Australian Society of Authors
@asauthors.bsky.social
The national peak organisation promoting and protecting the professional interests of Australia's authors and illustrators since 1963.
There are only a few days left to apply for the ASA Style File, a curated portfolio site for illustrators to showcase their work. With the long weekend approaching, now is the perfect time for illustrators to prepare portfolios for submission by 5pm on 21 April.
www.asauthors.org.au/asa-style-file/
www.asauthors.org.au/asa-style-file/
April 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
There are only a few days left to apply for the ASA Style File, a curated portfolio site for illustrators to showcase their work. With the long weekend approaching, now is the perfect time for illustrators to prepare portfolios for submission by 5pm on 21 April.
www.asauthors.org.au/asa-style-file/
www.asauthors.org.au/asa-style-file/
Sustain our literary life. A reading and thinking nation needs a thriving literary ecosystem.
- Fund Writing Australia.
- Support the organisations and places where readers gather, writers learn and ideas are shared.
- Fund Writing Australia.
- Support the organisations and places where readers gather, writers learn and ideas are shared.
April 4, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Sustain our literary life. A reading and thinking nation needs a thriving literary ecosystem.
- Fund Writing Australia.
- Support the organisations and places where readers gather, writers learn and ideas are shared.
- Fund Writing Australia.
- Support the organisations and places where readers gather, writers learn and ideas are shared.
Grow our local bookshops. Our bookshops need:
- Cultural vouchers for books, helping readers to buy Australian and read more local stories.
- Author events programs, connecting with new readers and bolstering night-time economies.
- Rental subsidies, ensuring bookshops thrive in urban & rural areas.
- Cultural vouchers for books, helping readers to buy Australian and read more local stories.
- Author events programs, connecting with new readers and bolstering night-time economies.
- Rental subsidies, ensuring bookshops thrive in urban & rural areas.
April 4, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Grow our local bookshops. Our bookshops need:
- Cultural vouchers for books, helping readers to buy Australian and read more local stories.
- Author events programs, connecting with new readers and bolstering night-time economies.
- Rental subsidies, ensuring bookshops thrive in urban & rural areas.
- Cultural vouchers for books, helping readers to buy Australian and read more local stories.
- Author events programs, connecting with new readers and bolstering night-time economies.
- Rental subsidies, ensuring bookshops thrive in urban & rural areas.
Guarantee support for libraries: mandate well-resourced school libraries with trained librarians, and support Australia’s 1700 public libraries to grow their collections.
April 4, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Guarantee support for libraries: mandate well-resourced school libraries with trained librarians, and support Australia’s 1700 public libraries to grow their collections.
Invest in reading: fund a national reading strategy to engage all Australians in the benefits of reading.
April 4, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Invest in reading: fund a national reading strategy to engage all Australians in the benefits of reading.
Back Australian stories and publishers:
- Secure the viability of printing books locally, and locally sourced paper.
- Create a Book Fund to publish new Australian stories and capture works of cultural significance.
- Invest in data systems to increase the visibility of Australian books.
- Secure the viability of printing books locally, and locally sourced paper.
- Create a Book Fund to publish new Australian stories and capture works of cultural significance.
- Invest in data systems to increase the visibility of Australian books.
April 4, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Back Australian stories and publishers:
- Secure the viability of printing books locally, and locally sourced paper.
- Create a Book Fund to publish new Australian stories and capture works of cultural significance.
- Invest in data systems to increase the visibility of Australian books.
- Secure the viability of printing books locally, and locally sourced paper.
- Create a Book Fund to publish new Australian stories and capture works of cultural significance.
- Invest in data systems to increase the visibility of Australian books.
Ensure AI is fair.
Australia must legislate to ensure ethical AI:
- Mandate transparency
- Safeguard the interests of creators, readers and the wider book industry
- Ensure creators are compensated
- Respect and recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sovereignty over materials
Australia must legislate to ensure ethical AI:
- Mandate transparency
- Safeguard the interests of creators, readers and the wider book industry
- Ensure creators are compensated
- Respect and recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sovereignty over materials
April 4, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Ensure AI is fair.
Australia must legislate to ensure ethical AI:
- Mandate transparency
- Safeguard the interests of creators, readers and the wider book industry
- Ensure creators are compensated
- Respect and recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sovereignty over materials
Australia must legislate to ensure ethical AI:
- Mandate transparency
- Safeguard the interests of creators, readers and the wider book industry
- Ensure creators are compensated
- Respect and recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sovereignty over materials
Ask your local candidates to:
Fund Australian authors. Our authors need investment to:
- Create new works through grants and fellowships, providing focused time and space to write.
- Connect with readers through events, residencies and programs in communities, libraries, bookshops and schools.
Fund Australian authors. Our authors need investment to:
- Create new works through grants and fellowships, providing focused time and space to write.
- Connect with readers through events, residencies and programs in communities, libraries, bookshops and schools.
April 4, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Ask your local candidates to:
Fund Australian authors. Our authors need investment to:
- Create new works through grants and fellowships, providing focused time and space to write.
- Connect with readers through events, residencies and programs in communities, libraries, bookshops and schools.
Fund Australian authors. Our authors need investment to:
- Create new works through grants and fellowships, providing focused time and space to write.
- Connect with readers through events, residencies and programs in communities, libraries, bookshops and schools.
The ASA office is now closed for the year, and will reopen on Monday 13 January 2025. We wish you all a safe and restful holiday break, and we look forward to connecting with you again in 2025!
December 20, 2024 at 6:42 AM
The ASA office is now closed for the year, and will reopen on Monday 13 January 2025. We wish you all a safe and restful holiday break, and we look forward to connecting with you again in 2025!