BWF celebrates 50 years
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) ran from 5-9 September, following the presentation of the Queensland Literary Awards. The festival included an ‘all night party’ to celebrate the festival’s 50th birthday. This year’s festival was the...
BWF kicks off
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) kicks off today, following the presentation of the Queensland Literary Awards last night. The festival runs from 5 to 9 September and includes and ‘all...
Interview: Jane O’Hara, director/CEO of the Brisbane Writers Festival
Over 5-9 September, Jane O’Hara will deliver her final Brisbane Writers Festival and celebrate the festival’s 50th anniversary. She spoke to Andrew Wrathall. What do you anticipate will be the...
BWF program released
The program for this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival has been announced. The festival, which runs from 5 to 9 September, will be the last for current director Jane O’Hara,...
Eltham to join BWF
The Brisbane Writers Festival has announced that Kate Eltham will join the festival as director in October. Eltham, who is currently CEO of the Queensland Writers Centre, will replace outgoing director Jane...
Eltham to join BWF
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has announced that Kate Eltham will join the festival as director in October. Eltham, who is currently CEO of the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC), replaces...
Rolley to leave SWF
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has announced that current director Chip Rolley will leave the festival in August to take up the role of editor of the ABC’s The Drum....
Local authors top bestsellers at BWF
Popular children's author Emily Rodda, former national gallery director Betty Churcher and debut-fiction author Anna Funder topped the bestseller list at this year's Brisbane Writers Festival, reflecting a strong line-up...
Screen Queensland to launch film adaptation development package at BWF
Screen Queensland will launch a $40,000 development package for a literary work to be adapted for film or television at the 2011 Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which begins today, 7...
Fifth annual Indigenous Literacy Day today
Booksellers, publishers, libraries, schools and other organisations across the country will celebrate the fifth Indigenous Literacy Day today, 7 September 2011. At the Brisbane Writers Festival Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) founder...
Preparations underway for Indigenous Literacy Day
Booksellers, publishers, schools, libraries and other organisations across Australia are taking part in the fifth Indigenous Literacy Day on Wednesday 7 September 2011, as well as other events over August...
2011 QLD Prem?s Lit Awards shortlists announced
The shortlists for this year's Queensland Premier's Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the book-related categories are:Fiction Book AwardCaleb's Crossing (Geraldine Brooks, Fourth Estate)Reading Madame Bovary (Amanda...
BWF 2011 program launched
The program for this year's Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which runs from 7 to 11 September, was released on 30 July. As previously reported by the Weekly Book Newsletter, Jonathan...
BWF: International authors announced
Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has announced that international authors Jonathan Franzen, Ann Patchett, Eva Gabrielsson and Simone Felice will appear at the 2011 festival, which runs from 7 to 11...
Qld booksellers survive floods; Victorian situation worsens
Further to the Weekly Book Newsletter report QLD bookstores close in face of rising flood waters; QWC, SLQ and UQP also closed, the majority of bookstores in Queensland have survived...
Audience and bookshop sales boost at this year’s BWF
The Brisbane Writers Festival wrapped up on Sunday 5 September after five days of events--and some impromptu African drumming--at the State Library of Queensland. Typically, the big names drew the...
Queensland Premier’s Awards 2010 winners announced
J M Coetzee took out the top prize for fiction at the 2010 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards last night for Summertime (Vintage), which judges described as an ‘extraordinary book' that...
Queensland Premier’s Awards 2010 winners announced
J M Coetzee took out the top prize for fiction at the 2010 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards last night for Summertime (Vintage), which judges described as an ‘extraordinary book' that...
BWF program launched
The program for this year's Brisbane Writers Festival, which runs from 1 to 5 September, has been announced. E C Osondu, the 2009 winner of The Caine Prize for African...
BWF ‘Word Play’ children’s event program announced
Details of this year's Brisbane Writers' Festival (BWF) event for young readers, writers and illustrators, ‘Word Play'--including an online program and booking forms--are now available online, here.The event is open...