Bookshop, Library & Festival Events – January & February 2024
| Date | Host | Details | |
| 17th Jan | RACV Hobart | Book launch! A Shadow at the Door by Jo Dixon Time: 6.00pm Venue: RACV Hobart | |
| 18th Jan | Numurkah Library | Author Talk: Megan Rogers The Heart is a Star Time: 2.30pm Venue: Numurkah Library AND Time: 6.00pm Venue: Mooroopna Library | |
| 19th Jan | Dymocks Hobart | Author Lunch with Jo Dixon A Shadow at the Door Time: 12.30pm Venue: Tesoro, Hobart | |
| Nagambie Library | Author Talk: Megan Rogers, The Heart is a Star Time: 2.30pm Venue: Nagambie Library | ||
| 22nd Jan | Blarney Books and Art | Author event: Fiona Basile Immerse Time: 4.00pm Venue: In store at Blarney, Port Fairy | |
| 24th Jan | Benalla library | Author Talk: Gabriel Bergmoser The Caretaker Time: 5.30pm Venue: Benalla Library | |
| 25th | Wangaratta Library | Meet the Author: Gabriel Bergmoser The Caretaker Time: 6.30pm Venue: Wangaratta Library | |
| 30th Jan | Dogs Bar St. Kilda | Book Launch! Andromache Between Worlds by Gabriel Bergmoser Time: 7.00pm Venue: Dogs Bar, St. Kilda (HC) | |
| 1st Feb | Wheeler Centre | 2024 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Time: 6:00pm LIVE STREAMED | |
| 3rd Feb | Your Library | Book Launch!! The Eleventh Floor by Kylie Orr Time: 2pm Venue: Millers Homestead BOOKED OUT! | |
| Writers Victoria & Eltham Library | Kate Mildenhall – A presentation on Creative Resilience This event is sold out BUT there is a wait list! Time: 2.00pm – 3.00pm Venue: Eltham Library | ||
| Merribeck Libraries | Author Event: Ellen van Neerven Personal Score Time: 1.00pm Venue: Brunswick Town Hall | ||
| Melton City Libraries | Author Talk: Danielle Scrimshaw She and Her Pretty Friend TRime: 1.00pm Venue: Caroline Springs Library | ||
| Upper Murray Writers | Literary Lunch – with a side of mystery! With authors Hugh McGinlay and Roy Maloy Details via link above | ||
| 5th | Melb Writers Club | #MELBWRITERSCLUB kicks off the new year with special guest, Jenna Lo Bianco @the.italian.teacher Time: 6.00pm Venue: Arbory Eatery – all welcome — simply turn up! | |
| 6th Feb | Mary Martin Books | Mystery Author Night: Meet at the appointed time at our book stall (details below). We will take you on a short walk to a cosy venue where your mystery book and a glass of wine await. While you sit back in good company and unwrap your surprise, we will introduce you to the author of the book. Time: 6.15pm Meet at: Mary Martin Books, String Bean Alley, Queen Vic Market | |
| Wagga Library | Book Launch: Sidelines by Karen Viggers Time: 12.30pm Venue: Wagga Library | ||
| Sandringham Library | In conversation: Kylie Orr The Eleventh Hour with RWR McDonald Time: 6.00pm Venue: Sandringham Library | ||
| Paperback Bookshop | Paperback Poetry Slam with LK Holt, Grace Yee & Roslyn Orlando Time: 6.00pm Venue: Bard’s Apothecary | ||
| Readings Books | Book Launch: Gone by Glenna Thomson (PRH) Time: 6:30pm Venue: Carlton Store | ||
| 7th Feb | Readings Books | Book launch: Whenever You’re Ready by Trish Bolton with Lucy Treloar (A&U) Time: 6.30pm Venue: Carlton Store | |
| BMI Library, Ballarat | Author event: Elizabeth Coleman, A Dance With Murder Time: 6pm Venue: BMI Library | ||
| Chestnut Tree Bookshop | An evening of Poetry and Wine! Guest authors are: Thuy On, Shu-Ling Chua and Emilie Collyer Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm Venue: West Footscray Wine Bar | ||
| Beechworth Library | Author Talk: Karen Viggers Sidelines Time: 1pm Venue: Beechworth Library Bookings at: 1300 365 003 AND 6pm Shepparton Library, 03 58222679 | ||
| 8th Feb | Books in Bars by Dymocks | Books in Bars with Kylie Orr The Eleventh Floor with Matt Davies Time: 6.30pm Venue: Urban Alley Brewery, Knox | |
| Ink Bookshop Mansfield | Author Talk: Karen Viggers Sidelines Time: 6.00pm Venue: In store, Mansfield | ||
| Brunswick Bound | Book launch: My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown with Emily Bitto Time: 6.30pm Venue: In store, Brunswick Bound | ||
| Fullers Bookshop, Hobart | Book Launch! The Chocolate Factory by Mary-Lou Stephens Time: 5.30pm Venue: In store, Hobart | ||
| Readings Books | Book Launch: Kerryn Mayne will chat with Elizabeth Coleman A Dance With Murder Time: 6.30pm Venue: Readings Carlton | ||
| Midsumma Festival | Wise Words with Sophie Cunningham, Laniyuk, CS Pacat, Julie Peters and Tuesday Atzinger with MC, Aurelia St. Clair Time: 6.30pm Venue: Abbotsford Convvent | ||
| 9 Feb-3March | Perth Festival | Perth Festival, Literary and Ideas | |
| 10th Feb | SCBWI | SCBWI Vic event at Library at the Dock Our guest speaker will be literary agent Jacinta di Mase. Our member speakers will be author Katie Flannigan and author/illustrator Jackie Case Time: 2.30pm Venue: Library at the Dock | |
| Farrells Bookshop | Book Launch: Baboon in a Balloon by Patrick Guest Time: 3.30pm Venue: in store, Farrells, Mornington | ||
| Collins Booksellers on Lydiard | Author Event: Jodie Toering Night Watch Time: 11.30am Venue: In store, Ballarat | ||
| Frankston City Libraries | FRANKtalk with Fiona Basile, Immerse Time: 11am Venue: Frankston Library | ||
| 10th-11th | Sticky Institute | Festival of the Photocopier & Zine Fair Venue: 3 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne | |
| 11th | Verso Books | Author Talk: Karen Viggers Sidelines in convo with Kylie Orr Time: 2.30pm Venue: Yarra Glen Memorial Hall | |
| Adelaide Italian Youth | Author Talk: Jenna Lo Bianco will discuss The Italian Marriage Time: 2.00pm Venue: Campbelltown Public Library, Newtown | ||
| Muse, Canberra | Author Event: Peter Polites God Forgets About the Poor in conversation with Nigel Featherstone Time: 3.00pm Venue: Muse | ||
| Melton City Libraries | Author Talk: Joe Bakhmoutski Finding Home in Times of Uncertainty Time: 1.00pm Venue: Melton Library (IG handle @simplifyguy) | ||
| Yarra Libraries | Book Launch: All You Can Be by Angela Casabene & Michelle Conn Time: 3.00pm Venue: North Fitzroy Library | ||
| 13th Feb | Geelong Regional Libraries | Author Talk: Rachelle Unreich – A Brilliant Life Time: 5.30pm Venue: Belmont Library | |
| Hume Libraries | Stories with Spice Workshop with Anne Freeman Time: 6.45pm Venue: Coburg Library | ||
| Mornington Peninsula Libraries | Author Talk: Anne Marie Lunkenheimer Not Without My Passport Time: 2.00pm Venue: Rosebud Library | ||
| 14th Feb | Eltham Bookshop | In conversation: Karren Viggers Sidelines will be in convo with Kate Mildenhall Time: 6.30pm Venue: in store at Eltham Bookshop | |
| City of Melbourne Libraries | North Melbourne Literary Salon with Gina Perry My Father the Whale and Kate Ryan The Golden Book Time: 5.45pm Venue: North Melbourne Library | ||
| Northern Books | An Evening with Jelena Dokic Time: 7.00pm Venue: Phee Broadway Theatre, Castlemaine | ||
| Readings Books | Book Launch: Not Here to Make Friends by Jodi McAlister with Nina Kenwood (S&S) Time: 6.00pm Venue: Emporium | ||
| Readings Books | Book Launch: God and the Angel by Shiroma Perera-Nathan Time: 6.30pm Venue: State Library | ||
| Readings Books | Author Event: Valentine’s Day with Rachel Matthews authr of Never Look Desperate (Transit Lounge) Time: 6:30pm Venue: Carlton store | ||
| Hume Libraries | Stories with Spice Workshop with Anne Freeman Time: 6.30pm Venue: Sunbury Library | ||
| Dymocks Books | Books in Bars: Jo Dixon A Shadow at the Door Time: 6.30pm Venue: Ceres Distilling Co, Grovedale | ||
| 15th Feb | Northern Books | Lunch with Jelena Dokic This will be a unique opportunity to hear from one of Australia’s most respected women. Time: 12.30pm Venue: The Oaks Grill, Kyneton | |
| Farrells Bookshop | Author event: Karen Viggers Sidelines with Irma Gold Time: 6.15pm Venue: in store at Farrells | ||
| Wheelers Hill Library | Author Talk: Kylie Orr The Eleventh Floor Time: 7.00pm Venue: Wheelers Hill Library | ||
| Readings Books | Poetry Launch: Gawimarra by Jeanine Leane (UQP) Time: 6.30pm Venue: State Library Vic | ||
| Campaspe Libraries | Author Talk: Tracee Spiby One Hell of a Time Time: 10.30am Venue: Kyabram Library AND Time: 2.00pm Venue: Echuca Library | ||
| Hume Library | A Libraries After Dark author talk with Erina Reddan as we discuss her new novel “Deep in the Forest”, exploring power, cults, and the need to belong Time: 6.30pm Venue: Sunbury Library | ||
| IPED | Social Media for Editors with Jess Gately Time: 10am (AWST) Venue: ONLINE | ||
| Readings Books | Growing Up Muslim in Australia with editors Amra Pajalic and Demet Divaroren Time: 6.30pm Venue: Carlton | ||
| Melbourne Jewish Book Week | Global Conversations: Richard Cooke & Deborah Stone discuss Dark Star: Elon Musk’s Dangerous Turn Time: 7.30pm Venue: ONLINE & free | ||
| 16th Feb | Mornington Peninsula Libraries | Author Talk: Kylie Orr The Eleventh Floor and Jo Dixon A Shadow at the Door Time: 11am Venue: Mornington Library | |
| Stella Organisation | Stella Day Out, Hobart! Confirmed talent include the 2017 winner of the Stella Prize, Heather Rose, Stella Prize longlisted author, Amanda Lohrey and poet and editor Michelle Cahill. Time: from 1.00pm Venue: The Salon at The Hedberg, University of Tasmania | ||
| Merribek Libraries | Author event: An evening with poet Sara Saleh The Flirtation of Girls Time: 6.30pm Venue: Brunswick Library | ||
| Sisters In Crime | Dark and Deadly Family Secrets: With Jo Dixon, Kylie Orr, Glenna Thomson and Vikki Petraitis Time: 7.30pm Venue: The Rising Sun, South Melbourne | ||
| 17th Feb | Readings Books | Book Launch: Weekend Friends by Bella Ellwood-Clayton Time: 2.30pm Venue: St. Kilda | |
| Hume Libraries | Stories with Spice Workshop with Anne Freeman Time: 10.30am Venue: Tullamarine Library | ||
| Geelong Libraries | BOOK LAUNCH: Where is Love by Jennifer Kurtze Time: 11am Venue: Leopold Library | ||
| 17th-25th | Poetry Festival | Banjo Paterson Poetry Festival Orange, NSW | |
| 18th | Geelong Libraries | Writing crime workshop with Vikki Petraitis Time: 10.30am Venue: Geelong Library and Heritage Centre | |
| Connected Libraries | Library Lovers Day with Rachel Johns The Other Bridget Time: 2.00pm Venue: Bunjil Place Library, Narre Warren | ||
| 19th | Readings Books | Jo Dixon A Shadow at the Door in conversation with Kate Mildenhall Time: 6.30pm Venue: Emporium Store | |
| 20th Feb | Readings Books | Paul E. Hardisty in conversation The Forcing Time: 6:00pm Venue: Emporium | |
| Readings Books | Book Launch: Kind of, Sort of, Maybe… But Probably Not by Imbi Neeme (PRH) Time: 6.30pm Venue: Carlton store | ||
| Geelong Libraries | Author Talk: Rachel Johns The Other Bridget Time: 5.30pm Venue: Newcomb Library | ||
| 21st Feb | Northern Books | Books at the Brewery: In conversation Leah Kaminsky Doll’s Eye with Anthea Matley Planting Memories Time: 5.30pm Venue: The Taproom, Castlemaine | |
| Riverina Readers Festival | An evening with Tony Park Vendetta Time: 5.45pm Venue: Museum of the Riverina, Wagga Wagga | ||
| BMI Library, Ballarat | In conversation with Lucas Jordan, The Chipilly Six Time: 6pm Venue: BMI Library | ||
| Geelong Libraries | Author Talk: Lucy Treloar Days of Innocence and Wonder Time: 6.30pm Venue: Geelong Library & Heritage Centre | ||
| Readings Books | Poetry Launch: hold on by Hermina Burns Time: 6.30pm Venue: Carlton | ||
| Wheeler Centre | Hear from Dassi Erlich In Bad Faith Time: 6.30pm Venue: The Wheeler Centre | ||
| 22nd | Readings Books | Book Launch: Girl Friday by Kristine Phillipp (HG) Time: 6.00pm Venue: Hawthorn | |
| Darebin Libraries | Author Talk: Erica Redden, Deep in the Forest Time: 7.00pm Venue: Preston Library | ||
| Readings Books | Book Launch: Monument by Bonny Cassidy (Giramondo) Time: 6.30pm Venue: Carlton store | ||
| Merribek Libraries | Author Event: Jacinta Parsons A Question of Age Time: 6.30pm Venue: Brunswick Town Hall | ||
| Readings Books | Book Launch: Girl Friday by Kristine Phillipp (Hardie Grant) Time: 6.00pm Venue: Hawthorn | ||
| Readings Books | Maxine Beneba Clarke in conversation Time: 6.00pm Venue: Emporium Together with the wonderful people at the Malthouse Theatre, we are delighted to give you the opportunity to meet and listen to author extraordinaire Maxine Beneba Clarke, before the opening of The Hate Race. (Hachette) | ||
| AUTHOR EVENT | Author Event: with Rachelle Unreich, an immersive experience into her book A Brilliant Life with refreshments and music by the renowned St. Kilda synagogue choir. Time: 7.00pm Venue: St. Kilda Shule, Charnwood Grove, St. Kilda | ||
| Melton City Libraries | Author Talk: Jenny Trewhella Over the Log – A Tale of Pioneering Women Time: 6.30pm Venue: Melton Library | ||
| 23rd | Pantera Press | Book Launch: The Next Big Thing by James Colley with comedians Kirsty Webeck, Frankie McNair & Nayuka Gorrie Time: 6.00pm Venue: The Wheeler Centre | |
| Melbourne Art Fair | Conversations: Patricia Karvelas will be in conversatin with Jennifer Higgie, author of The Other Side Time: 3.00pm Venue: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre | ||
| 22nd-23rd | FESTIVAL | Beyond the Book Literature Festival, Maroochydore, QLD (Formerly Voices on the Coast) Australia’s premier youth literature festival Guests include: Graham Akhurst, Charlotte Barka, AJ Betts, Zanni Louise, Ellie Marney, Joel McKerrow, Katrina Nannestad, CS Pacat, Mark Smith, Oliver Phommavanh, Briony Stewart and so many more! | |
| 23rd-25th | FESTIVAL | Genre Con, Brisbane: In-person & virtual events GenreCon is the leading conference for genre writers | |
| 24th | FESTIVAL | Sydney Muslim Writers Festival NSW This vibrant event serves as a dynamic platform for Muslim writers and thinkers to engage in compelling discussions, share their diverse experiences, and celebrate the flourishing literature within the Muslim community. | |
| Your Library Ltd | Meet the Author: Merryn Glover The Hidden Fires Time: 11.00am Venue: Belgrave Library | ||
| 25th | Fairfield Books | Author event: Trish Bolton Whenever You’re Ready and Rachel Matthews Never Look Desperate in conversation. Booking link still to be released. Time: 4.30pm Venue: in store, Fairfield Books | |
| Eltham Bookshop | Writing Workshop with Emily Gale & Nova Weetman Outlaw Girls Creative Writing workshop for 8-13 year-olds Time: 3.00pm Venue: in store, Eltham | ||
| 27th | Moruya Books | Author Event: Karen Viggers Sidelines Time: 10am Genue: Mogendoura Fram | |
| Wheeler Centre | Richard Ford (Be Mine) in conversation with Jonathon Green Time: 6.30pm Venue: The Wheeler Centre | ||
| Merribek Libraries | Author Event: Mick Cummins So Close to Home Time: 6.45pm Venue: Coburg Library | ||
| National Sustainability Festival | Book Launch: Live More With Less by Dr Kate Luckins Time: 6.30pm Venue: The Capitol Theatre, Melbourne | ||
| CBCA | Book of the Year Awards: Night of the Notables Time: 7.00pm via CBCA You Tube | ||
| 28th | Antipodes Bookshop | Words After Dark: with Amy Brown My Brilliant Sister Time: 6.00pm Venue: in store, Sorrento | |
| Wheeler Centre | Jane Smiley in Conversation Lucky, A Novel Time: 06:30pm Venue: Wheeler Centre | ||
| Geelong Libraries | Author Talk: Kristine Philipp Girl Friday Time: 5.30pm Venue: Torquay Library | ||
| BMI Ballarat | Twilight Talk with Dr Frank Hurley Look Back on Languour and Pastor Bill Sutcliffe Driven Time: 5.30pm Venue: BMI Library, Ballarat | ||
| 28th Feb-March 3rd | Glen Eira Libraries | Glen Eira Storytelling Festival Melbourne, VIC The 13th annual Glen Eira Storytelling Festival is on again in Feb/March this year! | |
| 29th Feb | Your Library | Meet the Author: Robyn Bishop The Rust Red Land Time: 2.00pm Venue: Yarra Junction Library (Spinifex Press) | |
| Wheeler Centre | Peter Frankopan The Earth Transformed Time: 6.00pm Venue: The Wheeler Centre | ||
| Wheeler Centre | Celebrated novelist and screenwriter Patrick deWitt discusses his latest novel, The Librarianist Time: 8.00pm Venue: The Wheeler Centre | ||
| History Council of Victoria | In the History Council of Victoria’s first in person Book+Author event, Dr Yves Rees will be in-conversation with Dr Alecia Simmonds, award-winning historian and author of Courting: An Intimate History of Love and the Law (La Trobe University Press, 2023 Time: 6.00pm Venue: Wheeler Centre | ||
| Brunswick Bound Bookstore | Poetry Launch: I Saw the Best Memes of My Generation by Dominic Symes and Alex Creece Time: 6.00pm Venue: Brunswick Artists Bar | ||
| Readings Books | Book Launch: The Future of Service is 5D by Jacquie Scammell Time: 6.30pm Venue: State Library Vic | ||
| Readings Books | Book Launch: Cool Water by Myfanwy Jones (Hachette) Time: 6.30pm Venue: Melbouren Athenaeum Library | ||
| Readings Books | Book Launch: Chloe by Katrina Kell Time: 6.00pm Venue: Young & Jackson’s (Echo Publishing & A&U) | ||
| Monash Library Service | Author Event: Leah Kaminsky Doll’s Eye Time: 7.00pm Venue: Wheelers Hill Library | ||
| GV Libraries | Author Talk: Karen Viggers Sidelines time: 6.00pm Venue: Goulburn Mulwaree Library | ||
| GV Libraries | Author Talk: Ruth and Don Pollock Hard Women and Suggy’s Men Time: 10.30am Tatura Library, 2.30pm Nathalia Library | ||
| The Bookshop Bowral | Literary Morning Tea with Karen Viggers Sidelines Time: 10.30am Venue: Centennial Vineyards Restaurant, Bowral | ||
| The PBC | Readers: Books and Conversations, Suzie Miller Prima Facie in convo with Michaela Kalowski Time: 8.00pm Venue: The PBC | ||
| 1st March | Stonnington Libraries | Author event: Edita Mukic Between Before and After Time: 2.00pm Venue: Toorak/South Yarra Library | |
| 2nd-7th | FESTIVAL | Adelaide Writers Week SA The 2024 line-up is truly breathtaking with international stars Anne Enright, Elizabeth Strout, Jane Smiley and many more, alongside Australian literary legends, Alexis Wright, Melissa Lukashenko, Christos Tsiolkas, Charlotte Wood, Pip Williams and so many many more! Could be the line-up of the year! | |
| 2nd-21st | FESTIVAL | Words out West, Dalby, QLD For readers, writers and word-lovers alike, in Western Downs! Schooners and Stories (2.3.24): with William McInnes Books & Bubbles (8.3.24): with Wendy Harmer Festival Day (9.3.24): Guests include Michael Robotham, Kate Mildenhall, Benjamin Stevenson, Karly Lane, Brendan Watkins, Dinuka McKenzie, Michael Atkinson & Claudine Tinellis Writers Workshops 10.3.24): with Matt Davies and Mardie Sands Author Tour (21.3.24): Nikki Mottram | |
| 5th March | BMI Library, Ballarat | In conversation with Imbi Neeme, Kind of Sort of Maybe Time: 6.00pm Venue: BMI Libary | |
| Readings Books | In Conversation: Saray Bailey Body of Lies (A&U) Time: 6:30pm Venue: Hawthorn |