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Writers Festivals and Events 2010 - Australia and International

January

(Australia) Bush Poetry Showcase - 26 January 2010. Traditional and contemporary Australian rhyming poetry presented by the WA Bush Poets and Yarn Spinners Association. 1.00 pm at Wireless Hill Park, Ardross, Western Australia.

February

(Australia) Continuum 6 - Galaxies by Gaslight - 26 to 28 February 2010. Speculative fiction and pop culture convention. Includes science fiction, fantasy, history, horror and steampunk. Melbourne.
(Australia) Adelaide Writers' Week - 26 February to 14 March 2010. South Australia. Part of the Adelaide Festival.

March

(Australia) Lit Fest Community/Adult Program - 8 to 17 March 2010. The adult program features Peggy Laycock speaking about 'What Colour is the Wind?', an autobiography about blind physiotherapist Graham Laycock, as well as James Lush in conversation with Craig Silvey, and cooking demonstrations with French chef Emmanuel Mollois. Download the Community Program, visit the All Saints' College website. Perth, Western Australia.
(Australia) The Norman Lindsay Festival of Children's Literature - 20 & 21 March 2010. Entry is $15 for adults, $10 for children, and $12 for concession. Norman Lindsay Gallery, 14 Norman Lindsay Crescent, Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains, NSW.
(Australia) Adelaide Writers' Week - 26 February to 14 March 2010. South Australia. Part of the Adelaide Festival.
(Australia) The Somerset Celebration of Literature - 15 to 19 March 2010. Somerset College, Mudgeeraba, Queensland.
(Australia) Lit Fest - 17 to 19 March 2010. The ninth annual literature festival hosted by the All Saints College, Bull Creek, Western Australia.
(England) Oxford Literary Festival - 20 to 28 March 2010. Christ Church and other venues. Oxford, UK.
(Australia) Armageddon Multimedia Expo Melbourne - 21 March 2010. A science fiction, fantasy, anime, and gaming expo with celebrity guests, panel discussions, live wrestling, an ice-cream and pizza eating competition and more. Sydney Town Hall, New South Wales.
(Australia) Oracles of the Bush - 25 to 28 March 2010. Tenterfield, New South Wales.

April

(Australia) Supanova Pop Culture Expo Brisbane - 9 to 11 April 2010. Featuring sci-fi and fantasy guest authors and a writing masterclass. RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane.
(Australia) Supanova Pop Culture Expo Melbourne - 16 to 18 April 2010. Featuring sci-fi and fantasy guest authors and a writing masterclass. Royal Showgrounds, Melbourne.
(Australia) Williamstown Literary Festival - 26 April to 2 May 2010. Williamstown, Victoria.

May

(Australia) Williamstown Literary Festival - 26 April to 2 May 2010. Williamstown, Victoria.
(New Zealand) Auckland Readers & Writers Festival - 12 to 16 May 2010. Auckland, New Zealand.
(Australia) Eye of the Storm Writer's Festival - 13 to 16 May 2010. Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
(Australia) Next Wave Festival - 13 to 30 May 2010. Melbourne.
(Australia) Tasmanian Sci-Fi Convention - 14 to 16 May 2010. Hotel Grand Chancellor, Tasmania.
(Australia) Sydney Writers Festival - 17 to 23 May 2010. Sydney, New South Wales.
(Australia) Emerging Writers Festival - 21 to 30 May 2010. All-ages festival for writers at the start of their careers. Held at the Melbourne Town Hall, State Library Victoria, and Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria.
(Australia) National Simultaneous Storytime - 26 May (Wednesday) 2010. 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. The book for 2010 is Little White Dogs Can't Jump.
(Australia) Hay Festival - 27 May to 6 June 2010. Major literary festival held in Brecon Beacons National Park, Hay-on-Wye, Wales.

June

(Australia) Hay Festival - 27 May to 6 June 2010. Major literary festival held in Brecon Beacons National Park, Hay-on-Wye, Wales.
(Australia) Supanova Pop Culture Expo Sydney - 18 to 20 June 2010. Featuring sci-fi and fantasy guest authors and a writing masterclass. The Dome, Olympic Park, Sydney.
(Australia) Supanova Pop Culture Expo Perth - 25 to 27 June 2010. Featuring sci-fi and fantasy guest authors and a writing masterclass. Claremont Showgrounds, Perth.

July

(Australia) Mildura Writers Festival - 15 to 18 July 2010. Part of the Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival. Mildura, Victoria.

August

(Australia) Byron Bay Writers Festival - 6 to 8 August 2010. Byron Bay, New South Wales.
(Australia) Romance Writers of Australia National Conference - 13 to 15 August 2010. Crowne Plaza, Coogee, New South Wales.
(Scotland) Edinburgh International Book Festival - 14 to 30 August 2010. Edinburgh, Scotland.
(Australia) Australian Children's Book Week - 21 August to 27 August 2010 - The theme for 2010 is across the story bridge. For information on the winning books and costumes that celebrate characters from children's books see our BCL Book Week page
(Australia) WA Spring Poetry Festival - 27 to 29 August 2010. Organised by The WA Poets Inc.
(Australia) Melbourne Writers' Festival - 27 August to 5 September 2010.

September

(Australia) Brisbane Writers Festival - 1 to 5 September 2010. Local, national and international writing. Various activities located in the State Library of Queensland and outdoors in the area between the Gallery of Modern Art and the State Library buildings.State Library of Queensland, Brisbane.
(Australia) Aussiecon4 - 2 to 6 September 2010. The World Science Fiction Convention, operating under the name, Aussiecon4, as this is the fourth time it has exhibited in Australia. A science fiction convention that aims to bring together fans, writers, readers, artists, publishers and more. Melbourne Convention and Entertainment Centre.
(Australia) Children's and Young Adult Writers Conference - 4 September 2010.
(Australia) Melbourne Writers' Festival - 27 August to 5 September 2010.
(Australia) Write Around the Murray Festival - 8 to 12 September 2010 - in Albury, New South Wales.
(Australia) Overload Poetry Festival - 10 to 19 September 2010. Aims to promote Melbourne's poetry scene.

October

(Australia) Fantastic Planet - Sydney Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Festival - 29 October to 5 November 2010. Sydney, New South Wales.

November

(Australia) Fantastic Planet - Sydney Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Festival - 29 October to 5 November 2010. Sydney, New South Wales.
(Switzerland) International Conference on the Book - 6 to 8 November 2010. For authors, publishers, printers, librarians, IT specialists, book retailers, editors, literacy educators, and academic researchers. University of St Gallen, Switzerland.

To be confirmed 2010

(Australia) The Norman Lindsay Festival of Children's Literature - Norman Lindsay Gallery, 14 Norman Lindsay Cres, Springwood, Blue Mountains, NSW.
(Australia) A Thousand Words Festival
(Australia) Short + Sweet Melbourne - An annual 10 minute theatre festival.
(Australia) Short and Sweet Canberra - An annual 10 minute theatre festival.
(Australia) Short + Sweet Brisbane - An annual 10 minute theatre festival.
(Australia) Short + Sweet Adelaide - An annual 10 minute theatre festival.
(Australia) Australian School Library Association XXI Biennial Conference
(Australia) Conflux6 - An annual speculative fiction exhibition.
(Australia) National Young Writers' Festival - Newcastle, New South Wales.
(Australia) Voices on the Coast: A Youth Literature Festival Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
(Australia) Swancon - The annual West Australian Science Fiction Convention.
(Australia) Conjecture - Annual Australian Science Fiction Convention.
(Australia) Scribble - Young Readers, Young Writers
(Australia) Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)'s Member Seminars
(Australia) Reality Bites - An annual non-fiction literary festival held on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
(Australia) Perth Writers' Week - Part of the Perth International Arts Festival.

Writers Festivals and Events 2011 - Australia and International

(Australia) Watermark Literary Muster - June 2011. Biennial festival bringing together national and international writers whose writing focuses on nature. Camden Haven, New South Wales.
(Sweden) The Plain Language Conference - 15 to 17 June 2011 in Stockholm. The biennial Plain Language Association InterNational (PLAIN) conference hosted by The Plain English Foundation.