As we are a vibrant City of Literature, calendars fill up very quickly with dates of literary events of all kinds. The Melbourne City of Literature calendar has become the one-stop directory for literary activity across our City of Literature. Comprehensive and user-driven, the calendar is one of our more effective ways of supporting event’s organisers throughout the City of Literature, getting more bums in seats, more tickets sold and extending the reach of your events outside your usual networks.

We invite you to add to its content! If you plan events that correspond with one of our event categories and feel that they sit within the ‘City of Literature’ please go here to request a log in.

  • Once your account has been created, approved and verified, you will be able to add your events.
  • Please note that we will have to approve your account once it has been created, so this may take some time. You will receive an email once you are able to log in and add events.
  • On the ‘My Account’ drop-down menu in the top menu bar, click ‘Add Event’
  • You will be asked to fill out the event title, description and time and date, venue and organiser details, event URL link, author/presenters and cost.
  • You will also be asked to fill in the event categories. You can pick multiple categories by holding down the ‘CTRL’ button and selecting relevant categories. By picking the most relevant categories, it means the calendar works as smoothly as possible, making it easy for users to navigate.
  • Once you are done, you can click ‘Submit Event’, which will post the event. Yay!

Please note, this website is an aggregator and isn’t designed to be the only page for your event. It works best with a brief description and a link for people to find more. It cannot sell your tickets.

With our subscription function, readers receive two weekly emails. Every Monday morning subscribers will receive an update showing all the new calendar entries that have been uploaded over the last seven days. Every Friday afternoon, subscribers receive a summary of what’s happening on the weekend. Consistent and timely, our calendar updates become an event all in themselves, able to relay your literary events to those most interested.