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SUMMARY:Creative Rest & Recovery | A Creative Mindset Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:What does your creative work need from you right now? \nThis 60-minute online masterclass with writer\, editor and creativity coach Meg Dunley explores the relationship between rest\, attention and creative practice. Drawing on neuroscience and writing experience\, Meg will explore why creative thinking needs both focused attention and periods of more open thought\, how to recognise creative depletion\, and why stepping away can sometimes help us return to our work with greater perspective. \nParticipants will also explore practical ways to pay attention to their own creative rhythms. \nMonday 5 October 2026\, 12.30–1.30pm\nOnline via Zoom\n$22 (GST incl) | Free for members
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/creative-rest-recovery-a-creative-mindset-masterclass/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education
ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Dunley%2C Creativity Coach":MAILTO:meg@megdunley.com
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SUMMARY:Pip Williams and Toni Jordan in conversation
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to offer you this once in a Melbourne springtime opportunity to hear from award winning Pip Williams chat with Toni Jordan about her new book\, The German Ward.\n\nFrance\, 1915. An English nurse and German doctor fall in love. He is a prisoner of war; she has never cared for rules. Their love is visceral and urgent\, forbidden and doomed\, and it would have gone unrecorded if not for a series of drawings found more than a century later. At first the drawings seem insignificant\, but the woman who finds them glimpses moments of intimacy and can’t look away. The images become part of a puzzle she wants to solve: who were the lovers\, what became of them\, and what story of war was the artist trying to tell?\n\nThe love story of the year\, The German Ward is a breathtaking tale of love between enemies behind the lines of WW1 and the Australian artist who captures their secret.\n\nTickets\nGeneral: $65 per person\, includes a signed first edition of The German Ward\nConcession: $55 per person\, includes a signed first edition of The German Ward
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/pip-williams-and-toni-jordan-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Athenaeum Theatre\, 188 Collins St\, Melbourne\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Bookshops,Writers
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261005T203000
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SUMMARY:Troy-Anthony Baylis in conversation with Bryan Andy
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the release of Troy-Anthony Baylis’ Let It Bleed\, Troy-Anthony will be in conversation with Bryan Andy. \nTroy-Anthony Baylis is a descendant of the Jawoyn people from the Northern Territory and also of Irish ancestry. He was born in 1976 and has been creating works of art since 1993. His multifaceted artistic practice is founded in the process of ‘queering’ and unsettling ‘traditional’ ways of representing Aboriginality. \nThe artistic practice of Troy-Anthony Baylis has included performances\, videos\, paintings\, collages\, assemblages\, photography\, knittings\, embroidery\, artist multiples\, costumes\, installations\, parade floats and more. His work explores a multitude of themes including colonisation\, migration\, trauma\, racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, sadness\, reconciliation\, dark and seemingly self-deprecating humour and unbridled joy. \nOften employing a bold use of colour and typography\, the artist references pop-culture\, art history\, and queer aesthetics across a range of disciplines including visual art\, cinema and literature. In addition to art making\, their creative practice sometimes involves curating\, publishing writing and presenting public talks.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/troy-anthony-baylis-in-conversation-with-bryan-andy/
LOCATION:Victorian Pride Centre\, 79-81 Fitzroy St\,\, St Kilda\, Victoria\, 3182\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Bookshops,First Nation
ORGANIZER;CN="Hares &amp%3B Hyenas":MAILTO:contactus@hares-hyenas.com.au
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261007
DTSTAMP:20260907T054021Z
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SUMMARY:Online Feedback: Picture Books
DESCRIPTION:This online feedback clinic is an opportunity to work on your current picture book project or embark on a new one in a supportive group environment with guidance from a professional editor and picture book author Elizabeth Cowell. \nOver the course of eight weeks\, you will submit your work four times (up to a maximum of 850 words each time) and receive individual feedback from Elizabeth and fellow group members. The sessions are designed to help you build on your strengths and encourage you as you edit\, refine\, and polish your manuscript. \nThe feedback will be tailored to each submission\, focusing on areas such as story\, character\, voice\, point of view\, structure\, pace\, language and expression. \nBetween submission rounds\, Elizabeth will recommend picture books and online articles to inform\, interest and inspire you. \nPlease note that this is a feedback-based course. There is no face-to-face component. \nSubmissions due on Tuesdays 29 September\, 13 October\, 27 October and 10 November by 11.59pm \nFeedback due on Fridays 9 October\, 23 October\, 6 November and 20 November by 10am \nOur Online Feedback clinics are asynchronous\, with no face-to-face meetings\, allowing you to engage with the content at the times of day and week that suit your schedule. They are hosted on our private WordPress server. For more information on our online feedback clinics\, please read our FAQs.  \nYou will learn:\n\nHow to test what’s working on the page and what’s not\nHow picture books are structured\nStrategies for getting a first rough draft down ​\nTips for working with literary devices like rhyme and repetition ​\nBasic information about how picture book publishers work with writers and illustrators\n\nAbout the tutor:\nElizabeth Cowell has more than 20 years’ experience working as an editor in the Australian publishing industry. She has also written several children’s picture books\, including the bestselling All About Mermaids\, under the name Izzy Quinn. Her books have been published in Australia\, the US and Canada\, and in translation in France\, Italy and Greece.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/online-feedback-picture-books/2026-10-06/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Children's Literature,Education,Writers,Young Adult
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261006T130000
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SUMMARY:Our words\, our way writers group
DESCRIPTION:Our words\, our way is a fledgling disabled writers group at Kathleen Syme Library. This is a free program guided by values of self-representation\, disability leadership and peer support – creating a space where every voice matters\, including quiet ones. \nIf you are a disabled writer\, identify as a person with a disability\, or experience barriers due to an impairment or condition\, you are warmly invited to explore writing and collaborating with us. \nFor more info and to express interest in joining\, contact facilitator Lyndel Caffrey \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/our-words-our-way-writers-group/2026-10-06/
LOCATION:Kathleen Syme Library\, 251 Faraday Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Libraries,Writers
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261006T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261006T190000
DTSTAMP:20260527T232759Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We love Melbourne. Every month we read and discuss a book about our fabulous city. We read a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction\, chosen by our book club members. \nDate​s and reading list for 2026 \n\nTuesday 3 February: The Burrow by Melanie Cheng\nTuesday 3 March: Leave The Girls Behind by Jaqueline Bublitz\nTuesday 7 April: Rytual by Chloe Elisabeth Wilson\nTuesday 5 May: Molly by Rosalie Ham\nTuesday 2 June: Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan\nTuesday 7 July: I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena\nTuesday 4 August: Theory And Practise by Michelle De Kretser\nTuesday 1 September: The Underworld by Sofia Laguna\nTuesday 6 October: Stinkbug by Sinead Stubbins\nTuesday 10 November*: The Immigrants by Moreno Giovannoni
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/melbourne-book-club-21/2026-10-06/
LOCATION:Melbourne City Library\, 253 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Libraries
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261006T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261006T200000
DTSTAMP:20260812T044620Z
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SUMMARY:Andrew O'Hagan: On Friendship
DESCRIPTION:We move through life in the company of others: childhood friends\, kindred spirits and chance encounters that become lasting bonds. Some friendships are forged over decades while others arrive unexpectedly\, changing us in an instant. \nIn Andrew O’Hagan’s celebrated genre-defying style\, his new essay collection On Friendship draws on a lifetime of connections – with friends\, writers\, artists\, strangers and even those on four legs – to explore what friendship can mean\, and why it matters. Described by critics as ‘joyous’ and ‘heartfelt but intelligent’\, O’Hagan employs his characteristic wit to capture an optimistic portrait of all the many ways people find one another. \nBring a friend and join O’Hagan for an intimate conversation about the bonds that shape us and the enduring value of friendship. With host Marieke Hardy. \nPresented in partnership with RMIT University
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/andrew-ohagan-on-friendship/
LOCATION:The Wheeler Centre\, 176 Little Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:The Wheeler Centre
ORGANIZER;CN="The Wheeler Centre":MAILTO:ticketing@wheelercentre.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261006T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261006T203000
DTSTAMP:20260902T043338Z
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SUMMARY:In-Conversation with Monica McInerney
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome one of Australia’s most cherished and widely read authors\, Monica McInerney.  We will chat about her writing life and her new novel\, When Sullivan Met Lola\, a delightful new chapter in the stories surrounding the unforgettable Lola Quinlan.  \nMonica once again brings us her signature blend of warmth\, wit\, and emotional depth\, weaving a story that explores what happens when lives collide\, connections spark\, and the past and present intertwine in unexpected ways. \nCopies of her book are able to be purchased on the night\, and Monica will happily sign them for you.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/in-conversation-with-monica-mcinerney/
LOCATION:Bunjil Place Library\, Patrick Northeast Drive\, Narre Warren\, Victoria\, 3805\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Libraries
ORGANIZER;CN="Connected Libraries":MAILTO:janine.kimberley@connectedlibraries.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261007T070000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261007T080000
DTSTAMP:20260710T040245Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Momentum writing workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join creativity coach and writer Meg Dunley for a weekly online writing session designed to help you build and keep a consistent writing practice. It’s a little like a guided shut-up and write with accountability. \nEach Wednesday morning session runs for one hour and includes a poetry-based prompt to spark your thinking\, 40 minutes of silent focused writing time\, and a brief accountability check-in to start and close the session. Whether you’re working on a novel\, memoir\, poetry or any other form of writing\, you’re welcome here. \nWriting Momentum runs throughout the year. The session is recorded and sent to all members on Friday afternoon\, along with the prompt\, poem and questions. \nSessions are open to Momentum\, Focus\, Elevate and Creative Empowerment Coaching Program members. New members can join with a 7-day free trial. \nWhen: Every Wednesday\, 7:00–8:00am Melbourne time \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nMore information and to join
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/writing-momentum-wednesdays/2026-10-07/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education,Writers
ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Dunley%2C Creativity Coach":MAILTO:meg@megdunley.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261007T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261007T193000
DTSTAMP:20260907T060618Z
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Hometown by Shaun Tan
DESCRIPTION:Join The Little Bookroom and Yarra Libraries in the celebration of Shaun Tan’s new book\, Hometown. \n  \nShaun will be joined in conversation with Michael Earp discussing behind the scenes of this incredible new work. \n  \nThere will be lucky door prizes for those attending\, and the opportunity to get your books signed. \n  \n6pm for a 6:30 start\, hosted at Bargoonga Nganjin\, North Fitzroy Library. RSVPs are essential. \n  \nWith the generous support of Allen & Unwin\, we’re thrilled to be able to offer an EXCLUSIVE ART PRINT to the first 50 pre-orders! \n  \nPRE-ORDER HERE \n(This is not the same as RSVPing to the Launch – which needs to be done via Humanitix) \n \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK \nFrom the internationally acclaimed and award-winning creator of The Arrival and Tales from Outer Suburbia comes a glorious graphic novel about belonging and identity\, family and the power of ‘home’. \nYou need to know who I am.\nWhat I think and how I feel.\nThen you’ll know why I did what I did. \nImagine living in a perfect world. \nYou have a loving family\, a beautiful home and awesome friends. Everything is just as it should be. Until one day\, when a stranger arrives. A stranger who looks just like you. A stranger with a troubling message… \nFrom the creator of The Arrival and Tales from Outer Suburbia comes a visually stunning\, moving and humorous meditation on all the things that make us who we are and how we choose to live. \nPRAISE FOR HOMETOWN \n‘Loved it!! Chockfull of magic!!’ – Guillermo Del Toro \n‘I can’t overstate how much Shaun’s work has meant for me and my family over the years. And now\, his latest is a passionate\, clever and inspiring tale about how we choose which family to love. I am so excited to share this one with mine.’ – Darren Aronofsky \n‘Where The Arrival was about leaving home for the strange but hopefully welcoming new world\, Hometown is about what makes us what we are—family\, friends\, environment. A joyful\, surprising\, marvellous book.’ – Kelly Link \n‘Here is a cornucopia of a world to set beside the densely realised imaginings of Topor or Miyazaki – a many-splendored thing.’ – Dave McKean \n‘A spectacularly surreal coming-of-age story about choice\, family\, and the gravitational pull of belonging.’ – Kirkus\, Starred Review \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nShaun Tan is an artist\, writer\, and filmmaker from Perth\, Western Australia\, the recipient of an Academy Award\, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal. He lives in Melbourne with his wife\, two children and various plants\, animals and machines.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/book-launch-hometown-by-shaun-tan/
LOCATION:Bargoonga Nganjin North Fitzroy Library\, 182-186 St Georges Rd\, Fitzroy North\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Children's Literature,Writers
ORGANIZER;CN="The Little Bookroom":MAILTO:orders@littlebookroom.com.au
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261007T203000
DTSTAMP:20260727T044529Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Essentials: Crafting Stories for Young Adults
DESCRIPTION:Want to write young adult fiction? Maybe you have an idea or some writing you’d like to develop further in a safe\, creative and supportive space. If so\, this online course is for you.\n\n\n\nOver five weekly\, two-hour sessions\, participants will read\, analyse\, write and discuss how to apply the fundamentals of storytelling (character\, plot\, setting\, point of view\, voice and style) to stories for young adults\, whether they’re set in a local school or a fantastical world. By the end of this course\, participants will have a toolbox of readings\, writing and ideas to set them on their way to developing a young adult story. \nAfter the completion of the course\, participants will also have the opportunity to share up to 3\,000 words of their work-in-progress as an optional extra with one of the course tutors for developmental feedback. \nSessions will run on Wednesday 30 September\, Wednesday 7 October\, Wednesday 14 October\, Wednesday 21 October and Wednesday 28 October. \nCourse requirements: Pen and paper or a fully-charged device to participate in the writing exercises. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nMethods for developing realistic characters\nApproaches to creating an immersive\, atmospheric setting\nCommon approaches to structure on the levels of plot and scene\nStrategies for working with point-of-view\, voice and sentence-level edits\nThe relationship between character\, theme and plot\n\nAbout the Tutors:\nDemet Divaroren was born in Adana\, Turkey\, and migrated to Australia with her family when she was six months old. She is the award-winning author of Living on Hope Street and the co-editor of CBCA shortlisted anthology Growing up Muslim in Australia. Her second young adult novel Blood Moon Bride was shortlisted for a 2025 Aurealis award. Demet’s stories explore multiculturalism\, cross cultural relationships\, racism\, injustice\, gender-based oppression and what it means to be human. \nAnge Crawford is a queer and neurodivergent writer\, editor and PhD candidate in creative writing at RMIT. Her debut YA novel\, How to Be Normal\, won the inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize and was shortlisted for five further literary awards; her experimental spatial essays have also appeared in several anthologies.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/writing-essentials-crafting-stories-for-young-adults/2026-10-07/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Children's Literature,Education,Young Adult
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261007T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261007T220000
DTSTAMP:20260428T044519Z
CREATED:20260428T044519Z
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SUMMARY:Motley Openhaus
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Motley Openhaus!  \nA space to let your heart bleed and words run. An inclusive\, encouraging space for writers of all experiences to come up and read whatever they’ve been working on. Long form\, short stories\, haikus\, spoken word\, if you wanna say it\, we wanna hear it! Every Wednesday evening\, 7:30 start. Free entry
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/motley-openhaus/2026-10-07/
LOCATION:The Motley Bauhaus\, 118 Elgin Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Spoken Word
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261007T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261007T223000
DTSTAMP:20260428T044203Z
CREATED:20260428T044203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T044203Z
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SUMMARY:Chaotic Musings: Poetry Social Club
DESCRIPTION:A welcoming and community-driven poetry open mic for everyone. \n\n\n\n\n\nVibe Union is an inclusive\, artistic collective welcoming diverse people of all experiences and backgrounds. We aim\, at every one of our events and in our online presence\, to create a safe space for all.  \nWe welcome all who attend our events to provide feedback and direction on how we present these spaces in the name of making all feel welcome and heard. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the few short years that Vibe Union has existed\, we’ve explored many diverse ideas and been many things. But the one constant has been our focus on providing a platform for local Melbourne artists. \nFrom poetry nights to open mic live streams\, video series\, and a podcast\, we can’t exactly sit still. It doesn’t matter what we’re doing\, just that we’re creating and helping others create. \nThese days\, Vibe Union is hosting events for incredible\, like minded artists around Melbourne. \nOpen mic stages are the birthplace of many a collective or group. Unknowingly at the time\, the seeds of our humble community started in Brunswick at Bar Oussou. Over the course of a few months\, friendships formed and plans were made for collaboration. \nOver one weekend\, producers\, vocalists\, and rappers united to create whatever came organically. And quickly we had multiple songs complete and the starts of many others. \nEverything was looking poised for take off\, before lockdowns hit. \nFunnily enough\, this is what really kicked us into gear. We now had a lot of time on our hands\, and some savvy tech heads to lead the way through digital collaboration. \nLive events when we could\, live streams when we couldn’t. A podcast was recorded over Discord and new songs were created remotely. \nWe threw ourselves into whatever we could and welcomed anyone who wanted to contribute. \nAbove all else\, we had a sense of community we all desperately needed during a scary and lonely time to be living. \nAnd since then\, our group has shifted in size\, projects have come and gone\, but we keep putting on events for Melbourne. \nHigher production value projects; new exciting venues; but always locally focused. We’ve known after a few years of Vibe Union that helping artists find their feet is our passion. And above all else\, this is a welcoming\, supportive\, and inclusive space for everyone.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/chaotic-musings-poetry-social-club/2026-10-07/
LOCATION:Creatures of Habit\, 319 Brunswick Street\, Fitzroy\, 3065\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Spoken Word
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261008T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261008T200000
DTSTAMP:20261002T033250Z
CREATED:20261002T032947Z
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SUMMARY:Author & Curator Insights - Journeys; Travel\, Transport & Time Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Join author Arun Chandu to hear about his new book on the history of Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport. Followed by Curator’s guided tour. \n\n\n\n\nHume welcomes author Dr Arun Chandu to join our Hume Arts & Culture Heritage Curator in discussing his landmark book on the history of Tullamarine Airport and the new exhibition – Journeys; Travel\, Transport & Time. Refreshments provided. Early bookings encouraged. Seated event.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/author-curator-insights-journeys-travel-transport-time-exhibition/
LOCATION:Sunbury Library\, 44 Macedon Street\, Sunbury\, Victoria\, 3429\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Libraries,Writers
ORGANIZER;CN="Hume City Council":MAILTO:hume.vic.gov.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261012
DTSTAMP:20260727T052205Z
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SUMMARY:Save the date! Western Port Writes
DESCRIPTION:Western Port Writes (WPW) is a biennial literary festival based in the Western Port region of the Mornington Peninsula\, held in Somers and surrounds. Designed to celebrate creativity and the art of the story\, it showcases established and emerging writers connected to our region and beyond. Our hugely enjoyable and successful inaugural festival was held in 2024. \nWe are delighted to announce that our 2026 Festival Program will be launched on Monday 10 August and tickets will go on sale. The program is chock full of brilliant writers\, commentators and presenters\, with something for readers and writers. \nThe festival begins with a special Opening Night event on Friday 9 October and continues over the weekend of 10-11 October. We’d love to see you there.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/save-the-date-western-port-writes/
LOCATION:Victoria
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261009T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261009T210000
DTSTAMP:20260928T045116Z
CREATED:20260928T042428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T045116Z
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SUMMARY:The Bookneck Spring Assembly
DESCRIPTION:The Crowning Event of the Parlour Season \nAfter a winter spent gathering around the Parlour table\, we’re marking the end of our first season by pushing back the chairs and opening the floor. \nFor our Spring Assembly\, we’ll step into the Regency ballroom for an evening of dancing\, parlour amusements\, conversation and good company. \nLed by an experienced dance teacher\, we’ll learn simple Regency progression dances designed for everyone to enjoy. There’ll also be time to play\, gossip\, and enjoy the company around you. \nCome alone\, bring a friend or gather a party. You don’t need to have attended a previous Winter Parlour to join us. \nNo dancing experience required. Just bring your curiosity and a willingness to join in.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/the-bookneck-spring-assembly/
LOCATION:Mount Martha House Community Centre\, 466 Esplanade\, Mount Marths\, VIC\, 3934\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Bookshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Bookneck":MAILTO:bookneckbooksellers@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261009T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261009T203000
DTSTAMP:20260917T072452Z
CREATED:20260917T072452Z
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SUMMARY:2026 Dandenong Ranges Literary Festival: Opening Night with keynote by Chris Hammer
DESCRIPTION:Chris Hammer\, one of Australia’s leading Australian crime fiction writers\, is keynote speaker for the opening night of the 2026 Dandenong Ranges Literary Festival from October 9 to 11. \nHammer\, who has sold more than 1.5 million books around the world and won the prestigious UK Crime Writers Association John Creasy Award for best debut crime novel\, will deliver the opening address at Cameo Cinemas in Belgrave on Friday\, October 9. \nHammer’s appearance follows last year’s hugely successful inaugural Dandenong Ranges Literary Festival\, where hundreds flocked to Belgrave to immerse themselves in all things literature\, including two sell-out sessions with award-winning author Hannah Kent. \nHe will also be part of a Crime Fiction panel on Saturday\, October 10\, where he will discuss his latest novel\, Full Circle\, released just weeks earlier.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/2026-dandenong-ranges-literary-festival-opening-night-with-keynote-by-chris-hammer/
LOCATION:Cameo Cinemas\, 1628 Burwood Highway\, Belgrave\, Victoria\, 3160\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261009T200000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261009T213000
DTSTAMP:20260812T045038Z
CREATED:20260812T045038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T045038Z
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SUMMARY:Speaking to Pictures
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo (MAKE) is a new festival celebrating all things comics\, graphic novels and graphic storytelling. \nFor their opening gala\, host Aaron Billings welcomes a line-up of critically acclaimed and experimental graphic greats – Rachel Ang\, Eloise Grills\, Mandy Ord\, Joshua Santospirito\, Bailey Sharp and Shaun Tan – who will each take the stage for a live reading of their comics accompanied by projected artwork. \nJoin the artists for a toast and an evening of stories brought vividly to life before MAKE unfolds across the city over an inspiring weekend. \nPresented in partnership with Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/speaking-to-pictures/
LOCATION:The Wheeler Centre\, 176 Little Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Comics and Graphic Novels,The Wheeler Centre
ORGANIZER;CN="The Wheeler Centre":MAILTO:ticketing@wheelercentre.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T100000
DTSTAMP:20260917T072543Z
CREATED:20260917T072543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T072543Z
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SUMMARY:Life without Limits with Donna Urquhart
DESCRIPTION:Join ultra-marathon runner and pain scientist\, Donna Urquhart\, and author and journalist Charisse Ede\, as they discuss what 1400km on the Antarctic ice taught Donna about overcoming pain and adversity. \nIn January 2024\, Donna set the world record for the longest run in a polar region by completing a 1402-kilometre ultramarathon in Antarctica. She had trained for nine months\, running on a treadmill in a refrigerated shipping container and also in an industrial wind tunnel. \nTo achieve the record\, Donna ran up to 60 kilometres each day across 28 days in the coldest\, windiest and driest desert on earth. Some days\, the temperature plummeted to –20 degrees Celsius and the winds reached a brutal 80 kilometres per hour.  \nDonna is a pain researcher and well-versed in the science of pain and how humans can cope with it. She is drawn to exploring the limits of human performance\, and she pushed herself to the extreme to discover what she was capable of\, gaining insights that now help her navigate everyday challenges. \nDonna and Charisse will discuss their book Life Without Limits: An Antarctic journey through pain and possibility (September 2026)\, where Donna has brought together her comprehensive toolkit for understanding and handling pain and adversity—whether physical\, emotional\, mental or social—showing that all of us can challenge our boundaries and thrive: at home\, work and everywhere in between.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/life-without-limits-with-donna-urquhart/
LOCATION:Belgrave Community Hub\, 1616/1624 Burwood Highway\, Belgrave\, Victoria\, 3160\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T160000
DTSTAMP:20260907T061857Z
CREATED:20260907T061857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T061857Z
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SUMMARY:Love Your Bookshop Day at The Little Bookroom!
DESCRIPTION:This October 10th come celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day\, as well as our 66th birthday and one year anniversary at East Bruswick Village! What a day to celebrate! \n  \nAs part of the celebrations\, we will have author appearances\, storytimes\, activities\, crafts\, and competitions throughout the day. Come on in to say hi\, browse our shelves\, and\, most importantly\, Love Your Bookshop! \n  \n10:30 am: Invisible Dogs Storytime + Draw your own dog with Kiah Thomas & Jake A. Minton \n  \n11:30 am: Eddie and Moo and the Garden of Presents Storytime + Craft with Jane Godwin & Anna Walker \n  \n12:30 pm: How To draw: School of Monsters with illustrator Chris Kennett \n  \n1:30 pm: Dear Humans\, We Stole Your Crayon Storytime + How to draw a UFO with Anna McGregor \n  \n2:30 pm -3:30 pm: Celebrity Staff! Your favourite local authors will be booksellers for the hour! Featuring Anna Battese\, Adrian Beck\, Maxine Beneba Clarke\, & Danielle Binks \n  \nAll day long we’ll have a Where’s Wally? Hunt with prizes to win! \n  \nWe’ll be open from 9am to 4pm as usual\, just filled to the brim with events and activities! \n  \nPLEASE RSVP for each event you’re planning to attend to help us get a sense of numbers to expect.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/love-your-bookshop-day-at-the-little-bookroom/
LOCATION:The Little Bookroom\, 8 Village Ave\, BRUNSWICK EAST\, VIC\, 3057\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Bookshops,Children's Literature
ORGANIZER;CN="The Little Bookroom":MAILTO:orders@littlebookroom.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T160000
DTSTAMP:20260806T013242Z
CREATED:20260727T050815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T013242Z
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SUMMARY:Memoir as Catharsis
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is an introduction to the practice of writing therapy to help process difficult emotions like grief and trauma. \nThrough free writing exercises\, participants explore challenging life events in an emotionally safe and supportive way. The session has a strong focus on writing craft and skill acquisition to help soften the emotional sting of difficult subject matter\, freeing participants to make art from suffering\, to turn poison into power.  \nWhether writing for an audience\, or purely for personal purposes\, participants learn simple and tested techniques to bring writing to life and to give personal stories universal resonance. \nBy the end of the session\, participants embark on their long-form personal writing project with confidence and the tools to do so in a way that empowers them to reframe life events to promote healing\, acceptance and meaning.   \nCourse requirements: pen and paper or a fully charged device to participate in the writing exercises. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nHow to get unstuck and achieve a flow state with your writing practice\nHow to evoke all the senses so that writing conjures a multi-dimensional world\nHow to move from feeling like a puppet having strings pulled by life\, to become the puppet master and author of your own story\nHow to identify the elements of the personal journey that will make for compelling narrative non-fiction\nThe fundamentals of free writing as a tool to process life’s challenges\n\nAbout the Tutor:\nTim Baker is an award-winning journalist and a best-selling author. His latest book Patting The Shark documents his journey managing a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. Tim wrote Patting The Shark as part of a creative writing PhD scholarship from Griffith University. He is a former editor of Tracks\, Surfing Life and Slow Living magazines\, and a two-time winner of the Surfing Australia Hall of Fame Culture Award. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone\, the Sydney Morning Herald\, the Australian Financial Review\, the Sunday Age\, the Bulletin\, Inside Sport\, GQ\, and Text Journal.  \nNote: Memoir as Catharsis is based upon Tim’s own academic research into writing therapy as part of a creative writing PhD\, his lived experience as a cancer survivor who has used personal memoir as a potent source of catharsis and his lived experience as an author and journalist over 40 years.  \nThis workshop is not intended to replace personal psychotherapy or counselling\, but can be a helpful adjuvant practice to support the therapeutic process. 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/memoir-as-catharsis/
LOCATION:The Wheeler Centre\, 176 Little Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:The Wheeler Centre,Writers
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T101500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T111500
DTSTAMP:20260917T072628Z
CREATED:20260917T072628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T072628Z
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SUMMARY:What makes a good read? with Kate Mildenhall\, Claire Thomas\, Kirsty Manning and Jaclyn Crupi
DESCRIPTION:Hear Kate Mildenhall\, Claire Thomas\, Kirsty Manning plus author and moderator Jaclyn Crupi discuss exactly what makes a good read and all that goes into writing it. \nKate Mildenhall is an Australian author and teacher\, best known for her 2016 debut novel Skylarking. Her fourth novel\, The Hiding Place\, was published in October 2025. \nClaire Thomas is a writer from Naarm/Melbourne. Her first novel\, Fugitive Blue\, won the Dobbie Literary Award for women writers. Her latest novel\, On Not Climbing Mountains\, was published in April 2026. \nKirsty Manning is the bestselling author of The Paris Mystery\, The French Gift\, The Lost Jewels\, The Jade Lily and Murder in Paris. Her latest novel is Maisy Bell is Missing (August 2026)\, a Charlie James mystery. \nJaclyn Crupi is a book editor\, author\, event moderator\, awards judge and bookseller. Her latest book\, Planting for Native Birds\, Bees and Butterflies (July 2025)\, was shortlisted for an Indie Book Award and an Australian Book Industry Award. \n 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/what-makes-a-good-read-with-kate-mildenhall-claire-thomas-kirsty-manning-and-jaclyn-crupi/
LOCATION:Belgrave Library\, Reynolds Lane\, Belgrave\, Victoria\, 3160\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T113000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T123000
DTSTAMP:20260911T024907Z
CREATED:20260911T024907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T024907Z
UID:10033711-1791631800-1791635400@cityofliterature.com.au
SUMMARY:Dirt and Drama: the contrast of place and people in crime fiction
DESCRIPTION:Sit down for an hour with our crime fiction specialists: Chris Hammer\, Vikki Petraitis\, Sarah Bailey and moderator Kirstie Bedford\, as they examine and investigate the nitty-gritty of crime fiction. \nChris Hammer is an Australian journalist and writer of crime fiction. He is known for his best-selling Martin Scarsden series of novels. He has sold more than 1.5 million books around the world and won the prestigious UK Crime Writers Association John Creasy Award for best debut crime novel. \nVikki Petraitis is an Australian true crime author\, podcaster\, and educator known for her investigative works on crime and justice. Her latest book is The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron: Forty Years Searching for the Phillip Island Murderer (January 2026). \nSarah Bailey’s debut novel\, ​The Dark Lake\, introduced readers to Detective Gemma Woodstock and has been published in over 15\nterritories worldwide. Her latest novel is Click (March 2026)\, “a taut crime thriller about a city on edge”. \nKirstie Bedford is a Melbourne-based editor\, travel writer and podcast host\, having started her career as a hard news journalist reporting live from courtrooms. Her debut psychological suspense\, White Lies\, will be published mid-2027.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/dirt-and-drama-the-contrast-of-place-and-people-in-crime-fiction/
LOCATION:Belgrave Community Hub\, 1616/1624 Burwood Highway\, Belgrave\, Victoria\, 3160\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T133000
DTSTAMP:20260911T024904Z
CREATED:20260911T024845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T024904Z
UID:10033712-1791633600-1791639000@cityofliterature.com.au
SUMMARY:Pick Up Your Pen: A Graphic Novel Workshop for Adults
DESCRIPTION:Join author\, illustrator and freelance artist Bilvy J Lee for a 90 minute workshop on everything graphic novels\, from digital drawing to writing the story to publishing. \nBilvy’s freelance work centres around emote art\, character illustrations and 2D vtubers. In his free time\, he writes and creates his own webnovels and webcomics\, and has an online store where he sells his own art and merchandise. He loves bright colours\, bold lineart\, smooth gradients\, and stories hinged upon their characters. His favourite genres are romance\, thriller\, and horror\, often those in a historical or pre-modern setting. \nImportant:  this workshop is for adults (18+) only.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/pick-up-your-pen-a-graphic-novel-workshop-for-adults/
LOCATION:Belgrave Library\, Reynolds Lane\, Belgrave\, Victoria\, 3160\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Comics and Graphic Novels,Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T124500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T134500
DTSTAMP:20260911T024857Z
CREATED:20260911T024857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T024857Z
UID:10033713-1791636300-1791639900@cityofliterature.com.au
SUMMARY:A Woman's Place is In the Book! with Anne Freeman\, Ilsa Evans\, Kylie Ladd and Kylie Orr
DESCRIPTION:Join the brilliant authors & panellists Anne Freeman\, Ilsa Evans\, Kylie Ladd and moderator Kylie Orr for a fun\, refreshing\, tongue-in-cheek dive into women in modern fiction. \nAnne Freeman writes contemporary fiction about women who are stuck in life and the extraordinary ways they shake themselves loose. Her latest novel\, The Time After Now\, was published in June 2026. \nIlsa Evans is the author of sixteen books across several genres\, including the bestselling Broken (2007) and The Unusual Abduction of Avery Conifer (2021). Her latest book is Family Baggage (2023). \nKylie Ladd is a novelist\, psychologist and freelance writer. Her seven novels have been published in Australia and overseas. Her latest is The Mix-up (February 2025)\, “a beautifully told and thought-provoking novel”. \nKylie Orr writes dark\, twisty contemporary fiction that uncovers the hidden lives of everyday people\, and loves exploring themes that resonate deeply with women. Her latest novel is The Eleventh Floor (January 2024)
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/a-womans-place-is-in-the-book-with-anne-freeman-ilsa-evans-kylie-ladd-and-kylie-orr/
LOCATION:Belgrave Library\, Reynolds Lane\, Belgrave\, Victoria\, 3160\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T150000
DTSTAMP:20261001T003111Z
CREATED:20260911T030420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T003111Z
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SUMMARY:Sally Hepworth in conversation with Kerryn Mayne
DESCRIPTION:Spend an hour with best-selling author Sally Hepworth and crime fiction author\, Kerryn Mayne as they discuss Sally’s writing\, books (including newest release\, Mad Mabel) and more. \nSally Hepworth is the New York Times bestselling author of ten novels\, most recently Mad Mabel. Her novels have been called “darkly charming” and praised by authors Emily Giffin and Liane Moriarty as “totally absorbing” and “fiction at its finest”. Sally’s novels have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into over 30 languages. \nKerryn Mayne is an author and current police officer. Her first novel Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder (2023) won the debut fiction award at the 2024 BAD Crime Sydney awards. Her latest book is Joy Moody Is Out Of Time (February 2024). \nPlease note: Due to popular demand\, the event has been moved to Cameo Cinemas in order to cater for a bigger audience. \n 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/sally-hepworth-in-conversation-with-kerryn-mayne/
LOCATION:Victoria
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T160000
DTSTAMP:20260804T041608Z
CREATED:20260804T041429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T041608Z
UID:10033489-1791644400-1791648000@cityofliterature.com.au
SUMMARY:The Paperback Book Club with Anna
DESCRIPTION:The Paperback hosts two book clubs a month\, one on the second Saturday of each month (led by Anna) and another on the fourth Thursday of each month (led by Georgie). \nThe book clubs are for adult readers. Each session runs for one hour. Light refreshments are provided. \nAll participants receive a 20% discount on the book of the month. \nWe offer two sessions of each meeting\, with a maximum of 12 people per session.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/the-paperback-book-club-with-anna/2026-10-10/
LOCATION:Shop 4 / 24 Crossley St\, 24 Crossley street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3001\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Bookshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T151500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T161500
DTSTAMP:20261001T004056Z
CREATED:20260917T072130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T004056Z
UID:10033715-1791645300-1791648900@cityofliterature.com.au
SUMMARY:Hypothetically Speaking… with Garth Nix\, Karen Comer\, Jane Rawson\, and Rose Michael
DESCRIPTION:What if…?  Works of speculative fiction offer a window into worlds both strange and familiar. Instead of imitating normal life\, it explores alternate worlds\, hypothetical futures\, or altered rules of nature. The genre includes science fiction\, fantasy\, dystopian and utopian fiction\, alternate history and magical realism. It is  hugely popular\, especially at the moment\, which makes you wonder: what in our current world is pushing writers and readers toward imagined futures and alternate realities? \nDr Rose Michael\, herself a multi-published literary speculative fiction novelist\, leads an expert panel to consider the importance of asking “What if…?” She says: “I’m super looking forward to what is sure to be an insightful and intriguing conversation about what these authors think speculative fiction is (or could be. I think today\, particularly\, the affordances of the genre are particularly pertinent and timely as we face climate catastrophe and the rise of AI.” \nHosted by the 2026 Dandenong Ranges Literary Festival\, this speculative fiction panel consists of bestselling authors Garth Nix\, the talented Karen Comer\, and Jane Rawson. \nGarth Nix has had more than seven million copies of his books sold around the world\, which have appeared on multiple international bestseller lists and been translated into 42 languages. In 2025\, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for “services to literature”. \nKaren Comer is the author of award-winning young adult verse novel Grace Notes (2023) and middle-grade verse novel Sunshine on Vinegar Street (2023). Her latest book is Once Upon Tomorrow (April 2026)\, a YA verse novel on the future\, libraries\, climate change\, fairytales and family. \nJane Rawson is the author of Human/Nature: On life in a wild world (2025)\, A history of dreams (2022)\, From the wreck (2017) and A wrong turn at the Office of Unmade Lists (2013)\, just to name a few. She is the Managing Editor at Island magazine and co-edited Breathing space\, a collection of reflections and projections on nature in Tasmania. \nRose Michael is the author of The Asking Game (2007) and The Art of Navigation (2017). She has published speculative fiction in Island\, Griffith Review and Best Australian Stories\, and experiments towards her latest novel\, Else (September 2025)\, appeared in Meanjin and Science Write Now\, as well as international journals Antipodes and Speculative Nonfiction. \nPanelist Jane Rawson has this to say: \n“There is no genre (including literary fiction) that I love reading more than speculative fiction. This is the realm of ideas\, of imagination and – most importantly for me – of politics. This is where the big thinking happens\, where writers ask\, ‘what if society worked this way instead of that way’\, ‘what if we had to genuinely contend with the way we treat other creatures’\, ‘what if we had to live with the consequences of our actions’? Speculative fiction is the genre that can permanently shift the way you understand the world. And there is honestly no greater thrill than reading a book that splits your brain open and lets in a great big new idea.” \n 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/hypothetically-speaking-with-garth-nix-karen-comer-jane-rawson-and-rose-michael/
LOCATION:Belgrave Library\, Reynolds Lane\, Belgrave\, Victoria\, 3160\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T173000
DTSTAMP:20260804T042145Z
CREATED:20260804T041507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T042145Z
UID:10033519-1791649800-1791653400@cityofliterature.com.au
SUMMARY:The Paperback Book Club with Anna
DESCRIPTION:The Paperback hosts two book clubs a month\, one on the second Saturday of each month (led by Anna) and another on the fourth Thursday of each month (led by Georgie). \nThe book clubs are for adult readers. Each session runs for one hour. Light refreshments are provided. \nAll participants receive a 20% discount on the book of the month. \nWe offer two sessions of each meeting\, with a maximum of 12 people per session.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/the-paperback-book-club-with-anna-2/2026-10-10/
LOCATION:Shop 4 / 24 Crossley St\, 24 Crossley street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3001\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Bookshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261010T173000
DTSTAMP:20261001T004737Z
CREATED:20260917T074511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T004737Z
UID:10033716-1791649800-1791653400@cityofliterature.com.au
SUMMARY:From Page to Screen: Art of Storytelling with Kelly Lefever\, Shaun Grant and Tadji Ulrich
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to write for film or TV? Do you want to know how to fund\, create and direct a short film? What do writers need to consider when adapting a book to film? Join Kelly Lefever\, Shaun Grant and moderator Tadji Ulrich as they dive deep into the world of screenwriting at the 2026 Dandenong Ranges Literary Festival. This informative session will give you all the answers\, and a chance to ask an expert panel for advice. \nTadji Ulrich creates and directs short films. He is a multi-award-winning writer and director based in Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia. His 2025 short film\, The Wake\, won the Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year at the 2025 edition of the Byron Bay International Film Festival. His previous projects have won top prize at the youth section of Tropfest and the inaugural Emerging Filmmaker Award from North Bellarine Film Festival. \nKelly Lefever is a long-time writer for TV. She has written\, script produced\, and script edited over 650 hours of television and feature films. A multiple award winner and nominee\, she was awarded the Foxtel Fellowship in Recognition of an Outstanding and Significant Body of Work in 2024. \nShaun Grant has written and directed many films and TV episodes. He is a critically acclaimed\, multi-award-winning screenwriter whose work has premiered at the world’s most prestigious film festivals\, including Cannes\, Berlin\, Toronto and Sundance. In 2025\, he was the co-creator and sole writer of the Amazon Prime limited series\, The Narrow Road to the Deep North. He was also one of the writers on the film Penguin Bloom which starred Naomi Watts (King Kong\, Mulholland Drive)\, Andrew Lincoln (This Life\, The Walking Dead) and Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom\, Stork).  \nAfter the panel\, audiences are invited to stay on for a screen of Penguin Bloom\, the 2020 film based on the book of the same name by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive. The book and film are based on a true story of Sam and Cameron Bloom’s family and their interactions with an Australian magpie named “Penguin”. \n 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/from-page-to-screen-art-of-storytelling-with-kelly-lefever-shaun-grant-and-tadji-ulrich/
LOCATION:Belgrave Community Hub\, 1616/1624 Burwood Highway\, Belgrave\, Victoria\, 3160\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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