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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

August

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

November

To be confirmed 2010

*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.

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