Queensland Poetry Festival Awards 2020 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2020 Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) awards have been announced. The shortlisted poets in each category are: Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript Hailey Bonner...
EWF 2020 to take place ‘entirely online’
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF), which runs from 16–23 June, usually in Melbourne, will take place online as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Festival organisers ‘made the proactive decision...
Garner and Haigh to open Mildura Writers Festival
Tickets for the Mildura Writers Festival in regional Victoria are now on sale. This year’s festival will run from 17 to 20 July and will open with a session called...
‘Packed sessions’ at inaugural Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival
A sell-out crowd of 500 attended the opening night of the inaugural Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival, which ran from 31 May to 2 June at the Lamm Jewish Library of...
Auckland Writers Festival reports 45% increase in ticket sales
The Auckland Writers Festival has reported a ‘45% increase in ticket sales compared to last year’ for the 2014 festival, which finished on Sunday evening.The five-day festival attracted 50,000 attendees....
Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival program launched
The inaugural Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival has released its full program and tickets are now available for sale.The festival, which will be held from 31 May to 2 June at...
New Jewish writers’ festival for Melbourne
A new writers’ festival celebrating Jewish literature will be held in Melbourne later this year. The inaugural Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival will be held from 31 May to 2 June at...
Callingham appointed EWF general manager
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has appointed Kate Callingham to the newly created position of general manager. Callingham will begin in the role in October in time for the EWF Roadshow in Tasmania,...
Johnson appointed BBWF director
Edwina Johnson has been appointed as the new director of the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival (BBWF) and the Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre (NRWC), which stages the festival. Johnson, who has...
Johnson appointed BBWF director
Edwina Johnson has been appointed as the new director of the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival and the Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre, which stages the festival. Johnson, who is currently manager of...
Inaugural Creative Non-Fiction Festival program announced
The program for the New South Wales Writers’ Centre’s inaugural Creative Non-Fiction Festival has been announced. Author Benjamin Law will curate the one day festival, which will be held at the NSW...
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,...
Oldfield, Noble appointed SWF publicists; Nahlous joins SWF board
Publicist and literary agent Benython Oldfield from Zeitgeist Media Group has been appointed as festival publicist for the 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF). SWF said in a statement that Oldfield...
National Young Writers’ Festival directors appointed
Angela Bennetts, Alice Fenton, Mitchell Oakley Smith and former Random House publicist Antonia Hayes have been appointed as the creative co-directors for the 2013 and 2014 National Young Writers’ Festivals...
National Young Writers Festival directors appointed
Angela Bennetts, Alice Fenton, Mitchell Oakley Smith and former Random House publicist Antonia Hayes have been appointed as the creative co-directors for the 2013 and 2014 National Young Writers’ Festivals.
Carmody appointed NZ arts festival’s writers week program manager
Kathryn Carmody has been appointed as program manager of the 2014 New Zealand International Arts Festival Writers and Readers Week. Carmody is a publicist and former bookseller at Capital Books...
2013 Adelaide Festival program launched
The program for the 2013 Adelaide Festival, to be held between 1 and 17 March 2013, has been launched. Next year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week will be held between 2 and...
Twyford-Moore appointed EWF director
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced that Sam Twyford-Moore will take over the role of festival director from Lisa Dempster, who announced in April that she would be stepping...
McDonald, Ahmad receive OzCo community arts awards
Writers Meme McDonald and Mohammed Ahmad have received awards from the Australia Council for the Arts for their contributions to community arts and cultural development. McDonald was presented with the...
Rodda resigns as Auckland writers festival GM
Anne Rodda has resigned from her position as general manager of the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival, reports Booksellers New Zealand. Rodda, who has worked for the festival since 2008,...