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ABIAs to move to SWF
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held during the Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) in 2012 ...
In Brief
Kobo Touch now available to order from A&R, Borders websitesKobo ereading devices are now available for pre-order from the Angus & Robertson and Borders websites, owned by Pearson Group Austra...
SWF 2012 school's program launched
The Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) has released details about its 2012 School Days program, to be held between 21 and 25 May 2012. Among the authors participating in the Primary School Days are T...
Shiff appointed SWF chair
Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) has announced that Deena Shiff, group managing director of Telstra Applications and Ventures Group, will replace Sandra Yates AO, as chair of the festival. Yates an...
Sydney Uni to sponsor 2012 SWF
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney will join the 2012 Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) as a new sponsor. The new partnership between the university and...
Sydney Story Factory finds home in Redfern
The Sydney Story Factory, a not-for-profit centre designed to help children and young adults with writing, has announced that it has taken a lease on a property in Redfern for its shop and writing cen...
Masson, Tuffield join OzCo VIP program committee
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that Pippa Masson, literary agent at Curtis Brown and Aviva Tuffield, fiction acquisitions editor at Scribe, have joined the committee for the Council-...
VIPs discuss digital, translation markets at industry forum
Andrea Hanke reports from this year's VIP program industry forum: Digital was a popular topic at the Australia Council sponsored Visiting International Publishing (VIP) forum, which was held on&...
Sun shines on SWF
The Sydney Writers' Festival recorded its ‘second-largest SWF box office take ever' in 2011, according to festival publicist Emma Noble. ‘We hit our box office target--a bit over $62...
Sydney Story Factory launched at SWF
The Sydney Story Factory, a not-for-profit centre designed to help children and young adults with writing, was officially launched at the Sydney Writers' Festival on 22 May. Fundraising is currently u...
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