Close to 200 booksellers, publishers and authors attend 2016 Leading Edge conference Archive
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Ninety booksellers, 75 publishing representatives and 22 authors attended this year’s Leading Edge Books conference, which was held in Canberra from 27-28 May. Leading Edge Books group manager Galina Marinov...
HarperCollins, Avenue Bookstore and BooksPlus awarded at Leading Edge Books Conference Archive
Monday, 30 May 2016
A number of awards were presented at this year’s Leading Edge Books Conference in Canberra on 28 May. HarperCollins was named Publisher of the Year from a shortlist that included...
‘Myriad possibilities’ explored at 2016 CBCA conference Archive
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
The 2016 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) National Conference was held in Sydney from 20-21 May under the theme ‘Myriad possibilities’, with stimulating sessions on picture-book partnerships, the role...
Society of Editors (NSW): A report on the Sydney Writers’ Festival Archive
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
The Society of Editors (NSW) will hold its June speaker meeting, ‘A report on the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF)’ on 7 June at the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts. The event...
First authors announced for Byron Writers Festival Archive
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist William Finnegan and novelist and memoirist Cheryl Strayed are among the first guests announced for the 20th Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 5-7 August....
Feminist Writers Festival announced for Melbourne Archive
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
A new Feminist Writers Festival (FWF) has been established and will partner with the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) in its inaugural year. The festival, co-founded by academic Cristy Clark and...
Talkback: Too many writers’ festivals? Archive
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Does Australia have too many writers’ festivals? Books+Publishing asked three publishers. While there are a lot of writers’ festivals, it’s not the number that’s the problem. What is problematic is...
18,000 attend Clunes Booktown Festival; Bligh, Grant among the bestsellers Archive
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Around 18,000 visitors attended the 10th annual Clunes Booktown Festival in Victoria, which ran 30 April to 1 May. The number of visitors was approximately the same as last year,...
Artists announced for inaugural Canberra Writers Festival Archive
Thursday, 28 April 2016
The Canberra Writers Festival has announced a number of authors attending its inaugural event from 26-28 August. Among the guests are British philosopher A C Grayling, Stella Prize-winner Charlotte Wood,...
Melbourne Jewish Writers’ Festival 2016 program announced Archive
Friday, 15 April 2016
The program for the 2016 Melbourne Jewish Writers’ Festival, which will run at the Lamm Library in Caulfield South from 21-23 May, has been announced. More than 70 guests will...
Stella Schools to hold ‘Girls Write Up’ festival Archive
Thursday, 14 April 2016
The Stella Schools Program will hold a one-day ‘wordfest’ for teenagers in Melbourne and Sydney in June that ‘teaches empowerment through writing and sharing stories’. Events include workshops on radical...
‘Enthusiastic’ response to inaugural Rock & Roll Writers Festival Archive
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
The inaugural Rock & Roll Writers Festival, which was held at The Brightside in Brisbane from 2-3 April, received ‘enthusiastic coverage and feedback’ from media and audiences, according to Fiona...
Byron Bay Writers Festival, Captain Honey partner for self-publishing marquee Archive
Friday, 8 April 2016
The Byron Writers Festival has partnered with publisher Captain Honey for the festival’s Self-Published Marquee, which will run from 5-7 August. The marquee gives self-published authors an opportunity to showcase...
Readings to return as MWF festival bookseller Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Melbourne independent bookseller Readings will return as the Melbourne Writers Festival’s (MWF) official bookseller in 2016, replacing Dymocks, which has run the festival bookstore for the past few years. Managing...
Harlequin to host Rural Fiction Festival at Royal Easter Show Archive
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Harlequin will host a Rural Fiction Festival at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show from 25-26 March. Two of Harlequin’s bestselling rural fiction authors, Rachael Johns and Fiona McCallum, will participate in...
Clunes Booktown Festival 2016 program announced Archive
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
The program for the 2016 Clunes Booktown Festival, to be held from 30 April to 1 May in Clunes, Victoria, has been announced. This year the festival celebrates its 10th...
ABA 2016 conference program announced Archive
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for this year’s conference, to be held at the QT hotel in Canberra from 29-30 May. Author Stan Grant will give...
Marlon James, Hanya Yanagihara to appear at 2016 Auckland Writers Festival Archive
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Booker Prize-winning Jamaican-US novelist Marlon James, US novelist Hanya Yanagihara and US writer and activist Gloria Steinem are among the international authors appearing the 2016 Auckland Writers Festival, to be...
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2016 winners announced Archive
Monday, 29 February 2016
The winners of the 2016 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature were announced at a ceremony on 27 February as part of Adelaide Writers’ Week. The winners in each category are:...
Speakers announced for ABA, LEB conferences Archive
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Leading Edge Books (LEB) have announced the keynote speakers for their 2016 conferences, which will be held in Canberra in May. US bookseller and...
New Canberra Writers Festival announced Archive
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
A new Canberra Writers Festival, to be held from 26-28 August 2016, has been announced. Organisers said in a statement that the festival has the support of ‘a number of...
Noted Festival 2016 program announced Archive
Friday, 12 February 2016
The program for Canberra’s second Noted ‘experimental’ writing festival, running from 16-20 March, has been announced. The festival program includes a literary bar hop, multi-art collaborations, and online and live...
International guests announced for PANZ conference Archive
Friday, 12 February 2016
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has announced a number of international guests appearing at its 2016 conference. They are: Diana Broccardo, sales and marketing director at Profile Books...
Inaugural Short Story Festival to be held in Perth in October Archive
Thursday, 11 February 2016
The first Australian Short Story Festival will be held at the Centre for Stories and other inner-city venues in Perth from 21-23 October. The festival is organised by a committee...
Gadd awarded Mildura Writers Festival residency Archive
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Writer Nick Gadd has been named the writer in residence at this year’s Mildura Writers Festival, which runs from 14-17 July. Gadd, a blogger, essayist and author of the novel...
New YA festival to fund author visits to schools, libraries Archive
Friday, 29 January 2016
UK author Alexia Casale has established a YA festival and author touring program that aims to connect libraries and schools, reports the Guardian. The first YA Shot festival will be...
Keynote speakers announced for 2016 ALIA National Conference Archive
Thursday, 28 January 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association has announced the keynote speakers for its 2016 National Conference. Keynotes will be delivered by Kate Torney, the new CEO of the State Library...
SWF to run ‘mini March festival’ Archive
Friday, 22 January 2016
The Sydney Writers Festival (SWF) is running events with four international authors in March. From 3-4 March the festival will host events with British novelist and journalist Simon Winchester, Scottish...
Perth Writers Festival to feature human libraries Archive
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
The 2016 Perth Writers Festival is giving festival-goers the opportunity to borrow a ‘human book’, reports the ABC. The Human Library will run twice over the festival on the themes...
Blak & Bright Indigenous Literary festival program announced Archive
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
The program for the inaugural Indigenous Literary Festival Blak & Bright has been announced. The festival, to be held in Melbourne from 18-21 February, features more than 60 Aboriginal and...
