Nonfiction festival launched in regional Victoria
A new literary festival billed as Australia’s ‘largest festival to showcase only nonfiction literature, writing and ideas’ will be held in Geelong, Victoria, in August.The Word for Word: National Non-fiction...
Rebranded Christchurch Writers’ Festival releases 2014 program
The Christchurch Writers’ Festival has rebranded as the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival and released its 2014 program.Among the international guests at this year’s festival, which runs from 27...
UK literary festival offers profit share to authors
In the UK, the Chipping Norton Literary Festival has announced that it will split its profits with authors in lieu of paying appearance fees, reports the Bookseller. The festival, which...
Strong attendance at inaugural Aus, NZ festival of literature and arts, James tops bestseller list
Attendance at the inaugural Australian and New Zealand Literature and Arts Festival, which ran from 29 May to 1 June at Kings College in London, was ‘strong’, according to festival...
Kimberley Writers Festival postponed until 2015
The Kimberley Writers Festival in Western Australia has been postponed until 2015. Festival coordinator Joanne Roach said in a statement: ‘The challenge of raising sponsorship and grant contributions has proven...
Clunes Booktown Festival program announced
The program for the 2014 Clunes Booktown Festival has been released. Among the authors due to appear at this year’s weekend event, to be held on 3 and 4 May...
Wordstorm 2014 program released
The program for the Northern Territory writers festival Wordstorm 2014 has been released. Running in Darwin from 29 May to 1 June, the festival will feature 70 writers, including 40...
Auckland Writers Festival 2014 program released
The program for the 2014 Auckland Writers Festival, to be held from 14-18 May, has been released.The festival will feature over 140 international and local guests. International guests on the program...
Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival program 2014 announced
The program for this year’s Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival in Western Australia has been announced. This year’s festival will be held from 16 to 18 May. Among the...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2013 ‘a glowing success’
This year’s Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), which ran from 11 to 15 October in Bali, Indonesia, has been described as ‘a glowing success’ by festival founder and director Janet DeNeefe,...
Nonfiction, children’s books top BWF bestsellers
Tim Cope’s On the Trail of Genghis Khan (Bloomsbury) has topped the bestsellers list at this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), with nonfiction and children’s books taking out the top...
The Body in the Garden festival 2013 guests announced
The guest line-up for the first Body in the Garden festival in Adelaide, South Australia, has been announced. The festival, which is for writers of crime and garden books, will...
MWF 2013: box-office takings up, Griffith tops bestsellers list
This year’s Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has recorded another boost in box-office takings. Although ‘detailed figures’ are still being collated, the festival reports that it has ‘surpassed last year’s record-breaking...
Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival 2013 program announced
The program for the ninth annual Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival in Geraldton, Western Australia, has been announced. The festival, which runs from 13-15 September, includes author talks, panel...
Write Around the Murray 2013 program announced
The program for this year’s Write Around the Murray Festival in Albury, New South Wales, has been announced. The festival, which runs from Wednesday 4 September to Sunday 8 September, has the...
Ticket sales up at BBWF 2013; philosophy magazine tops bestseller list
This year’s Byron Writers Festival was held on 2-4 August, with record ticket sales and attendances on the first day of the festival and an increase across the board from...
Bendigo Writers Festival 2013 program announced
The program for this year’s Bendigo Writers Festival in Victoria, which runs from 9 to 11 August, has been announced. The festival kicks off with a speech from former prime...
2013 Byron Bay Writers’ Festival program announced
The program for this year’s Byron Bay Writers’ Festival (BBWF) has been announced. The festival, which runs from 2 to 4 August, features 130 writers who will participate in 90 panel events,...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival announces short story contest
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, in partnership with the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), has launched an online short story competition for emerging writers. The Long Way Home Asia-Europe Short Story Contest is...
Attendance, box office up at EWF 2013
The 2013 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) attracted a larger audience and higher box office sales than last year’s festival, according to festival director Sam Twyford-Moore. The festival, which was the first...