The @asauthors.bsky.social has published guidelines for creators to help you navigate decisions around the use of generative AI. Know your rights and be aware of the risks! www.asauthors.org.au/artificial-i...

Artificial intelligence: ASA guidance for creators - Australian Society of Authors

AI offers new opportunities, but also poses significant risks to the creative industries. The development of AI must be carefully regulated.

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If you’re contemplating how you want to approach publication of your work, don’t miss this opportunity to learn directly from an author who has lived through it and benefit from Jess Kitching’s varied experience. Please book via: www.asauthors.org.au/events/my-pa... Photo credit: Jess Howell

Join award-winning author, editor, and creative writing tutor Maame Blue (@maame_blue) to learn how you can develop your self-editing skills and polish your draft manuscript. Please visit: www.asauthors.org.au/events/the-w... Photo credit: Yellowbelly

Our July member spotlight is Melbourne based writer Sean Wilson. Read more on the ASA website: www.asauthors.org.au/news/member-... Photo provided by author.

Red Room Poetry and the ASA are teaming up this National Poetry Month to host a free discussion with Australian industry experts to provide valuable insight into the current status of poetry. Book your spot: www.asauthors.org.au/events/poetr...

Make informed decisions about licensing deals for AI training. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the technological aspects of generative AI training from a leading international expert. Please visit our website to book: www.asauthors.org.au/events/gener... Photo credit: Toby Walsh

👏 The ASA applauds the Prime Minister's strong commitment to Australian creators, made today in a speech about shaping artificial intelligence in Australia’s interests.

Learn how to effectively arrange and refer back to your collected research in this practical one-hour session with award-winning author Jock Serong. Bookings: www.asauthors.org.au/events/now-w...

This one-hour discussion with novelist and newspaper columnist Melanie La’Brooy will help you determine how you can best juggle a diverse workload and pursue exciting new avenues with your career. Bookings: www.asauthors.org.au/events/how-n...

The ASA is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2026 Tasmanian Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program! Thanks to Arts Tasmania, this mentorship program is designed to nurture the next generation of literary talent in Tasmania. More details: www.asauthors.org.au/news/2026-ta...

As this year’s NAIDOC Week theme is Fifty Years of Deadly, it offers us the opportunity to look back at the publishing history of Indigenous Australian fiction for young readers. Register for this free event here: www.asauthors.org.au/events/story...

Read Anna Funder's urgent article in The Guardian today on why we must protect our copyright and ensure creator livelihoods! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Big tech wants to use Australian creative work to train AI models without permission or payment. It's our creativity. Our culture. Our choice. Don’t sign our rights away. @albomp Our warm thanks to @andygbooks for joining the ASA in our continued fight for creator rights.

Big tech wants to use Australian creative work to train AI models without permission or payment. It's our creativity. Our culture. Our choice. Don’t sign our rights away. @albomp.bsky.social Our warm thanks to Anna Funder for joining the ASA in our continued fight for creator rights.

The ASA CEO, Lucy Hayward, was joined yesterday by Anna Funder and Andy Griffiths in Canberra to speak up for creators. Alongside our creative industry colleagues we had a clear message - there is to be no use of our creative work by AI companies without permission and payment.

It’s vital to include AI provisions in your publishing contracts to safeguard your interests, provide an overview of AI terminology and the emerging licensing market, as well as set out our recommended AI clauses for your agreements. More details: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-pub...

🚨 Authors and illustrators 🚨 Billion dollar tech companies want a hand-out, a free-for-all for our labour and intellectual property to train their AI models. We call on the Australian Government to commit to the future of creativity in this country and not to trade it away.

Join author and publisher Rachel Bin Salleh, author Sally Rippin, and author Kate Temple to learn what the state of play for Australian KidLit is in 2026. Bookings: www.asauthors.org.au/events/the-s...

Join Wenona Byrne, the Director of Writing Australia, to learn more about the work Writing Australia is doing to improve opportunities and conditions for authors and illustrators. For more details and to register please visit: www.asauthors.org.au/events/writi...

Our June member spotlight is the legendary Mem Fox! Mem is Australia’s foremost writer of picture books for young children. A household name and a favourite author of anyone with little ones in their life, her books have entertained and comforted generations of Australians. Read more:

Member Spotlight: Mem Fox - Australian Society of Authors

Our June Member Spotlight is Mem Fox, Australia’s foremost writer of picture books for young children.

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Search Australia’s most up-to-date dictionary and thesaurus with a subscription to Macquarie Dictionary Online. ASA members can redeem a 20% discount on the normal subscription price. For more information visit: asauthors.org.au

The Willoughby Literary Festival is hosting a free session that goes behind the scenes of the publishing world with leading industry voices, including ASA CEO Lucy Hayward, to discover what makes a story stand out. Register: libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Eventbrite/I...

The schedule of the attending publishers and agents for our July Virtual Literary Speed Dating event have been announced! ✨ Pitch Perfect priority bookings will open Monday 22 June, with general bookings opening on Tuesday 23 June. View the schedule: www.asauthors.org.au/pitching-eve...

The new minimum recommended rates of pay for royalties provides greater clarity for creators when time comes for publishing agreements. The rates address high-discounts, rising royalties, and net receipt royalties vs. RRP. Visit our website for more: www.asauthors.org.au/rates-of-pay/

Our May member spotlight is Angie Faye Martin, a writer, editor, and cultural consultant, of Kooma, Kamilaroi, and European heritage. Her debut novel, Melaleuca recently won the Australian Book Industry Awards Matt Richell Prize for New Writer of the Year. Read more:

Member Spotlight: Angie Faye Martin - Australian Society of Authors

Our May Member Spotlight is a writer and editor of Kooma, Kamilaroi, and European heritage, Angie Faye Martin.

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Hear what the debut publishing experience entails with first-time authors Jumaana Abdu, Madeleine Cleary, and Angie Faye Martin, who will share what they’ve learned from the experience, and what they are doing to sustain a career as a writer. Bookings: www.asauthors.org.au/events/what-...

The ASA has updated our model publishing contracts for authors and illustrators, now with revised standard terms and comprehensive AI clauses, to help creators understand their agreements and negotiate with confidence. The AI clauses cover permitted uses of AI in publishing and licensing.

There is still time to book in for our event for National Reconciliation Week! Learn how to engage in respectful collaboration, consultation, and storytelling practices to elevate First Nations stories, with Darren Rix, and co-author, Craig Cormick. Bookings: www.asauthors.org.au/events/telli...

A reminder that entries for the 2026 Barbara Jefferis Award close tomorrow 27 May 4pm AEST. Find out more and apply: www.asauthors.org.au/award/barbar...

Barbara Jefferis Award - Australian Society of Authors

Valued at $50,000, the Barbara Jefferis Award is offered biennially for the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way.

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Authors and illustrators currently based in Tasmania are invited to apply, entry is free. Mentorship recipients will be given the opportunity to develop their work with an accomplished and experienced mentor. www.asauthors.org.au/award/tasman...