Bookshop, Library & Festival Events – November 2024
| Date | Host | Event Details | ||
| 1st-3rd | FESTIVAL | Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival Katoomba NSW | ||
| 2nd | Younger Sun Bookshop | Book Launch: PD McPem and the Wild Whodunnit by Anna Battesse Time: 4.00pm Venue: The Younger Sun Bookshop | ||
| Yarra Libraries | Author Talk — Caroline Parker The Medicinal Garden Time: 10.30am Venue: Collingwood Library | |||
| 2nd-3rd | Book Fair Australia | Book Fair Australia presents a literary festival that celebrates stories of all genres. Time: 10am – 5pm Venue: Exhibition Hall, Sydney Showground | ||
| 3rd | The Book Booth | Indie Bookworm Event, Chapter 3 Showcasing independently published authors. Venue: Kryal Castle, Ballarat | ||
| 5th | Geelong Libraries | Author event with Kathy Mexted Take Flight Time: 6.00pm Venue: Belmont Library | ||
| 6th | Your Library Ltd | Meet the Author: Loretta Smith Corpus in Extremis Time: 2.00pm Venue: Realm Library, Ringwood | ||
| Book and Paper, Williamstown | Author Event: Jock Serong Cherrywood in convo with Angela Savage Time: 7.00pm Venue: Th Eminence Restaurant, Williamstown | |||
| Dymocks Waurn Ponds | Books in Bars: Samah Sabawi Cactus Pear for my Beloved Time: 6.30pm Venue: Waurn Ponds Hotel | |||
| Readings | Ben Shewry in conversation with Chris Gordon as they discuss Uses for Obsession: A (Chef’s) Memoir Time: 6.00pm Venue: Hawthorn | |||
| Port Phillip Libraries | Small Towns Deadly Secrets: Erina Reddan, Claire Sutherland, Bronwyn Hall in convo with Ruth Wykes from Sisters in Crime Time: 6.00pm Venue: St. Kilda Library | |||
| Yarra Libraries | Author Talk — Aarti Betigeri & Daizy Maan Growing Up Indian in Australia Time: 6.00pm Venue: Fitzroy Town Hall Reading Room | |||
| 7th | Kyneton Library | Two Fathers and a War by Anne Glesson & Ross Gillett Time: 2pm Venue: Kyneton Library | ||
| Avenue Bookstore | Launch: Disorders of the Blood, by Leah Kaminsky with Deborah Lesier-Moore Time: 6.00pm Venue: Avenue Bookstore, Elsternwick | |||
| Collins Booksellers on Lydiard, Ballarat | In Conversation with Amanda Hampson The Tea Ladies Time: 7.00pm Venue: Old Colonists Club | |||
| Northern Books | Joe Aston the Chairman’s Lounge in conversation with Alan Kohler Time: 6pm Venue: The Village Roadshow Theatrette, SLV | |||
| Readings | Book Launch: They Watch From Below by Katya De Becerra Time: 6.00pm Venue: Carlton | |||
| Readings | Book Launch: Vali Myers Dream within a Dream by Tracy Spinks Time: 6.00pm Venue: Hawthorn | |||
| 8th | Torquay Books | Rosalie Ham Molly in convo with Alli Sinclair Time: 6.30pm Venue: One Tree Place, Torquay | ||
| Mornington Peninsula Libraries | Author Talk: Diane Deeming All Her Own Time: 10.30am Venue: Mornington Library | |||
| 8th-10th | FESTIVAL | Weekend of Words, Oz Asia Festival Curated by Sami Shah, Weekend of Words brings together established and emerging voices from Australia and Asia. Venue: Adelaide Festival Centre | ||
| 9th | Warrnambool Library | Literary Lounge with Jock Serong & Rosalie Ham Time: 3.00pm Venue: Warrnambool Library with Collins Warrnambool | ||
| Ink Bookshop Mansfield | Book Launch: Vessel by Dani Netherclift with Charlotte Lindsay Time: 6pm Venue: instore | |||
| 10th | Clunes Booktown | Booktown on Sunday: Join Ross McMullin author of Life So Full of Promise: Further Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation Time: 1.30pm Venue: Clunes Railway Station | ||
| Bad Writers Club | Storytelling 101, Four-Week Writing Course with Amanda Falson Beginning Nov 10, 4.30pm Venue: Chestnut Tree Bookshop | |||
| 11th | Readings | Collette Dinigan Bellissima: An Australian–Italian Affair in conversation with Kate Ceberano Time: 6.00pm Venue: Emporium | ||
| Melb Writers Club | November Meet up with guest Laura Roscioli Time: 6pm Venue: Arbory Bar & Eatery | |||
| Heads & Tales Bookstore | An evening with Tom Hawkins & Joel Selwood Time: 6.00pm Venue: The Clubhouse Barwon Heads Football Club | |||
| 12th | Bookish Bendigo | Bookish presents Tea CooperThe Golden Thread Time: 6.30pm Venue: Bendigo Bank Theatre | ||
| Dymocks Tooronga | First Tuesday Book Club featuring Kathy Mexted, Michael Earp, Katerina Gihbson, Yves Rees, Anne Buist, Graham Simsion, Kate Mildenhall, Alison Evans and Mark Mupotsa-Russell Time: 6.15pm Venue: Rivoli Theatre, Camberwell | |||
| Paperback Bookshop | November Salon: Nikos Papastergiadis John Berger and Me Time: 6pm Venue: Bards Apothecary | |||
| Readings | Book Launch: My Mediterranean Life by Sarah Di Lorenzo Time: 6.00pm Venue: Emporium (S&S) | |||
| 13th | Stonnington Libraries | Writing with emotional honesty with Lee Kofman The Writer Laid Bare Time: 5.30pm Venue: Toorak/South Yarra Libraries | ||
| Sun Bookshop | Book Launch: Why Are We Like This? by Zoe Kean Time: 6.00pm Venue: The Sun Theatre, Yarraville | |||
| Readings | Unloveable Darren Hayes in conversation (PRH) Time: 6.30pm Venue: Melbourne Uni This event is now sold out | |||
| Northern Books | Author event: Lech Blaine Australian Gospel Time: 6.00pm Venue: Shedshaker Brewery | |||
| Eltham Bookshop | Tony Tan Tony Tan’s Asian Cookbook Time: 6.30pm Venue: in store, Eltham | |||
| Geelong Libraries | Author Talk: Mary Pearson, Nelly Rose & Brigette Botten Weighed Down Time: 5.30pm Venue: Ocean Grove Library | |||
| GV Libraries | Author Talk: Jennie Fraine How The Butterfly Dares Time: 2.30pm Venue: Shepparton Library | |||
| Collins Moonee Ponds | Author Event: Tea Cooper The Golden Thread Time: 6.30pm Venue: in store, Moonee Ponds | |||
| Brunswick Bound Bookshop | Book Club: Marty by Kaveh Akbar Time: 5.00pm Venue: The Brunswick Green, 313-315 Sydney Rd | |||
| 14th | GV Libraries | Author Talk: Jennie Fraine How The Butterfly Dares Time: 2.30pm Venue: Cobram Library | ||
| Giramondo Publishing | Book launch: Chinese Postman by Brian Castro Time: 6pm Venue: Cyrstal Palace & Courtyard, Carlton North | |||
| Sun Bookshop | Australian Gospel: Lech Blaine in conversation with Emily Westmoreland Time: 6.30pm Venue: The Younger Sun, Yarraville | |||
| Readings | Middle Fiction Authors Panel: Karen Comer, Katherine Collette, Danielle Binks and Sher Rill Ng with Lydia Schofield Time: 5.30pm Venue: Hawthorn | |||
| Readings | Book Launch: Leave the Girls Behind by Jacqueline Bublitz Time: 6.00pm Venue: Emporium (A&U) | |||
| Mornington Peninsula Libraries | Author Talk: Michelle Scheibner Hush Time: 10.00am Venue: Rosbud Lubrary | |||
| 15th | GV Libraries | Author Talk: Jennie Fraine How The Butterfly Dares Time: 2.30pm Venue: Eurora Library | ||
| Collins Booksellers on Lydiard, Ballarat | In Conversation with Rosalie Ham Molly Time: 7.00pm Venue: Old Colonists Club, Ballarat | |||
| Geelong Libraries | Author Talk: Kylie Orr The Eleventh Floor Time: 10.30am Venue: Queenscliff Library | |||
| Geelong Libraries | Author Talk: Jacqueline Bublitz – Leave the Girls Behind Time: 10am Venue; Belmont Library | |||
| 15th-16th | FESTIVAL | A Day In Carlton Festival by Readings Head to the Readings website for details of the many wonderful events including: Underscore with Sean O’Beirne, Maxine Beneba Clarke & Christos Tsiolkas We are a Racist Country with Eric Jensen, Veronica Gorrie, Alice Pung, Nicholas Reee & George Megalogenis Thomas Mayo and the Big Nope You Are Family with Lech Blaine & David Marrou Family Fun with the Real Pigeons Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood Walk it Off with Sean Reynolds Words to Sing the World Alive with Alice Skye & Yasmin Smith Spinning Around The Kylie Playlist book launch with Grace Chan, Thuy On, Christos Tsiolkas, Lucy Treloar, Nicholas Gadd, Nathan Curnow and co-editors Kirsten Krauth and Angela Savage Is Everything Fucked? with Paul Barclay, John Safran, Josh Bornstein and others | ||
| 15th-17th | South Coast Writers | True Story Festival: guests include Rick Morton, Bruce Pascoe, Lyn Barwood, Ailsa Piper, Rosie Batty, Gina Chick, Sue Millikan, Nadia Wheatley, Jackie Bailey, Sue Turnbull and more Venue: Coledale Community Hall | ||
| 16th | Readings | Book Launch: Spinning Around, The Kylie Playlist edt by Kirsten Krauth and Angela Savage Time: 3.15pm Venue: Cinema Nova | ||
| The Stella Prize | Stella Day Out – Ballarat Featuring Kate Mildenhall, Van Badham, Favel Parrett, Adriane Howell and Fiona Sweet Time: from 1.00pm Venue: BMI Ballarat | |||
| Mornington Peninsula Libraries | Fiona Basile Immerse Time: 11am Venue: Hastings Library | |||
| SCBWI Vic | November sketch and scribble Time: 12pm Venue: Sticky Institute, Melbourne | |||
| Bayside Libraries | Writing workshop with Katherine Collette: Getting Published/What a Joke! Time: 1.00pm Venue: Sandringham Library | |||
| 17th | Great Escape Books | Story time with Kate Mildenahll To Stir With Love Time: 10.30am Venue: in store, Aireys Inlet | ||
| Bayside Libraries | Garage Trail Sale: the Great Book Swap at Sandy Library! For one afternoon only, join us at Sandringham Library for our first ever Great Book Swap! Let’s raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation by bringing along any books you have that are in as-new condition. If you would like to take a book or two, please bring along some gold coins, as each book you swap will cost you a gold coin. Time: 1.00pm Venue: Sandringham Library | |||
| Heads and Tales Bookshop & CWA, Barwon Heads | Afternoon tea with the CWA and Kate Mildenhall To Stir With Love Time: 2.00pm Venue: Barwon Heads Community Hall | |||
| Readings | Andrew Fuller and resilience The A to Z of Feelings Time: 2.00pm Venue: St. Kilda | |||
| 17th | FESTIVAL | Fish Creek Fishy Stories VIC Fishy Stories is where kids young and old… will be able to meet each other, guided and motivated by recognised wonderful authors, illustrators and performers, who will assist children to become authors, illustrators and story tellers. | ||
| 18th | Bayside Libraries | Leave the Girls Behind Jacqueline Bublitz in conversation with Kerryn Mayne Time: 6.00pm Venue: Brighton Library | ||
| Your Library Ltd | Meet the Author: David Eastham Shooting the Black Dog Time: 2.00pm Venue: Yarra Junction Library | |||
| 19th | Your Library Ltd | Story time with Kate Mildenhall To Stir With Love Time: 11am Venue: Belgrave Library | ||
| 20th | Rosebud Book Barn | Storytime with Kate Mildenhall To Stir With Love Time: 2.00pm Venue: Rosebud Book Barn | ||
| Boorondara Libraries | Women who write crime: Aoife Clifford, Amanda Hampson, Margaret Hickey and Kerryn Mayne in conversation Time: 7.00pm Venue: Camberwell Library | |||
| Ulysses Bookshop | Author Talk: Pip Drysdale The Close Up Time: 7pm Venue: in store, Hampton | |||
| Antipodes Bookshop | Story time with Kate Mildenhall To Stir With Love Time: 11.00am Venue: in store, Sorrento | |||
| Merribek Libraries | Author Event: Ross McMullin Life So Full of Promise with Coburg Historical Society Time: 8.00pm Venue: Coburg Library | |||
| 21st | Writers Victoria & The Wheeler Centre | Station of the Writing Nation address with Louise Milligan and emerging writers Gurmeet Kaur and Beau Windon Time: 6.30pm Venue: Wheeler Centre & live streamed | ||
| Readings | Hugh Mackay: The Way We Are Time: 6.00pm Venue: Doncaster | |||
| Readings | Emelia Jackson: Some of My Best Friends are Cookies Time: 6.00pm Venue: Hawthorn (Murdoch Books) | |||
| Merribek Libraries | Yarra Birrarung, Artists, Writers and the River by Dr Judith Buckrich Time: 6.30pm Venue: Brunswick Library | |||
| Liquid Amber Press | Launch: Poetry of Change, the Liquid Amber Prize Anthology Time: 7.30pm ONLINE | |||
| Regional Arts Vic | Poetry Pamphlet Launch: Anti AI Aesthe by Elizabeth Walton Join us for the launch of Elizabeth Walton’s bespoke/rare object limited edition poetry pamphlet featuring works from her illustrated poetry cycle, “How To Read A City, Your Place of Last Resort“. The works explore heartbreak, and the gentle art of eating flowers in a world gripped by catastrophic decline.This intimate event will feature a soundscape and poetry reading and a pre-release listening room experience featuring Lawson’s string quartet Time: 4.00pm Venue: Buck Milligans, Northcote | |||
| 22nd | Readings | Launch: if this is the end by Bebe Oliver time: 6.00pm Venue: Hawthorn | ||
| 22nd-24th | FESTIVAL | Australian Short Story Festival Perth WA | ||
| 22nd-24th | FESTIVAL | Mountain Festival Macedon Macedon Ranges VIC Guest authors include Alexis Wright, Bruce Pascoe, Lyne Harwood, Bob Brown, Robbie Arnott, Joelle Gergis, Gina Chick, Paul Bangay, Kate Luckins, Tim Rogers, Annie Smithers, Greg Day and more! | ||
| 23rd | Mary Martin Bookshop | The Breakfast Book Club: Death at the Sign of the Rook, Kate Atkinson Time: 8.30am Venue: Queen Vic Market Store | ||
| Australian Scholarly Publishing | Book Launch: The Man Who Loved Dragons, Trevor Hay Time: 1.30pm Venue: Museum of Chinese Australian History, 22 Cohen Place, Lt. Bourke Street, Melbourne | |||
| Woollhara Library | Catherine McKinnon To Sing Of War in convo with Michaela Kalowski Time: 2.00pm Venue: Woollhara Library | |||
| 24th | Connected Libraries | Andy Griffiths The Land of Lost Things Time: 2pm Venue: Bunjil Place Theatre | ||
| Verso Books | Story time with Kate Mildenhall, Penny Harrison & Zana Fraillon Time: 11.00am Venue: in store, Healesville | |||
| Readings | Book Launch: The Glass Horse of Venice by Arnold Zable, illustrated by Anita Lester (Text) Time: 2.00pm Venue: St. Kilda | |||
| 25th | Moonee Valley Libraries | Ruth Clare will be in convo with Daniel & Luke Mancuso Yiayia Next Door Time: 6.00pm Venue: Avondale Heights Library | ||
| 26th | Collins Moonee Ponds | Tania Blanchard in conversation An Undeniable Voice Time: 6.30pm Venue: In store, Moonee Ponds | ||
| 27th | Hares and Hyenas | Queering Kylie: Celebrating the release of Spinning Around – The Kylie Playlist with readings by some of the queer authors Time: 7.00pm Venue: In store, St. Kilda | ||
| Dymocks Waurn Ponds | Books in Bars: Tricia Stringer Head for the Hills Time: 6.30pm Venue: Waurn Ponds Hotel | |||
| 28th | Darebin Libraries | Autor Talk: Rosalie Ham Molly Time: 6.30pm Venue: Preston Library, with Fairfield Books | ||
| The Stella Prize | Stella Day Out Melbourne – Trusting your intuition with Mandy Beaumont and Jayne Tuttle Time: from 12.00pm Venue: State Library Vic | |||
| Bendigo Library | Author Talk: Tricia Stringer Head for the Hills Time: 5.30pm Venue: Bendigo Library | |||
| 29th | Bendigo Library | Author Talk: Hana Assafiri Time: 11am Venue: Bendigo Library | ||
| Bookgrove, Ocean Grove | Crime Author Panel and Bookgrove’s Xmas VIP shopping night. Meet three crime authors including Iain Ryan, Adrian Hyland and Christine Gregory. | |||
| 30th | Geelong Libraries | Fiona Basile Immerse Time: 10.30am Venue: Torquay Library | ||
| Your Library Ltd | Book launch: Big Book of Animals with illustrator Amandine Thomas Time: 10.30am Venue: Belgrave Library |