Thousands flock to Clunes for annual Booktown Festival
Booksellers have reported strong sales and author events attracted record crowds at this year’s Clunes Booktown Festival, with up to 18,000 people visiting the central Victorian town for the event....
International projects in the works for Clunes
Creative Clunes, the organisation behind the annual Clunes Booktown Festival in regional Victoria, has announced that it is working on four cultural and arts programs with similar organisations in South...
Creative Clunes announces international events
Creative Clunes, the organisation behind the annual Clunes Booktown Festival in regional Victoria, has announced that it is working on four cultural and arts programs with similar organisations in South...
Samuel replaces Brady as Clunes festival director
Stephen Samuel has been appointed as the director of the Clunes Booktown festival, replacing Tess Brady who has stepped down from the role after directing the festival since the inaugural...
Changes at Clunes Booktown
Stephen Samuel has replaced Tess Brady as the director of Clunes Booktown festival. Brady and other members of the festival team, Creative Clunes secretary Tim Hayes and deputy chair Graeme...
La Trobe announces Clunes Back to Booktown partnership
The 2010 Back to Booktown event attracted 15,000 visitors and 60 booksellers to the small town of Clunes, Victoria, over the weekend of 1 and 2 May. Shopkeepers in Clunes...
On Fancy Goods this week
On our Fancy Goods blog this week: Matthia Dempsey attends the launch of the program for this year's Emerging Writers Festival; in the light of the recent Miles Franklin controversy...
In brief
Nam Le wins PEN/Malamud AwardNam Le has added the PEN/Malamud Award to his impressive list of prizes awarded for his debut publication, The Boat (Penguin). The prize, for excellence in...