BCL Books - Writers Festivals & Literary Events

Writers Festivals and Events - Australia

We no longer keep dates on this page.  You can post details of writing festivals and events in Australia and New Zealand on the BCL events forum. Post in the relevant region and month and your event will also appear on the BCL What's On pages.  Events in the UK can be posted on the MaxinfoUK events forum and USA and Canada events on the MaxinfoUS events forum.

• Bush Poetry Showcase - Traditional and contemporary Australian rhyming poetry presented by the WA Bush Poets and Yarn Spinners Association.
   
• Perth Writers' Festival - University of Western Australia
   
• Somerset Writers' Festival - Somerset College, Mudgeeraba, Queensland.
   
• Oracles of the Bush - live performances of Australian Bush poetry, music and art. Tenterfield, New South Wales.
   
• The Norman Lindsay Festival of Children's Literature at the Norman Lindsay Gallery, 14 Norman Lindsay Crescent, Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
   
• Lit Fest - Young adult and children's literature festival hosted by the All Saints College, Bull Creek, Western Australia.
   
• Swancon - The annual West Australian Science Fiction Convention.
   
• Williamstown Literary Festival - Williamstown, western Victoria.
   
• Sydney Writers Festival
   
  
• Voices on the Coast: A Youth Literature Festival - Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
   
• Watermark Literary Muster - Biennial festival bringing together national and international writers whose writing focuses on nature. Camden Haven, New South Wales.
   
• Mildura Writers Festival
   
• Byron Bay Writers Festival
   
• Romance Writers of Australia National Conference - Melbourne.
    
• Australian Children's Book Week - For information on the winning books and costumes that celebrate characters from children's books see our BCL Book Week page.
   
• Melbourne Writers' Festival
   
• Brisbane Writers Festival
   
• Write Around the Murray Festival - in Albury, New South Wales.
   
• Australian School Library Association XXII Biennial Conference

• Eye of the Storm Writer's Festival - for more details, visit the Northern Territory Writers' Centre.
   
• Emerging Writers Festival
   
• National Young Writers' Festival
   
• Reality Bites - Non-fiction literary festival held on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
   
• National Simultaneous Storytime - An annual campaign organised by the Australian Library and Information Association, in which a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously to children in a variety of venues around Australia.
   
• WA Spring Poetry Festival - Organised by The WA Poets Inc.
   
• National Poetry Week - see Australian Poetry Centre.
   
• Children's and Young Adult  (CYA) Writers Conference
   
• Overload Poetry Festival - Melbourne

• Adelaide Writers' Week - Part of the Adelaide Festival.
   
• Next Wave Festival - Melbourne.

International Writers Festivals

• Hong Kong International Literary Festival
   
• Oxford Literary Festival 
   
•  Auckland Readers & Writers Festival
   
• Hay Festival - Major literary festival held in Brecon Beacons National Park, Hay-on-Wye, Wales.
   
• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
   
• The Plain Language Conference - The biennial Plain Language Association InterNational (PLAIN) conference. Stockholm.
   
• Edinburgh International Book Festival 
   
•  International Conference on the Book -  For authors, publishers, printers, librarians, IT specialists, book retailers, editors, literacy educators, and academic researchers. University of Toronto, Canada.
   
• See also UK Literary Festivals list maintained by the British Council.

Genre fiction/pop culture conventions

• Armageddon Expo Sydney - Science fiction, fantasy, anime, and gaming expo including writers talks.
   
•  Armageddon Expo Adelaide
   
• Supanova Pop Culture Expo Featuring sci-fi and fantasy guest authors and a writing masterclass.
   
• Continuum 7 - Speculative fiction and pop culture convention. Includes science fiction, fantasy, history, horror and steampunk.