Leading Edge announces 2015 conference guest speakers, draft program
Monday, 16 March 2015
The 2015 Leading Edge Books Conference, to be held at the Rydges on Swanston in Melbourne from 15-16 May, will feature a keynote address by Brian Walker, CEO and founder...
Keeping up with the kids: Chris Kunz on the Kidscreen conference
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Chris Kunz, freelance editor and writer and former children’s publisher at Random House, attended the Kidscreen conference for children’s entertainment professionals in Miami in February. She reports on partnerships between...
ABA announces 2015 conference program, partnership with Miles Franklin Award
Friday, 6 March 2015
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for this year’s conference, to be held at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) on 17-18 May. Hiroshi Sogo, director of...
Grant delivers keynote at UK independent publishing conference
Friday, 6 March 2015
Hardie Grant Books chief executive Sandy Grant has delivered the keynote address at this year’s Independent Publishers Guild spring conference in Oxfordshire, UK, reports the Bookseller. In his keynote, Grant...
LBF to hold social media conference
Monday, 23 February 2015
The London Book Fair (LBF) will stage its first social media conference on trends in global publishing, reports the Bookseller. The online conference, called ‘Around the World in 8 Hours’,...
Inaugural Historical Novel Society conference to be held in March
Friday, 13 February 2015
The inaugural Historical Novel Society of Australasia (HNSA) conference will be held in Sydney from 20-22 March.The conference opens with a reception and a debate on the relationship between historical...
Joint Australia-New Zealand library conference announced
Thursday, 12 February 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) have announced they will hold a joint library conference in Australia in 2018 and another in...
