Wednesday, 27 September 2017
With funding from the federal Ministry of the Arts, a combined stand at Bologna is available to children’s publishers for the 2018 book fair (26-29 March). Offer includes 50% share...

Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Tulis 2018 is a writing exchange between Indonesia and Australia that has received grant funding from the Australia-Indonesia Institute of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The initiative will...

Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Writers working on a new work of fiction, narrative nonfiction or writing for young adults are encouraged to apply for Varuna’s Publisher Introduction Program (PIP). The program gives up to...

Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Nominations for the 2017 Dromkeen Awards for Australian children’s literature are now open. The awards are split into two categories: The Dromkeen Medal, awarded for outstanding achievement in the creation...

Wednesday, 13 September 2017
The Australian Booksellers Association will be holding Christmas parties in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. See below for details. South Australia ABA Party Please join us in catching...

Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Editors NSW is facilitating a workshop on structural editing in fiction. Presenter Louise Thurtell will talk about working with novelists on the writing style, narrative voice, plotting, characterisation, themes and...

Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Research on editing in South Africa: where we are and where we are headed Our speaker for the evening will be Melanie Law, a South African PhD student who is...

Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Entries are now open for The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) 2018 Crichton Award, closing date 30 November 2017. This award recognises and encourages new talent in the field...

Wednesday, 2 August 2017
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) invites representatives from publishers and suppliers to attend a presentation about its Book Supply Program. Attendees will learn more about the Book Supply Program, and gain...

Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Varuna will soon be accepting applications for its 2017 Residential Focus Weeks, which promote writing, conversation and creative engagement. A Varuna Focus Week offers a residential masterclass to writers with...

Thursday, 15 June 2017
Entries for the 2018 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards are now open. The 2018 awards will be presented to books published in Australia in...

Thursday, 15 June 2017
Bookings are now closed for the ABA Conference and Trade Exhibition. The soldout Trade Exhibition has a significant waiting list and the conference is fully subscribed. Those who haven’t booked...

Thursday, 15 June 2017
Bookings are now open for the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) Southern Highlands Indexing Symposium. Sessions include managing clients, history of alphabetico-specific indexing, Chinese characters and Chinese...

Thursday, 15 June 2017
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) will hold a basic indexing course on Friday 21 July, before a two-day symposium. Details and bookings online; queries to Glenda...

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Editors NSW will host a workshop for editors thinking about starting their own business and freelance editors in the early stages of being in business. Participants will learn how to...

Wednesday, 24 May 2017
The Children's Publishing Committee of the APA, in conjunction with the ABA, will hold a one-day seminar on children's publishing and bookselling called Between the Covers, Behind the Counter. This professional...

Wednesday, 24 May 2017
The Small Press Network is seeking papers that engage with publishing’s past and its future for the 2017 Independent Publishing Conference. Papers that explore aspects of technological, political and social...

Wednesday, 17 May 2017
The Melbourne City of Literature Office is seeking writers to help create a new ‘Walking the City of Literature’ app, which will feature three self-guided walks highlighting Melbourne as a city of...

Wednesday, 3 May 2017
The Epic Good Foundation will host a special fundraising event for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation called Kick on for Literacy at the Sydney Writers’ Festival on 24 May. The event...

Thursday, 27 April 2017
Editors NSW will host a workshop on editing children’s and YA fiction. Publisher and editor Zoe Walton will cover some of the key elements to consider when structural editing and copyediting...

Thursday, 20 April 2017
Australian and NZ publishers and literary agents who hold film rights to local books with cinematic potential to be the next big book-to-screen adaptation are invited to make submissions to...

Thursday, 20 April 2017
Applications for the Affirm Press Mentorship Award are now open. The award offers up to three writers developing exceptional new work the opportunity to work with the Affirm Press publishing...

Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Editors NSW will host an evening with Macquarie Dictionary editor Susan Butler to discuss her more than 30 years of adventures in Australian English. Butler first started as a research...

Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Editors NSW will host a presentation, ‘How booksellers survived the death sentence’, on Tuesday, 4 April 2017 from 6.30pm. The talk will be presented by Joel Becker, CEO of the...

Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Editors NSW will hold a one-day InDesign workshop from 9am-5pm on Friday, 24 March 2017 in Sydney. The workshop will be a beginner’s guide to InDesign as well as a...

Wednesday, 22 February 2017
The New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will hold an event in Sydney to highlight those books chosen as ‘Notable’ in the 2017 Book...

Wednesday, 15 February 2017
The Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will hold an event to celebrate the announcement of the 2017 CBCA Book of the Year Notables list. The...

Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Editors NSW will hold its March meeting on Tuesday, 7 March from 6.30pm at the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts in Sydney. The speaker will be Juliet Richters, freelance editor...