Bookshop, Library & Festival Events – April 2025
| Date | Type of Event | Event Details | ||
| 1st | BOOK LAUNCH | Kate Grenville will be in conversation as she discusses her new book Unsettled (Black Inc) Time: 6pm Venue: Cinema Nova for Readings Books | ||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Kylie Ladd The Mix-Up Time: 2pm Venue: Cobram Library for Golburn Valley Libraries | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Helly Raichura will discuss The Food of Bharat (Hardie Grant) Time: 6pm Venue: Readings Carlton | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Mark Smith Three Boys Gone Time: 6pm Venue: BMI Library, Ballarat | |||
| POETRY CIRCLE | Intimate community poetry reading and gathering hosted by Bri and Janenne time: 6.45pm Venue: Deep See Survey Space, Shoreham | |||
| BOOK CLUB | Dymocks Tooronga First Tuesday Book club: Bo Kitty, Amanda Hampson, Christine Newell, Christian White, Anna Cidor & Alison Pouliot Time: 6.15pm Venue: Rivoli Cinemas, Camberwell | |||
| 1st-3rd | FESTIVAL | Somerset Storyfest, Gold Coast QLD Delivering a series of literary experiences along with workshops, masterclasses and featured authors throughout the year, Storyfest nurtures emerging writers and provides opportunities for readers and writers alike. | ||
| 2nd | AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Kylie Ladd The Mix-Up Time: 2pm Venue: Avenel Library for Golburn Valley Libraries | ||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Vikki Petraitis The Unbelieved with Claire Halliday Time: 6.30pm Venue: Toorak/South Yarra Library (Stonnington Libraries) | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Nadia Mahjouri Half Truth with Anne Freeman Time: 6.30pm Venue: Eltham Bookshop | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings Books, Hawthorn | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Shine Your Light by Lucinda Light (Harper Collins) Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings Books, Emporium | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Up Shit Creek in a Barbed Wire Canoe by Muriel Cooper Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings Books, St Kilda | |||
| BOOKS IN BARS | Books in bars: Sarah Hayden Parenting Different Time: 6.30pm Venue: Waurn Ponds Hotel for Dymocks Waurn Ponds | |||
| 3rd | BOOK LAUNCH | The Deadly Dispute by Amanda Hampson (Penguin) with Kerryn Mayne Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings Carlton | ||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Laura by Anthony Conabere Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings, Hawthorn | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Spirit of the Crocodile by Aaron Fa’Aoso and Michelle Scott Tucker Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings Kids (A&U) | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Elegy, Southwest by Madeleine Watts (Ultimo) Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings Emporium | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar (Harper Collins) Time: 6.30pm Venue: Readings State Library | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | The Mix Up with Kylie Ladd Time: 6.30pm Venue: Doncaster Library for Whitehorse Manningham Library | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Marion Taffe By Her Hand Time: 6.30pm Venue: Old Colonists Club, Ballarat for Collins Booksellers on Lydiard | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Cherrywood — Jock Serong in conversation with Tony Birch Time: 6.30pm Venue: Fitzroy Library | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Ash London will be in conversation about her new book Love on the Air (A&U) Time: 6.00pm Venue: Lido Cinema, for Readings Hawthorn | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Andrea Goldsmith The Buried Life Time: 6pm Venue: Jeffreys Books Malvern | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Jane Rawson Human/Nature Time: 5.30pm Venue: Fullers Bookshop, Hobart | |||
| BOOKS IN BARS | Books in Bars with Maithree Wijesekara The Prince Without Sorrow Time: 6.00pm Venue: Urban Alley Brewery for Dymocks Knox City | |||
| 4th | BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Bigfoot vs Yeti: A love Story by James Foley (Fremantle Press) Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings Kids | ||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Brooke Boney All Of It Time: Venue: Wheeler Centre | |||
| PANEL EVENT | Lifting the Petticoats: The Underbelly of Regency England with Kelly Gardiner, Sharmini Kumar, Alison Goodman, and A M Stuart Time: 8pm Venue: Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne | |||
| 4th-6th | FESTIVAL | Newcastle Writers Festival NSW Head to their website to see details of their incredible program! | ||
| 5th | BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Kip of the Karoo by Emma Gourlay (Harper Collins) Time: 4.00pm Venue: Readings Hawthorn | ||
| BOOK LAUNCH | The Kindness of Water by Helen Jarvis Time: 5.30pm Venue: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Williamstown for 5 Island Press | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | The Paperbark Tree Committee Karys McEwen (Text Publishing) Time: 10.30am Venue: The Kids’ Bookshop, Mitcham | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Mark Mupotsa-Russell The Hitwoman’s Guide to Reducing Household Debt Time: 10.30am Venue: Yarra Junction Library for Your Library Ltd | |||
| FESTIVAL | Scribblers on the Road (WA) is returning to the Pilbara for the third year, bringing a free storytelling and arts festival to regional schools and libraries. We’re also excited to announce that next year, we’ll be heading to the Goldfields, with a bus full of global creative stars. | |||
| 6th | PANEL EVENT | Debut Crime Author Panel featuring Fiona Hardy, Laura McCluskey & Geoff Parkes Time: 2.30pm Venue: Fairfield Community Room Bookseller: Fairfield Books | ||
| FESTIVAL | Perth Storyfest with Sara Saleh, Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Kaya Oritz, Nandi Chinna, Seth Malacari, Cindy Solonec, Daniel Juckes, Prema Arasu & more Venue: The University of Western Australia | |||
| 7th | AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith Quarks, Sparks and Quantum Mysteries(T&H) Time: 4.30pm Venue: Readings Hawthorn | ||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of I Am Nannertgarrook by Tasma Walton (S&S) Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings St Kilda | |||
| 8th | INDUSTRY EVENT | Stella Prize 2025 Shortlist Announcement Time: 6.30pm Venue: The Wheeler Centre & ONLINE | ||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Kylie Ladd: The Mix-Up Time: 6.30pm Venue: Malvern Library (Stonnington Libraries) | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Jane Caro will be in conversation, discussing her new book Lyrebird (A&U) Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings Carlton | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Tasma Walton will be in conversation with Belinda Duarte CEO of Culture is LifeOpens in new tab organization, discussing her new novel l am Nannertgarrook. Time: 1.00pm Venue: narrm ngarrgu Library, 141 Therry St., Melbourne | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Wuhua & Angela Yang Fandom + others Time: 2pm Venue: Knox Library for Your Library Ltd | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Amanda Hampson The Deadly Dispute Time: 6.30pm Venue: Collins Booksellers Moonee Ponds | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Bookish presents Katrina Nannestad in conversation (The Travelling Bookshop #6 Mim and the Mother Muddle) with Lorena Carrington Time: 11am Venue: Bendigo Bank Theatre | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Barren Cape by Michelle Prak (S&S) Time: 6pm Venue: The Howling Bar, Adelaide, SA | |||
| 9th | AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Books at the Brewery: Jane Caro Lyrebird Time: 6pm Venue: The Taproom, Shedshaker Brewery for Northern Books | ||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | History Matters: Ross McMullin, Life So Full of Promise Time: 5.30pm Venue: Malvern Library (Stonnington Libraries) | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Tasma Walton in conversation I am Nannertgarrook Time: 1pm Venue: Stanton Library, 234 Miller St North Sydney 2060 | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Southsightedness by Gregory Day Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings Carlton | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Ali Lowe The Private Island in convo with Vanessa McCausland The Last Illusion of Page White Time: 7pm Venue: BMI Library, Ballarat | |||
| AUTHOR TALK | Karys McEwen The Paperbark Tree Committee Time: 10.30am Author Talk Time: 2.30pm Kids Writing Workshop Venue: Warrnambool Library | |||
| 10th | YOUNGER READERS EVENT | Stories and Writing with Cassy Polimeni Ella Time: 11am Venue: The Kids’ Bookshop, Mitcham | ||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Ali Lowe The Private Island will be in convo with Vanessa McCausland Time: 6.00pm Venue: Brighton Library for Bayside Libraries Publisher: Hachette | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Kylie Ladd The Mix-Up Time: 6.30pm Venue: Wheelers Hill Library for Monash Libraries | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Tasma Walton in conversation I am Nannertgarrook with Teela Reid Time: 7pm Venue: Royal Oak Pub Balmain for Roaring Stories | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Stories of Place, anthology featuring nine international writers including Melbourne’s Cath Johnston Time: 6pm Venue: Glenroy Library for Merribek Libraries | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of The Drop Off by David Stavanger (Upswell Publishing) Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings Carlton | |||
| INDUSTRY EVENT | Inside the Publishing House for Emerging Writers Festival & Hachette Time: 10am-4pm Venue: ONLINE | |||
| 10th-13th | FESTIVAL | Man from Snowy River Bush Festival, Corryong, VIC The MFSR Bush Festival Poetry and Music Competition started in 1995 and is now regarded as one of the most prestigious events in the country. | ||
| 11th | AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Kylie Ladd The Mix-Up with Kylie Orr Time: 6.30pm Venue: Meeniyan Town Hall for Nice Stack of Books | ||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Tasma Walton I Am Nannertgarrook in convo with Cheryl Leavy Time: 6pm Venue: Avid Reader, Brisbane | |||
| 12th | FESTIVAL | Fitzroy Writers Festival, Vic The Fitzroy Writers Festival is back in 2025! Join us under the chandeliers of Fitzroy’s first public library for a stellar line-up of writers, thinkers and artists. Events include: Fitzroy Food Now, New Crime Fiction, Rebecca Huntley on Sassafras, Melnaie Cheng in conversation with Tony Birch, George Megalogenis in conversation with Sean Kelly | ||
| ZINE MAKING | Zine Making Session – Afternoon drop-in Time: 1pm Venue: 510 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne | |||
| MEET THE AUTHOR | Mike Toomey Blue Streak Time: 10.30am Venue: Rowville Library | |||
| 13th | AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Booktown on Sunday: Fiona Hardy Unbury the Dead with Jacqui Horwood Time: 1.30pm Venue: Clunes Railway Station | ||
| 14th | AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Anna Ciddor Moonboy Time: 7.30pm Venue: ZOOM | ||
| 15th | AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Amie McNee in conversation about We Need Your Art Time: 6.00pm Venue: Readings Emporium | ||
| 16th | BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Creating Schools by Michael Lawrence and Fabio D’Agostin Time: 6pm Venue: Readings Hawthorn (Melbourne Books) | ||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Under the Same Moon by Peter Mitchell (Big Sky publishing) Time: 6.00pm Venue:The Thin Red Line Room, Jimmy Watson’s | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Kelly Gardiner & Sharmaini Kumar Miss Caroline Bingley Private Detective Time: 6.30pm Venue: Collins Booksellers, Moonee Ponds | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Gail Holmes In the Margins Time: 11am Venue: Mornington Library | |||
| 17th | AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Samah Sabawi Cactus Pear for my Beloved Time: 6.30pm Venue: Eltham Bookshop | ||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | The Magic of Writing with Samantha-Ellen Bound Seven Wherewithal Way Time: 11am Venue: The Kids’ Bookshop, Mitcham | |||
| 22nd | AUTHOR EVENT | Clayton Zane Comber & Conor McCammon The Marvellous Submarine At Escape Hatch Books, we believe in the magic that happens when children meet the authors and illustrators they love and the lasting impact that this can have. So bring your kids to join storytelling duo Clayton Zane Comber and Conor McCammon as they introduce you to Billy and Poppy who live in a lighthouse………. with a gorilla named Harold…….. and the world’s greatest inventor (their mum)! You should expect an event full of fun, art and adventure! Time: 4.30pm Venue: Escape Hatch Books | ||
| 23rd | AUTHOR STORYTIME | Join authors Clayton Zane Comber and Conor McCammon in store for a very special storytime to celebrate the launch of their children’s book series ‘The Marvellous Submarine’. Time: 4.00pm Venue: The Chestnut Tree Bookshop, West Footscray | ||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Sarah Hayden Parenting Different with Sharon Witt Time: 6pm Venue: Torquay Books | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Kate Grenville (Unsettled) in convo with Jock Serong Time: 6pm Venue: Geelong Library & Heritage Centre | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Jessica Stanley — Consider Yourself Kissed Time: 6.30pm Venue: Fitzroy Library for Yarra Libraries | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Tony Birch Women and Children Time: 2pm Venue: Croydon Library (Your Library Ltd) | |||
| BOOKS IN BARS | Emma Pignatiello Last Breath Time: 6.30pm Venue: Waurn Ponds Hotel for Dymocks Waurn Ponds | |||
| POETRY EVENT | Write ‘n’ Sip – Introduction to Poetry with Lia Hills The Desert Knows Her Name Time: 7pm Venue: Grace and Louie Booksellers, Emerald | |||
| 24th | BOOK SIGNING | The Marvellous Submarine by Clayton Zane Combe & Conor McCammon Join us to celebrate the launch of Clayton Zane Comber and Conor McCammon’s The Marvellous Submarine. Time: afternon visit to Readings Kids | ||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Grantlee Kieza Annette Kellerman, Australian Mermaid Time: 6.30pm Venue: in store at Collins Booksellers Moonee Ponds | |||
| 24th-27th | FESTIVAL | Sorrento Writers Festival VIC The Sorrento Writers Festival returns to the Mornington Peninsula with a vast program that celebrates Australia’s finest writers, speakers, creatives and storytellers. | ||
| 25th | BOOK LAUNCH | On Gallant Wings by Helen Edwards Time: 3pm Venue: Lake Boga Flying Museum | ||
| 26th | BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Big Trouble with an Old Fart by Lachlann Carter and Douglas Holgate (Hardie Grant Kids) Time: 2.00pm Venue: Readings Kids | ||
| ZINE MAKING | Zine Making at the Sticky Institute Time: 12pm – 1.30pm Venue: Sticky Institute, Melbourne | |||
| 27th-May 17 | FESTIVAL | Stratford Shakespeare Festival Stratford Victoria – see their website for program details | ||
| 27th | FESTIVAL | The Greek-Australian Writers’ Festival Guests include: Kirily Dimitriadis, Karen Martin, EmilyTsokos Purtill, Will Kotsakis, George Kouvaros, Nikos Papastergiadis, Shelley Dark, Dr Anastasia Hronis and more Time: 9am – 6pm Venue: Prince Henry Centre, Little Bay | ||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Rosie’s Garden by Olivia Coates with RWR McDonald Time: 2.30pm Venue: Blarney Books & Art | |||
| 28th | BOOK LAUNCH | Vanish, Shelley Burr Vanish, with Jacqui Horwood Time: 6.30pm Venue: Beaumaris Library (Bayside Libraries) with Sisters in Crime | ||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Dervla McTiernan in conversation with Josh Pomare to discuss her new novel The Unquiet Grave (Harper Collins) Time: 6.30pm Venue: Church of All Nations, Carlton | |||
| AUTHOR EVENT | An Evening with Gina Chick Time: 7pm Venue: Centenary Theatre, Williamstown for Willy Lit Fest | |||
| AUTHOR EVENT | Deborah Pike The Players Time: 6.30pm Venue: Northcote Library, for Darebin Libraries | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Natasha Lester The Mademoiselle Alliance Time: 6pm Venue: Waurn Ponds Library | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Hannah Kent Always Home, Always Homesick Time: 7.30pm Venue: elder Hall, Uni of Adelaide for Matilda Bookshop | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Grantlee Kieza Annette Kellerman Australian Mermaid Time: 2pm Venue: Barown Heads ArtsHub for Heads and Tales Bookstore | |||
| 29th | AUTHOR TALK | Shelley Burr Vanish Time: 6.00pm Venue: BMI Library, Ballarat | ||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Natasha Lester The Mademoiselle Alliance with Kate Mildenhall Time: 6pm Venue: Brighton Library (Bayside Libraries) | |||
| AUTHOR TALK | Fiona Hardy Unbury the Dead Tiem: 6.30pm Venue: Emerald Hill Library, Melbourne | |||
| AUTHOR TALK | Dervla McTiernan The Unquiet Grave time: 6pm Venue: Geelong Librart & Heritage Centre for Geelong Libraries | |||
| AUTHOR TALK | Christian White The Ledge Time: 7pm Venue: Manor Lakes Library, Manham Lakes for Libraries Wyndham | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Sean Reynolds Melbourne Ghost Signs (Scribe) Time: 7pm Venue: Sam Merrifield Library for Moonee Valley Libraries | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Katrina Kell Chloe in conversation with Jock Serong Time: 5.30pm Venue: Blarney Books & Art | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Little World, Josephine Rowe Time: 6pm Venue: Bard’s Apothecary for Paperback Bookshop | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Desire Paths by Megan Clement (Ultimo) Time: 6pm Venue: Readings Carlton | |||
| BOOK CLUB | Curious Writers Book Club: Symbolism and Metaphor with Lu Sexton & Steph Preston Time: 6pm Venue: ONLINE | |||
| 30th | PANEL EVENT | Crime and Mystery Unveiled with Vikki Petraitis, Kirsen Alexander After The Fall, Fiona Hardy Unbury the Dead and Christine Keighery We’re Not Us Without You Time: 6pm Venue: Realm Library Ringwood Your Library Ltd & Sisters In Crime | ||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of Everyday Permaculture by Anna Matilda (Hardie Grant) Time: 6pm Venue: Readings Carlton | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | Launch of The Opposite of Lonely Hilde Hinton in convo with Katherine Collette Time: 6.30pm Venue: Fairfield Bookshop | |||
| AUTHOR TALK | Deborah Pike The Players Time: 6.30pm Venue: Northcote Library | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Alison Goodman in conversation about her new novel, The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin (Harper Collins) Time: 6pm Venue: Readings Hawthorn | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Natasha Lester The Mademoiselle Alliance Time: 11am Venue: Gisborne Library Time: 5pm Venue: Castlemaine Library | |||
| AUTHOR CONVERSATION | Jane Rawson Human Nature and Gregory Day South Sightedness Time: 6pm Venue: The Book Bird, Geelong | |||
| BOOKS IN BARS | Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar Miss Caroline Bingley Private Detective Time: 6.30pm Venue: Waurn Ponds Hotel, for Dymocks Waurn Ponds | |||
| BOOK LAUNCH | The Sun was Electric Light by Rachel Morton Time: 7.30pm Venue: Collins Booksellers Warrnambool |