There are so many book-related events around the nation this year that we thought it was about time we featured them for our members.
If you are not able to attend an event, or if the 2024 event has already happened, then perhaps you can plan your travel itinerary for next year with this calendar in mind.
- Perth Festival: 9 Feb-3 Mar
- Words Out West, Dalby (QLD): 28 Feb – 22 Mar
- Adelaide Writers Week: 2-7 Mar
- Cairns Tropical Writers Festival: 8-10 Mar
- Brimbank Readers and Writers Festival (VIC): 14-23 Mar
- Words at Wagstaffe (NSW): 16 Mar
- Clunes Booktown (VIC): 23-24 Mar
- Storyfest, Goldcoast: 25-27 Mar; (South-West) 26-28 Aug; (Out West) 4-6 Sep; (Central Queensland) 10-12 Sep
- Newcastle Writers Festival: 5-7 Apr
- Writers at the Woolshed (NSW): 20-24 Apr
- Sorrento Writers Festival (VIC): 25-28 Apr
- Melbourne Writers Festival: 9-12 May
- Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival (WA): 17-19 May
- Sydney Writers Festival: 20-26 May
- Words on the Waves (NSW): 29 May-3 June
- Brisbane Writers Festival: 30 May-2 June
- Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival (NSW): 7-10 June
- Willy Lit Fest (VIC): 14-16 June
- Northern Territory Writers Festival: 27-30 June
- Riverina Readers Festival (NSW): 13 July
- Mildura Writers Festival (VIC): 18-21 July
- Story Arts Festival, Ipswich (QLD): 5-11 Aug
- Bendigo Writers Festival (VIC): 16-18 Aug
- Sydney Jewish Writers Festival: 21-25 Aug
- Dunkeld Writers Festival (VIC): 23-25 Aug
- Words in Winter (VIC) 23-25 Aug
- Port Fairy Literary Weekend (VIC): 6-8 Sep
- Western Port Writes (VIC): 6-8 Sep
- Write Around the Murray (NSW): 11-15 Sep
- Northern Beaches Readers Festival (NSW): 27-29 Sep
- Tamar Valley Writers Festival (TAS): 11-14 Oct
- Queenscliffe Writers Festival (VIC) 18-27 Oct
- Berry Writers Festival (NSW): 25-27 Oct
Have we missed any? If you know of a literary event in your neck of the woods that we have not already included, please email us and we can include it in the next newsletter.