Bastian appointed CEO at Varuna
Varuna, the Writers' House, has announced the appointment of Elisabeth Bastian to the position of chief executive officer. Bastian, who began in her new position this week, is the founding...
OzCo launches Writing Australia
The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has announced that five Australian state-based writers' centres have joined together to form a national organisation called Writing Australia. The...
OzCo to launch Writing Australia
The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has announced that five Australian state-based writers' centres will join together to form a national organisation called Writing Australia. The...
Bligh announces new ‘State of Writing’ initiative: Qld Writers Centre to relocate
Queensland Premier and Minister for the Arts Anna Bligh last night announced a new initiative that will connect various literary organisations in the state. The initiative, A State of Writing,...
Queensland Writers Centre/Hachette launch 2009 Manuscript Development Program
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) and Hachette Australia manuscript development program for fiction writers in 2009 has now opened. Emerging Australian authors who are unpublished or have had no more...
In brief
Ligare launches new Digital Print FacilityLigare will launch a new ‘state of the art Digital Print Facility (DPF)' at its Riverwood plant on 19 November. ‘Despite the current economic climate,...
Contemporary fiction festival ‘a wonderful success’
The contemporary fiction festival held last weekend by the NSW Writers' Centre was ‘a wonderful success,' the Centre's acting director Arabella Lee has told WBN.‘The weather was perfect and the...
NSW writers’ centre contemporary fiction festival
The NSW Writers' Centre will present the 2008 Contemporary Australian Fiction Festival on Saturday 29 March, co-presented by the UTS Centre for New Writing. Guests will include Gabrielle Carey, Katherine...
Dunn leaves NSW Writers’ Centre
Irina Dunn has announced her resignation from the NSW Writers' Centre, where she has been executive director for the last 15 years.Dunn told the centre's management committee that ‘she felt...
Orbit/QWC speculative fiction manuscript development program
Following last year's announcement that Hachette's speculative fiction imprint Orbit was setting up an Australian division, Orbit and the Queensland Writers' Centre have announced a manuscript development program for aspiring...
Many more writers festivals on their way
Following the recent Brisbane Writers Festival, several other festivals are due to kick off in coming days:Inaugural Manly writers festival this SundayThe inaugural Writers on the Rooftop Festival, to be...
Ozco, CAL funds project to promote speculative Australian fiction in US
The organisers of the speculative fiction festival Conflux have received funding from the Australia Council's Literature Board and Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) to promote Australian fantasy and science fiction authors at...
In brief
Ex-MP sued for defamation by ex-NSW policeFormer NSW parliamentarian Peter Breen is being sued for defamation by two retired police officers over references in Breen's self-published book Life as a...
Contemporary fiction festival
The NSW Writers' Centre has added a new event to its calendar: the Contemporary Australian Fiction Festival.The inaugural Contemporary Australian Fiction Festival will be held on Saturday 26 March, with...