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Melbourne International Literary Programmers Roundtable

 

Support for UNESCO City of Literature projects

This program encourages writing and reading with a view to promoting the literature of Québec and Wendake, and to supporting the writers, literary artists, and organizations that produce it.

Application deadline for 2025: May 20

Melbourne International Literary Programmers Roundtable

The city of Melbourne invites 6 people from literary organisations based within UNESCO Creative Cities and 6 delegates from Melbourne’s literary sector to connect through its International Literary Programmers Roundtable in the Spring of 2026. The event combines online meeting from February to April followed by the in-person program from May 4 to 9, during the Melbourne Writers’ Festival. The program includes networking and exchanging best practice ideas, meeting Australian publishers and local literary organisations, enjoying events and gatherings and, of course, getting to know Melbourne, a UNESCO City of Literature. 

Application deadline: October 6 2025

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