free SPN conference tickets for librarians
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
The Melbourne City of Literature Office is offering ten free one-day tickets for workers in the library sector to the Small Press Network’s (SPN) Independent Publishing Conference in Melbourne on...
Close to 5000 attend inaugural Canberra Writers Festival
Monday, 5 September 2016
Just under 5000 visitors attended the inaugural Canberra Writers Festival, which ran from 26-28 August at various locations across the city. Festival director Vickii Cotter told Books+Publishing organisers were ‘blown...
Inaugural Australian Short Story Festival program launched
Monday, 5 September 2016
The program has been launched for the inaugural Australian Short Story Festival, which runs from 21-23 October in Perth. Cate Kennedy will deliver the opening address and Kim Scott will...
Waverley Council partners with St Albans Writers’ Festival for Nib announcement
Friday, 2 September 2016
Waverley Council in Sydney will present the 2016 Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature shortlist at a special session at the St Albans Writers’ Festival, which runs from 16-18 September...
Ubud releases 2016 festival program
Thursday, 25 August 2016
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has released the full program for its 2016 festival, which will run from 26-30 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Among the newly announced international...
Inaugural Chinese Writers Festival releases full program
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Writers Victoria has released the full program for the inaugural Chinese Writers Festival, to be held in Melbourne on 28 August. The program features a line-up of international Chinese and...
More than 70,000 attend Byron Writers Festival; Szubanski the bestseller
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Box-office takings were up 14% and more than 70,000 guests attended the 20th Byron Writers Festival, which was held from 5-7 August. The record crowd was ‘particularly gratifying for the...
