Beneba Clarke to deliver Word for Word Festival keynote Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
Leading Edge to hold standalone conference in 2017 Archive
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Leading Edge Books will hold its 2017 annual conference as a standalone event in late March, after four years of running the event in tandem with the Australian Booksellers Association...
ALIA Information Online conference 2017 draft program released Archive
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has released the draft program for its 2017 Information Online conference, which runs from 13-17 February in Sydney. The keynote speakers confirmed for...
Inaugural Canberra Writers Festival program launched Archive
Tuesday, 26 July 2016
The program for the inaugural Canberra Writers Festival, running from 26 to 28 August, has been announced. Among the artists appearing at the festival are international guests the Man Booker...
Brisbane Writers Festival 2016 program launched Archive
Monday, 25 July 2016
The full program for the 2016 Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has launched. US author Lionel Shriver will deliver the opening address on communities and belonging, joining international guests Alexei Sayle,...
Dymocks Glenelg wins top award at Dymocks conference for second year in a row Archive
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
For the second year in a row Dymocks Glenelg in Adelaide has won the Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence at the Dymocks national conference, which this year was held on...
First Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2016 authors announced Archive
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival has announced the first line-up of authors to appear at its 2016 festival, which will run from 26-30 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Among the...
Over 100 guests attend PANZ international conference Archive
Thursday, 7 July 2016
Over 100 delegates attended the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) International Conference 2016, which ran in Auckland from 30 June to 1 July. The conference, which ran under the...
ASAL conference to focus on Indigenous writing Archive
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
This year’s Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) conference will be held in Canberra from 6-9 July, and will include a focus on Indigenous writing. Melissa Lucashenko, author...
Byron Writers Festival announces new children’s writing bus Archive
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
The Byron Writers Festival has announced a new children’s writing bus to support its regional creative writing program StoryBoard. The bus, which has been funded by a $50,000 grant from Arts...
Feminist Writers Festival line-up announced Archive
Friday, 24 June 2016
The line-up for the inaugural Feminist Writers Festival’s (FWF) networking day, to be held on Friday 26 August at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre in Melbourne, has been announced. Among...
Bilingual Chinese Writers Festival to be held in Melbourne Archive
Friday, 24 June 2016
A ‘completely bilingual’ Chinese Writers Festival will be held at Richmond Library in Melbourne on Sunday 28 August. The festival, presented by Writers Victoria, the Australia Chinese Writers Festival and...
Byron Writers Festival 2016 program announced Archive
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
The full program for the 2016 Byron Writers Festival, to be held 5-7 August, has been announced. Among the international guests are US satirist and political commentator P J O’Rourke;...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival 2016 program announced Archive
Tuesday, 7 June 2016
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival in regional NSW has announced the program for its 2016 festival, to be held from 13-14 August. Festival guests include Jane Caro, Sami Shah, Emily Maguire,...
ABA conference attracts 300 attendees; ‘Funder, Deng and Barnesy’ among the highlights Archive
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Approximately 300 booksellers, exhibitors and guest speakers attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Canberra from 29-30 May. ABA chief executive Joel Becker said he...
