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Global Book Crawl 2026
(20–26 April)

May

International Literary Programmers Roundtable
(4–9 May)
National Simultaneous Storytime
(27 May)
Island Readers & Writers Festival
(29 May–1 June)

July

International Publishers Congress 
(5–9 July)

September

Blak & Bright
(3–6 September)

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GenreCon 2026 announces new venue

Friday, 12 December 2025
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) has announced that next year’s GenreCon, the QWC’s annual conference for genre writers, will be held at Brisbane’s Thomas Dixon Centre. QWC said, “To meet...

IPA expands membership, firms up 2026 congress 

International Publishers Association logo incorporating stylised book. Thursday, 27 November 2025
The International Publishing Association this week named two provisional new national members, released the results of its online elections, and confirmed details of the 2026 International Publishers Congress, to take...

Publishers reaching across borders at Sharjah

Volodymry Samoylenko and Terri-ann White at the Sharjah Book Fair. Monday, 17 November 2025
Now in its 4th decade, the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is the world’s third largest book fair, attracting hundreds of thousands of people. Earlier this month Upswell publisher Terri-ann...

BookUp 2025 conference, research day program announced 

Bookup 2025 logo Thursday, 26 June 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the program for the 2025 BookUp conference and the inaugural BookUp research day. The APA's BookUp conference will take place on 7 August...

BookPeople 2025 conference in numbers 

Monday, 23 June 2025
The 2025 BookPeople conference, held in Brisbane 14–16 June, was matched with attendance numbers from last year's conference – ‘a very reassuring result for the team’, said the organisation.  The...

Literacy theme for Library and Information Week

LIW To read or not to read ALIA Thursday, 10 April 2025
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced 'To Read or Not to Read: Literacy Matters' as the theme for this year's Library and Information Week, running 28 July–3...

BookPeople conference program announced 

Monday, 24 March 2025
BookPeople has announced the program for its 2025 conference, which will run 14–16 June in Brisbane. Aimed at booksellers, the conference program includes panels, practical sessions, and keynotes – with...