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Top 22 Literary organizations based in Australia

Name: Literary organizations based in Australia
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 84 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 84 literary organizations headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 455 professional contacts across them, including 96 with verified work emails. Melbourne is the largest hub.

This list covers literary organizations headquartered in Australia, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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455Contacts tracked

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The 22 largest literary organizations based in Australia

Ranked by team size

Top 22 of 84 literary organizations based in Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to literary organizations: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Sydney Writers' Festival	Indirect evidence	The Rocks, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sydney Writers’ Festival brings together a broad and engaged community around the sharing of books, writing and ideas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	The Wheeler Centre	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Wheeler Centre exists to support writers, readers and thinkers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Poetry In Action	Strong evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Strong evidence “For nearly two decades, Poetry in Action has been on a mission to unlock the power of words for young people, transforming poetry and literature into dynamic performances that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Writers Victoria	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Writers Victoria is all about writers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Melbourne Writers Festival	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Melbourne Writers Festival brings writers and readers together to be inspired, challenged and thrilled by an intelligent, rousing and diverse program of books and ideas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Writing NSW	Indirect evidence	Lilyfield, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Writing NSW is a government funded not for profit organisation that exists to promote writing-based culture and the rights and interests of writers in NSW.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Brisbane Writers Festival	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Brisbane Writers Festival brings a richly curated experience to Brisbane each year, as well as exciting out-of-season events.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Australian Book Review	Indirect evidence	Southbank, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Australian Book Review (ABR), one of Australia’s major cultural magazines, presents high-quality journalism and new writing for the widest possible audience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Newcastle Writers Festival	Strong evidence	Newcastle, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Newcastle Writers Festival provides a multi-faceted program of literary events, outreach, education initiatives and digital content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Varuna The National Writers' House	Strong evidence	Katoomba, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Varuna is the foremost institution for literature development in Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Writers SA	Indirect evidence	Adelaide, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Writers SA is a not for profit organisation that aims to foster, develop and promote writers and writing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	RED Room Poetry	Indirect evidence	The Rocks, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded by Johanna Featherstone in 2003, Red Room Poetry (RR) is Australia's leading organisation for commissioning, creating, publishing and promoting poetry in meaningful ways.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Writing WA	Indirect evidence	Perth, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Writing WA is working between the lines and behind the scenes to build a state of opportunity in Western Australia for writers, publishers and other practitioners in the writing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Canberra Writers Festival	Strong evidence	Canberra, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 2016, the Canberra Writer’s Festival has become a beloved event in the national literary calendar – a favourite amongst Australia’s reading, writing and publishing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Kill Your Darlings	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded by Rebecca Starford and Hannah Kent, Kill Your Darlings (KYD) is one of Australia’s leading arts and culture magazines.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Westwords	Indirect evidence	North Parramatta, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WestWords is dedicated to celebrating and championing the stories of the people, places and cultures that comprise the heart of Western Sydney.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	NT Writers' Centre	Strong evidence	Darwin And Mparntwe \| Alice Springs, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “NT Writers’ Centre is a community of writers and storytellers creating and celebrating the diverse literary culture of the Northern Territory.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Good Reading Magazine	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Good Reading Magazine produces Australia's highest-circulating print and digital magazine dedicated to books and reading.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Currency Press PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Redfern, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Currency Press was founded in 1971 by Katharine Brisbane, then national theatre critic for The Australian, and her husband Dr Philip Parsons, a lecturer in Drama at UNSW who…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Going Down Swinging	Indirect evidence	Clifton Hill, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Going Down Swinging works across platforms to produce high quality publications and events that support writers and artists telling stories worth sharing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Africa World Books	Indirect evidence	Perth, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AFRICA WORLD BOOKS IS A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION We don’t just publish your book and walk away.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Fireside Editing	Strong evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Fireside Editing is a Melbourne-based literary editing company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: literary organizations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names literary organizations.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of literary organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name literary organizations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Literary organizations based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

21.1%Verified-email coverage

5.4Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

26.2%Largest-city concentration · Melbourne

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Australia, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Australia, over 84 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among literary organizations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Australia whose own description of what they do matches “literary organizations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names literary organizations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among literary organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Australia are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 96 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names literary organizations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many literary organizations are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 84 literary organizations headquartered in Australia as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Sydney Writers' Festival, headquartered in Sydney, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most literary organizations?

Melbourne leads with 22 headquartered companies, followed by Sydney (12) and Perth (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 96 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 84 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.