MWF 2013 program launched
London mayor Boris Johnson and style blogger Tavi Gevinson are among the international guests at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which launched its full program on 18 July. Tickets...
‘ABR’ editor raises concerns over MWF programming
In the July issue of Australian Book Review (ABR), editor Peter Rose has raised concerns over the Melbourne Writers Festival’s (MWF) decision to feature the London Review of Books (LRB) in...
MWF, BWF announce festival events
The Melbourne and Brisbane writers’ festivals have announced a number of events ahead of their official program launches. The Melbourne Writers Festival, which runs from 22 August to 1 September,...
MWF 2013 schools program announced
The Melbourne Writers Festival has released its schools program for 2013. Among the authors featured in this year’s program, which runs from 26 to 29 August, are international guests Deborah...
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...
MWF 2012: box office up 10%; Griffiths, Callow top bestsellers list
The 2012 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) recorded the festival’s highest box office earnings to date, with tickets sales up 10% on the 2011 festival. More than 50,000 people attended this year’s...
‘Man-Made World’ wins 2012 John Button Prize
Andrew Charlton’s Quarterly Essay 44, Man-Made World: Choosing Between Progress and Planet (Black Inc.), has won this year’s John Button Prize for writing on policy and politics. Charlton, who receives...
2012 Ned Kelly Awards winners announced
The winners of this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian Crime Writing were announced in Melbourne on 29 August. Pig Boy by J C Burke (Woolshed Press) won the best...
‘1835’ wins Age Book of the Year
The winners of this year’s Age Book of the Year Awards were announced on 23 August at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) at Melbourne Town Hall. 1835:...
Interview: Steve Grimwade, director/CEO of the Melbourne Writers Festival
This will be Steve Grimwade’s final year as director of the Melbourne Writers Festival (23 August to 2 September), with Lisa Dempster recently announced as his successor. Grimwade spoke to...
Dempster appointed director of MWF
Outgoing director of the Emerging Writers’ Festival Lisa Dempster has been appointed director of the Melbourne Writers Festival. (See news.)
Dempster appointed new MWF director
Outgoing director of the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) Lisa Dempster has been appointed as the new director of Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF). MWF festival chairman Michael Webster said in a...
Age Book of the Year 2012 shortlists announced
The shortlists for this year's Age Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Nonfiction 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the...
Ned Kelly 2012 shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing has been announced. The titles shortlisted in the full-length book categories are: True crime Cold Case File (Liz Porter,...
John Button Prize 2012 shortlist announced
The John Button Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2012 John Button Prize. The shortlisted titles are: Quarterly Essay 44, Man-Made World: Choosing Between Progress and Planet (Andrew Charlton,...
MWF 2012 program launched
The program for the 2012 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which will be held between 23 August and 2 September, has been launched and tickets are now available. More than 400...
On tour: Meet the author Sloane Crosley
Sloane Crosley is the author of I Was Told There’d be Cake (Penguin) and more recently, How Did You Get This Number (Portobello). She is a guest of the Melbourne...
MWF announces first events for 2012 festival
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced initial details of its adult program for the 2012 festival. British actor, director and author of several biographies Simon Callow will give the...
Melbourne Writers Festival Schools’ Program launched
The 2012 Melbourne Writers Festival Schools’ Program has been launched and is available on the website. Tickets are also now available for purchase. Authors featured in this year’s schools’ program,...
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....