SWF picks: David Gaunt, co-owner of festival bookseller Gleebooks
With the Sydney Writers’ Festival approaching (19-25 May), we asked David Gaunt, co-owner of festival bookseller Gleebooks, to tell us what sessions he’s looking forward to and which authors are...
SWF program launched
Booker Prize-winning New Zealand author Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries, Granta), Booker Prize-shortlisted author Emma Donoghue (Room, Picador) and Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan are among the 400-plus guests due to...
New appointments at SWF
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has appointed Emile Sherman and Kathy Shand to the festival’s board of directors for three-year terms. The festival has also appointed Charis Holt to the...
SWF appoints new board members
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has appointed Emile Sherman and Kathy Shand to the festival’s board of directors. Sherman is an award-winning producer and owner of the production company See-Saw...
SWF 2014 School Days guests announced
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has announced a number of the authors and illustrators who will participate in its 2014 School Days program, to be held between 19 and 23...
Senogles leaves SWF
Renee Senogles has finished in her role as programming coordinator at the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF). Senogles, who joined the festival in 2012 after seven years of working in publicity at...
No funding increase for SWF in NSW budget
The NSW Government has announced that the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), the Sydney Festival and the Biennale of Sydney will share in $6.2 million of funding as part of 2013-14 Budget. However, the announcement represents no...
Publishing trends and challenges discussed at VIP industry forum
This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival included the annual Visiting International Publishers (VIP) program, which offers Australian publishers the opportunity to meet with international publishers and editors. On 22 May several...
SWF records second-highest box office and book sales
The 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival, the first under artistic director Jemma Birrell, has recorded the festival’s second-highest box office sales and the second-best year for the festival bookshop. Executive director...
Goldsworthy wins 2013 Pascall Prize
The 2013 Pascall Prize for critical writing has been awarded to book reviewer and author Kerryn Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy was awarded the $15,000 prize, which was judged by previous winner James Bradley (2012) and...
‘SMH’ Best Young Australian Novelists Awards announced
The winners of this year’s Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Best Young Australian Novelists Awards were announced at the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) on 24 May. The winners are: Romy Ash (Floundering,...
SWF kicks off
The Sydney Writers’ Festival was officially launched last night. The opening address was delivered by oral storyteller Daniel Morden, who embodies this year’s festival theme of storytelling, and entertained the...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards winners announced; ‘Ruby Moonlight’ wins Book of the Year
The winners of this year’s New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award were announced in Sydney on 19 May, on the eve of the 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival. Ali Cobby-Eckermann’s verse...
Interview: Jemma Birrell, artistic director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival
With the Sydney Writers’ Festival just arond the corner (20-26 May), Books+Publishing spoke to artistic director Jemma Birrell about what visitors can expect from this year’s festival and her personal...
SWF 2013 program launched
The 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) program has been launched and is now available on the website. Tickets went on sale on Saturday 13 April, and the program was published as a liftout...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards shortlists announced
The shortlists for this year’s New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles for the book-related categories are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) and nominees...
Changes at SWF
Benython Oldfield from Zeitgeist Media Group has been appointed as festival publicist for the 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF). Oldfield will be joined by Emma Noble, who will start in the...
Oldfield, Noble appointed SWF publicists; Nahlous joins SWF board
Publicist and literary agent Benython Oldfield from Zeitgeist Media Group has been appointed as festival publicist for the 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF). SWF said in a statement that Oldfield...
OzCo VIP Program guests announced for SWF 2013
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the guests attending the 2013 Visiting International Publishers (VIP) Program, to be held during the Sydney Writers’ Festival in May. The visiting international...
SWF 2013 School Days program launched
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has announced some of the authors and illustrators who will participate in its 2013 School Days program, to be held between 20 and 23 May 2013....