Bookshop, Library & Festival Events – November & December 2026
| Date | Event Host | Event Details |
| 30 Oct to Nov 1 | FESTIVAL | Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival Katoomba NSW Presented by Varuna, the National Writers’ House, the Festival will take place in Katoomba amid the spectacular surrounds of the world-heritage listed Blue Mountains. |
| 30 Oct to Nov 1 | FESTIVAL | Sunshine Coast Fiction Festival Where: Venue 114 in Bokarina (Maroochydore) This 3 day festival celebrating authors and readers, will include writing workshops, author panels, special guests and entertainment. The book signing will be a two day event where we invite readers of all fiction genres to meet and chat with our authors |
| 1 | Northern Books | An afternoon with Leigh Sales & Gwen Blake The Holiday Kitchen time: 1.30pm Venue: The Phee Broadway Theatre, Castlemaine |
| 2 | Hill of Content | Jamboree with Carrie Tiffany, Laura Belfrage and Astari, and Andre Dao Time: 6.30pm Venue: in store |
| 4 | Sorrento on Tour | Kate Grenville joins journalist and Sorrento Writers Festival Director Corrie Perkin for a discussion about The Country School Master: A Mystery in 88 Letters Time: 6pm Venue: Gasworks Art Precinct |
| Hill of Content | Book Launch: Melbourne’s Palace by Dr Michelle Stevenson Time: 6pm Venue: in store, Bourke Street | |
| Readings | Launch of Live Like a Wildflower by Ally Ferguson Time: 6pm Venue; Hawthorn | |
| The Wheeler Centre | Ariarne Titmus in conversation Relentless Time: 7pm Venue: The Wheeler Centre | |
| Collins Shepparton | Author event: Warren Rankin Fifteen Feet Tall Time: 6pm Venue: in store, Shepparton | |
| Rosebud Book Barn | Romy Ash Mantle in conversation with Andrea Rowe Time: 6.30pm Venue: in store, Rosebud | |
| 5 | Wheeler Centre | Michael Pollan in conversation How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore’s Dilemma Time: 7pm Venue; Melbourne Town Hall |
| Readings | Meet Neal Shusterman and ask him anything! (Rising Thunder) Time: 6pm Venue: Hawthorn | |
| Bayside Libraries | Chris Machera Old Vintage Melbourne in convo with Jaclyn Crupi Time: 6pm Venue; Brighton Library | |
| Collins Croydon | Teacher Talk with Troy Hunter & Mark Wilson Time: 4.30pm Venue: in store, Croydon | |
| Dymocks Waurn Ponds | Books in Bars: Nina Kenwood in conversation Time: 6.30pm VenueL Waurn Ponds Hotel | |
| 6 | Mornington Peninsula Libraries | Author Talk: Lauren Mallaby Unravelling the Sacred Time: 11am Venue: Rosebud Library |
| Campaspe Library | Fiona Tarr in conversation On Barren Ground with Phillip Nefri Clark Time: 10.30am Venue: Rochester Library | |
| Great Ocean Reads | Lunch with Jock Serong A Suitable Man Time: 112.30pm Venue: Apollo Bay Golf Club | |
| Nice Stack of Books | Anne Freeman The Time After Now in conversation with Marion Osmond Time: 6.30pm Venue: Meeniyan Town Hall | |
| 6-8 | FESTIVAL | Berry Writers Festival NSW Three days of ideas and inspiration in the beautiful historic village of Berry. |
| 7 | Great Escape Books | Book Launch: One for Sorrow Favel Parett with Tanya Scott Time: 6.30pm Venue: in store, Aireys Inlet |
| Little Bookroom | Book launch: The Everyday Tutu by Andrea Rowe & Tess Moh Time: 2pm Venue: in store, Brunswick East | |
| FESTIVAL | Sweet Love Romance & Romantasy Book Fair VIC Sweet Love Book Fair is back, bringing romance to the ‘burbs November 7, 2026 | |
| 8 | Best Seller Book Club | Live Game Show with Denise Scott, Myf Warhurst, Zan Rowe & Sarah Jones Time: 2pm Venue: Thornbury Theatre |
| Collins Croydon | In conversation with Katrina Nannestad All of Us Time: 12pm Venue: in store, Croydon | |
| 9 | Readings | Celebrate the launch of Before I Sing You This Song by Justine Sless Time: 6pm Venue: Hawthorn |
| 10 | Ink Bookshop | Lunch with Paul Bangay Diary of an English Garden Time: 11am Venue: Delatite Winery SOLD OUT |
| Brunswick Bound Bookshop | Launch: Favel Parrett to celebrate One for Sorrow in conversation with Astrid Edwards Time: 6pm Venue: The Wild Geese Hotel, Brunswick | |
| Readings | Bobuq Sayed in conversation about No God but Us Time: 6pm Venue: Emporium | |
| BMI Ballarat & Collins on Lydiard | An Evening with Peter FitzSimons Race to the top of the World Time: 6pm Venue: BMI Library | |
| 11 | Sorrento on Tour | Peter FitzSimons in conversation Race to the Top of the World Time: 6pm Venue: South Yarra Toorak Library |
| Readings | Join us for an evening with the one and only, Tim Winton songs from the firefront Time: 6pm Venue; Union Theatre SOLD OUT | |
| Fairfield Books | Author Talk: Jake Taylor Riverside Modern Time: 6.30pm Venue: in stort, Fairfield | |
| The Leaf Bookshop | Jack Heath Choppy Water in conversation with Kate Solly Time: 7.30pm Venue: in store, Ashburton | |
| The Wheeler Centre | Dr Bushra Othman, editor of The Weight of Witness, joins contributor Dr Saya Aziz to reflect on their experiences volunteering on medical missions to Gaza. Time: 6.30pm Venue: The Wheeler Centre | |
| Your Library Ltd | Peter Mitchell I’ll Walk Beside You in conversation Time: 6pm: Venue: Croydon Library | |
| Sun Bookshop | Natalie Paull & Danielle Alvarez in conversation with Jacinta Parsons Time: 6.30pm Venue: The Sun Theatre, Yarraville | |
| Collins on Lydiard | Favel Parrett one for sorrow in conversation with Brooke Davis Time: 6.00pm Venue: Old Colonists Club | |
| Collins Moonee Ponds | Tania Blanchard in Conversation The Paris Prize Time: 6.30pm Venue: in store, Moonee Ponds | |
| 12 | GV Libraries | Author Talk: Fleur McDonald The Buried Time: 2.30pm Venue: Yarrawonga Library Time: 6.30pm Venue: Wangaratta Library |
| Geelong Libraries | Pip Williams – The German Ward in conversation with Charlotte Guest Time: 6pm Venue: Geelong Library & Heritage Centre | |
| Readings | Launch of the 2026 Hope Prize anthology Bright Side Time: 6pm Venue: The Church of All Nations | |
| Dymocks Books | Book Launch: Lavender & Hemlock by Lili Wilkinson & Fallen Beauty by Astrid Scholte Time: 7pm Venue: 234 Collins Street, Melbourne | |
| Stories by the Sea | Brendan James Murray Childhood in conversation with Andrea Rowe Time: 6pm Venue: in store, Mt Eliza | |
| Torquay Books | Favel Parrett one for sorrow in conversation with Brooke Davis Time: 6pm Venue: in store, Torquay | |
| 12-14 | FESTIVAL | Readings – A Day in Carlton – 24 hours of literary goodness! So many brilliant events with much-loved authors for all genres of writing Various venues – see Readings website for details |
| 13 | Collins on Lydiard | A Morning with Tania Blanchard The Paris Prize Time: 11am Venue: Grainery Lane, Ballarat |
| Mornington Peninsula Libraries | Author Talk with Sports Writer Ken Piesse – 100 Not Out Time: 11am Venue: Mornington Library | |
| Hamilton Library | Author Talk: Fleur McDonald The Buried Time: 12.00pm Venue: Ararat Library Time: 5.30pm Venue: Hamilton Library | |
| The Wheeler Centre | Joshua Hortinela and Dee Salmin offer agony-aunt advice on everything to do with love and relationships Time: 8pm Venue: The Wheeler Centre | |
| Stories by the Sea | Stories at the long table (dinner) with Guy Mirabella Pranzo & Jaclyn Crupi Time: 6.30pm Venue: in store FULLY BOOKED | |
| 13-15 | FESTIVAL | Mountain Writers Festival, Macedon, VIC The festival, founded by local author and director Sonia Orchard in 2022, is Australia’s first writers’ festival dedicated exclusively to the environment, centreing on a “Place, Story, Nature” theme. The 2026 program will feature readings, conversations, workshops and special events for readers and writers of all ages and stages. |
| 14 | Geelong Libraries | Anna Woods LIT in conversation with Alison Wong Time: 10.30am Venue: Biyal-a Armstrong Creek Library |
| Collins Warrnambool | Festival of Stories at Flaggy – a literary festival for kiss Authors Fiona Harris, Felice Arena, Olivia Coates and Neridah McMullin. Time: 12 – 3:30pm Venue: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, Warrnambool | |
| Little Bookroom | BOOK LAUNCH: Splish, Splash, Splosh! by Renae Hayward & Briony Stewart Time: 2pm Venue: in store, Brunswick East | |
| Readings | Celebrate the launch of On One Nation and the Rising Right by John Birmingham Time: 6pm Venue: Hawthorn | |
| Potter Museum | Sophie Cunningham & Ashley Hay will dsicuss Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the Gum Tree Time: 1pm Venue: Promrose Potter Studio, Potter Museum of Art | |
| 15 | Little Bookroom | BOOK LAUNCH: Duck 2 – When Nature Calls! By Matt Stanton Time: 11am Venue: in store, Brunswick East |
| 17 | Mornington Peninsula Libraries | Author Q&A: Marguerita Stephens with Aunty Fay Stewart-Muir The Years of Terror: Banbu-deen: Kulin and Colonists at Port Phillip 1835-1851 Time: 2pm Venue: Rosebud Library |
| Northern Books | Books at Buda: Andy Jackson in conversation: Human Looking Time: 6pm Venue: Buda House, Castlemaine | |
| Collins on Lydiard | In Conversation with Anna Downes Dark Days Hotel Time: 6pm Venue: Old Colonists Club, Ballarat | |
| 18 | Readings | Celebrate the launch of Dark Days Hotel by Anna Downes with Sally Hepworth Time: 6pm Venue: Hawthorn |
| The Wheeler Centre | Building Bad, Nick McKenzie and Nick Schneiders in conversation Time: 6.30pm Venue: The Wheeler Centre SOLD OUT | |
| Geelong Libraries | Author Talk: Nina Kenwood People Skills Time: 6pm Venue: Boronggook Drysdale Library | |
| 19 | Rosebud Book Barn | Brooke Davis No One’s Looking in conversation with Andrea Rowe Time: 6.30pm Venue: in store, Rosebud |
| Stories by the Sea | Liz Hicklin & Jacinta Parsons in conversation Time: 6pm Venue: in store TICKETS SELLING FAST | |
| Mornington Peninsula Libraries | Anna Downes in conversation Dark Days Hotel with Naima Brown Time: 6pm Venue: Mornington Library | |
| 20 | Stella Org | Stella DAY OUT: Wagga Wagga hear directly from Stella Prize-listed writers Lucy Nelson and Romy Ash as they discuss their craft. Time: 10am – 3pm Location: Wagga Wagga City Library |
| Collins on Lydiard | In Conversation with Kate Asher Crown of Olympus, Blood of Olympus Time: 6pm Venue: Old Colonists Club, Ballarat | |
| 20-21 | FESTIVAL | Bad Crime Sydney Writers Festival Sydney NSW The BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival is an annual event that explores what crime can tell us about human beings today and in the past. Speakers include writers, reporters and film-makers, and professionals from the justice system such as detectives, judges and psychologists. |
| 20-22 | FESTIVAL | Context Writers Festival – a different narrative by Writers SA & City of Adelaide Various venues |
| 21 | Collins on Lydiard | Book Launch: Pincho by Ben Sanders Time: 2pm Venue: in store, Ballarat |
| Little Bookroom | BOOK LAUNCH: Nightmare League by Reece Carter Time: 2pm Venue: in store, Brunswick East | |
| 21 | FESTIVAL | Bondi Writers Festival NSW This exciting new event in the Bondi cultural calendar brings together an inspiring and entertaining mix of authors, subject matter experts and raconteurs for a celebration of books, ideas and community. (With Gertrude & Alice, and Waverley Council) |
| 21-22 | FESTIVAL | Festival of Fiction, Joondaloop, WA The Festival of Fiction will soon be back bigger and better than ever, featuring 80+ authors across two days from 21–22 November 2026. |
| 22 | Bayside Libraries | Jock Serong A Suitable Man in conversation with Gideon Haigh Time: 2pm Venue: Brighton Library |
| 24 | Readings | Launch of Love Between Men by Pádraig Ó Tuama. Hosted by Tim Loveday. Time: 7pm Venue: ONLINE |
| Dymocks Books | Books in Bars with Richard Glover How To Ruin a Child Time: 6.30pm Venue: Waurn Ponds Hotel | |
| Your Library Ltd | Shelley Burr in conversation Shot Time: 6.30pm Venue: Realm Library, Ringwood | |
| Babbington Park | Events with Friends – Diary of an English Garden – an afternoon with Paul Bangay & Annie Time: 3pm – 5.30pm Venue: Babbington Park Chapel | |
| 25 | Readings | Celebrate the launch of Space XX by Dr Elise Stephenson Time: 6pm Venue: Hawthorn |
| The Wheeler Centre | Emily St. John Mandel Exit Party in conversation with Kate Mildenhall Time: 6.30pm Venue: The Wheeler Centre | |
| Fairfield Books | Grantlee Kieza Frank Hurley in conversation Time: 6.30pm Venue: Rosanna Library | |
| Bayside Libraries | Shelley Burr Shot Time: 6pm Venue: Brighton Library | |
| Monash Libraries | Richard Glover in conversation How to Ruin a Child Time: 6.30pm Venue: Wheelers Hill | |
| 26 | Mornington Peninsula Libraries | Author Talk: Jane Gilmore It Takes a Village to teach your children about Consent Time: 6.30pm Venue: Mornington Library |
| Port Phillip Libraries | Victoria Hannan I Love the Whole World in conversation with Genevieve Novak Time: 6pm Venue: St Kilda Library | |
| 27 | Mornington Peninsula Libraries | Author Talk: A.W. Hammond Penitent Time: 11am Venue: Mornington Library |
| 27-29 | FESTIVAL | Australian Short Story Festival Perth WA An exciting program that includes writing workshops, panel discussions, interviews, a literary mock-debate and a great deal of fun, featuring some of the best short story writers from around Australia and from overseas. |
| 28 | Little Bookroom | BOOK LAUNCH: All of Us by Katrina Nannestad Time: 2pm Venue: in store, Brunswick East |
| 1 Dec | Stella Org | Stella DAY OUT: Melbourne Time: 6pm Location: Quest Collingwood |
| 4 Dec | Sorrento on Tour | Lunch with Paul Bangay Diary of an English Garden with Corrie Perkin Time: 12pm Venue: Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club |
| 17 Dec | Northern Books | A VIRTUAL TOUR THROUGH MELBOURNE’S LOST LANEWAYS WITH ROBYN ANNEAR Time: 6.30pm Venue: Buda House, Castlemaine |