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IPEd National Editors Conference
8 May 2019 to 10 May 2019
IPEd
Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd)
The 9th IPEd National Editors Conference will be held at the Pullman Melbourne on the Park (192 Wellington...
Queenscliffe Literary Festival 2019
11 May 2019 to 26 May 2019
QLF
The Queenscliffe Literary Festival celebrates Australian authors with events in Queenscliff and Point...
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20 June 2019
Emerging Writers
The far future of State Library Victoria has been imagined by six of our favourite emerging writers and...
Ways of Listening
20 June 2019
Emerging Writers
Join us for an experimental evening of speech and sound that moves between poetry, discussion and...
National Writers’ Conference
22 June 2019
Emerging Writers
On June 22 and 23, Australia’s largest gathering of emerging writers returns to State Library Victoria.
2019 Phillip Island Festival of Stories
26 July 2019
PhillipIslandStoryFest
Island Story Gatherers
Battling real life pirates, preventing a nuclear war and the struggle to get children out of detention –...
Bendigo Writers Festival
9 August 2019 to 11 August 2019
Bendigo Writers Festival
Bendigo Writers Festival