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We maintain an authors a-z listing service which is updated periodically. The list contains writers who have appeared at Literary Festivals in Australia, New Zealand, Britain and Ireland - or perhaps aspire to! If you are an author, or represent one, and would like a listing in our directory then please send details.

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Queensland Poetry Festival

When? 27 - 29 August, 2010

Where? State Librar, Brisbane.

What's it all about then? 2010 Spoken in One Strange Word

The Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) is the major literary event for poets and poetry in Queensland. The program features Queensland, interstate, and international poets in readings, book launches, discussions, slams and open readings. Interested poets should send CV/biography around November each year. Check website www.queenslandpoetryfestival.com for full details. The Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award for Unpublished Poetry and The Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize are also a feature of QPF, with the winners announced on opening night.

Where is it? Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brunswick Street, Brisbane.

When is it? 21, 22nd and 23 August, 2009

How much are tickets? There is a combination of fee paying and non-fee paying events.

Festival Website: www.queenslandpoetryfestival.com

Previous Festivals ? A.F. Harold Elizabeth Bachinksy Neil Murray Hinemoana Baker, Kent McCarter
Barbara Temperton, Paul Sherman, Ynes Sanz, Nathan Shepherdson, Anna Krien, Bronwyn Lea, Angel Kosh, Sophia Nugent-Siegal, Angela Costi,Noella Janaczewska, Jessika Tong, Elizabeth Bachinsky, Noella Janaczewska, Jessika Tong, Elizabeth Bachinsky & many moreKristin Hannaford, Ali Cobby-Eckermann, Max Ryan & Cleis Pearce, Tracie Morris, James Norcliffe, Gina Mercer, Ken Bolton, Holly Buschman, Graham Nunn & Sheish Money, Suzanne Jones, Tracie Morris, Rowan Donovan, Ron Moss, Chris Mansell, Rowan Donovan, Nerissa Rowan, Petra White, Tim Sinclair, Jessika Tong, Julie Beveridge, Tusiata Avia, Karlo Mila, Seie Barford, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Darren Kamali, Mua Strickson Pua, Tim Page and Doug Poole, Tracie Morris
Silver Sircus, Zenobia Frost, Peter Bakowski, Andy Jackson, Jason Thomson & Simon Sheehy, Fiona McColl
David Gagen, Jordie Albiston Petra White, Claire Gaskin, John Knight, Alan Jefferies, Gina Mercer

 

 

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New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week

When? 26 Feb - 21 March, 2010

Where? Wellington New Zealand

Norman Lindsay Festival of Children’s Literature

When? March 20 and 21, 2010

Where?Norman Lindsay Gallery,

Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains, NSW

Storylines All Saints College Literature Festival

When? 17 -19 March, 2010

Where? All Saints' College
Ewing Avenue
Bull Creek, WA 6149

Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF)

When? 17-23 May, 2010

Where? Various venues across Walsh Bay and Sydney’s CBD

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