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November 2020

Shanghai Children’s Book Fair (13–15 November 2020)
  • Expand your audience at Shanghai
  • October 2020

    Frankfurt Book Fair (14–18 October 2020)
  • Expand your audience at Frankfurt
  • NT Writers Festival (1–4 October 2020)
  • NT Writers Festival postponed until October
  • June 2020

    BookUp (23 June 2020)
  • BookUp announces first keynotes
  • APA announces new industry conference BookUp
  • ABA Conference 2020 (21–22 June 2020)
  • Bottomley to give keynote at ABA conference
  • Australian Booksellers Association conference (21–22 June 2020)
  • ABA announces 2020 conference dates
  • Emerging Writers Festival (16–23 June 2020)
  • EWF 2020 to take place ‘entirely online’
  • May 2020

    NY Writers Festival (14–17 May 2020)
  • Tapsell, Dalton, Boochani announced for NT Writers Festival 2020
  • Taipei International Book Exhibition (7–12 May 2020)
  • Taipei book fair postponed due to coronavirus
  • First Nations Writers' Residency (4–13 May 2020)
  • Magabala, OzCo to hold First Nations Writers’ Residency in Broome
  • Bologna Children’s Book Fair (4–7 May 2020)
  • Expand your audience at Bologna
  • Clunes Booktown Festival 2020 (2–3 May 2020)
  • Clunes Booktown Festival 2020 program announced
  • Melbourne Jewish Book Week (2–7 May 2020)
  • Brasch joins Melbourne Jewish Book Week as festival director
  • April 2020

    Visiting International Publishers program (29 April–1 May 2020)
  • VIPs, inaugural fellows announced for SWF 2020
  • Sydney Writers' Festival 2020 (27 April–3 May 2020)
  • Evaristo, Taddeo, Jamison among 2020 SWF lineup
  • Sydney Writers' Festival (27 April–3 May 2020)
  • SWF says it is ‘cautiously proceeding’ ahead of program launch tonight
  • March 2020

    Leading Edge Books Conference (22–24 March 2020)
  • LEB to hold 2020 conference in Brisbane
  • S&S, Nielsen withdraw from LEB conference
  • LEB conference postponed
  • A Celebration of Writing (21 March 2020)
  • WestWords to host day-long writing festival
  • London Book Fair (10–12 March 2020)
  • Expand your audience at London Book Fair
  • London Book Fair Audio HQ (10 March 2020)
  • LBF to host audiobook summit
  • February 2020

    Adelaide Writers’ Week (29 February–5 March 2020)
  • First writers announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week
  • Full program for Adelaide Writers’ Week 2020 announced
  • Record book sales at Adelaide Writers’ Week
  • Perth Festival Literature & Ideas Weekend (21–23 February 2020)
  • Pascoe, Gaiman to headline 2020 Perth Festival Literature & Ideas weekend
  • Full program announced for 2020 Perth Festival Literature & Ideas Weekend
  • Not taking cues from Melbourne and Sydney: Sisonke Msimang on Perth Festival’s Literature & Ideas program
  • November 2019

    SPN Independent Publishing Conference (21–23 November 2019)
  • SPN conference 2019 industry research day program announced
  • SPN announces conference keynotes
  • SPN conference 2019: ‘Extremely positive’ feedback from delegates
  • Neilson Hays Bangkok Literature Festival (16–17 November 2019)
  • Lucashenko, Wright announced for inaugural Bangkok literary festival
  • Shanghai Visiting International Children’s Publishers program (11–16 November 2019)
  • Rosenbloom selected for Shanghai Visiting International Publishers program
  • Broadside (9–10 November 2019)
  • ‘The patriarchy has it coming’: Festival director Tam Zimet on Broadside
  • Zadie Smith, Curtis Sittenfeld to appear at inaugural Broadside feminist festival
  • JLF Adelaide (1–3 November 2019)
  • Jaipur Literature Festival returns to Adelaide
  • October 2019

    Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival (31 October–3 November 2019)
  • Inaugural crime fiction festival in Tasmania announces first guests
  • Inaugural Terror Australis Festival program launched
  • Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (23–27 October 2019)
  • Boochani, Fidler, Winch announced in first line-up for Ubud 2019
  • Full program announced for Ubud 2019
  • September 2019

    Brisbane Writers Festival (5–8 September 2019)
  • BWF 2019 program announced
  • Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festiva (5–8 September 2019)
  • Program announced for 2019 Blak & Bright festival
  • Brisbane Writers Festival (5–8 September 2019)
  • BWF: YA, women authors top bestsellers
  • Melbourne Writers Festival schools’ program (2–5 September 2019)
  • MWF schools’ program 2019 announced
  • August 2019

    Melbourne Writers Festival (30 August–8 September 2019)
  • MWF to move to State Library Victoria
  • MWF reveals first international guests
  • Melbourne Writers Festival program announced
  • MWF reports strong box office takings; Ben Folds tops bestseller chart
  • Canberra Writers Festival (21–25 August 2019)
  • Canberra Writers Festival 2019 program launched
  • Homecooked Comics Festival (17–18 August 2019)
  • Homecooked Comics Festival to run 17–18 August in Melbourne
  • Byron Writers Festival (2–4 August 2019)
  • Byron Writers Festival program announced
  • First authors announced for Byron Writers Festival
  • Highest ever box office sales at 2019 Byron Writers Festival; Indigenous authors dominate bestsellers
  • July 2019

    Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival (12–28 July 2019)
  • Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival program announced
  • Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival launches crowdfunding campaign for 2019 event
  • June 2019

    Australian Booksellers Association conference (23–24 June 2019)
  • ABA announces 2019 conference dates
  • ABA announces 2019 conference program; Halls to give keynote
  • Over 300 booksellers encouraged to ‘change the narrative’ at upbeat ABA conference
  • 2019 ABA conference: value, volume down YTD; HR, sales discussed
  • Emerging Writers’ Festival National Writers’ Conference (22–23 June 2019)
  • EWF announces 2019 festival ambassadors
  • StoryFest (21–22 June 2019)
  • Inaugural storytelling festival StoryFest to launch in regional NSW
  • Storyfest (21–23 June 2019)
  • Program for inaugural Storyfest announced
  • Emerging Writers’ Festival (19–29 June 2019)
  • EWF 2019 program announced
  • May 2019

    Children's Book Council of Australia National Conference (31 May–2 June 2019)
  • CBCA announces dates, theme for 13th National Conference
  • Children’s Book Council of Australia conference (31 May–2 June 2019)
  • CBCA conference 2019 highlights children’s humour writing
  • NT Writers’ Festival (16–19 May 2019)
  • NT Writers’ Festival 2019 program announced
  • Jerusalem International Book Forum (12–15 May 2019)
  • Blake among 2019 Zev Birger Editorial Fellows to attend Jerusalem International Book Forum
  • Queenscliffe Literary Festival (11–26 May 2019)
  • Queenscliffe Literary Festival breaks ticket sales record
  • IBBY Best Books of the World Exhibition (9–18 May 2019)
  • Lost in Books to host IBBY Honour Books exhibition
  • Scribblers Festival (8–12 May 2019)
  • 2019 Scribblers Festival full program announced
  • Scribblers Festival Schools Program (8–10 May 2019)
  • 2019 Scribblers Festival Schools Program announced
  • Institute of Professional Editors conference (8–10 May 2019)
  • IPEd announces keynotes for 2019 conference
  • Full program announced for IPEd National Editors Conference 2019
  • IPEd conference 2019: pay rates, copyright discussed
  • Clunes Booktown Festival (4–5 May 2019)
  • Clunes Booktown Festival 2019 program announced
  • Visiting International Publishers program (1–3 May 2019)
  • VIPs announced for SWF 2019
  • April 2019

    Visiting International Publishers Program (30 April–3 May 2019)
  • 2019 VIPs program highlights US market, inclusivity and creating buzz
  • Sydney Writers' Festival (29 April–5 May 2019)
  • SWF 2019: paid attendance figures, book sales up in second year at Carriageworks
  • Sydney Writers’ Festival (29 April–5 May 2019)
  • Sharp appointed CEO of SWF
  • SWF 2019 program announced
  • RightsTech: Europe conference (9–10 April 2019)
  • RightsTech: Europe conference announced for Frankfurt in 2019
  • International Military Writers’ Festival (5–7 April 2019)
  • FitzSimons announced as ambassador for inaugural International Military Writers’ Festival
  • Bologna Children's Book Fair (1–4 April 2019)
  • Middle-grade in demand at Bologna; kindness and environmental themes among new trends
  • March 2019

    Publishers Publicity Circle Melbourne meeting (21 March 2019)
  • Publishers Publicity Circle launches Melbourne chapter
  • SQ/QWC Adaptable Program (20 March 2019)
  • Writers to pitch work for screen adaptation at inaugural SQ/QWC Adaptable Program
  • Leading Edge Books conference (17–19 March 2019)
  • Leading Edge to hold 2019 conference in Adelaide
  • Over 200 attend 2019 Leading Edge Books conference
  • Adelaide Writers’ Week (2–7 March 2019)
  • First authors announced for 2019 Adelaide Writers’ Week
  • First AWW from Jo Dyer attracts new audiences; Dalton tops bestsellers
  • February 2019

    Australian Children’s Laureate Summit (28 February–1 March 2019)
  • Inaugural summit of Australian Children’s Laureates announced for 2019
  • Perth Festival Writers Week (18–24 February 2019)
  • First authors announced for 2019 Perth Festival Writers Week
  • Full program announced for 2019 Perth Writers Week
  • November 2018

    FutureBook conference (30 November 2018)
  • Audiobooks, data-driven publishing discussed at FutureBook 2018
  • Our City of Literature Parliament (29 November–30 October 2018)
  • Melbourne City of Lit announces 10th anniversary event program
  • SPN Independent Publishing Conference (22–24 November 2018)
  • SPN Independent Publishing Conference 2018 program: publishing in the age of Trump, podcasts, disability awareness
  • SPN announces 2018 conference research day keynote
  • SPN announces Isdahl, Dattner as conference keynotes
  • Attendance up at SPN conference 2018, ‘incredibly positive’ response
  • JLF Adelaide (9–11 November 2018)
  • Adelaide to host Jaipur Literature Festival
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