Information and resources for exhibiting authors
Exhibiting Author Information Sheet
It’s going to be a fun day. But don’t forget to make sure you are prepared. This document will give you some must-know info. Please take a little time to get across each point.
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Staff are here to help.
There will be 10+ staff available on the day to ensure that the the Festival runs smoothly. Green Hill’s Kaitlan is the Chief of Staff on the day and can be contactable on 0450 242 917. Kaitlan is our troubleshooter.
All staff will be easily identifiable wearing the black t-shirts as shown here.
Loading Zone
Look out for the bright yellow signs in Third Street.
Drop-off time 7:30am – 8:45am – SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER
The Loading Zone will be at Third Street. You can drop your cargo off here – please note you will only have a couple of minutes to unload (before you must move on to park your vehicle). There will be Book Festival Staff on hand with hand-trucks ready to take your cartons of books to your exhibition table on the mezzanine level of Plant 3 and Plant 4. Please clearly label each carton/each item with the author’s name.
Help Promote the Festival…
The more eager readers on the day the merrier! If you’d like to receive a small bundle of flyers for your personal promotion please order below.
Encourage your friends, associates and those from your local community to attend the event.
- Do a local letterbox drop
- Give a few to your local coffee shop/cafe
- Pin on community noticeboards
- Hand to friends and associates
You can also get active on your socials!
In advance of the Festival please make sure you start spreading the word
on your own socials and please “tag in” the event https://www.facebook.com/share/1CBUumeqGh/ (If you don’t know how to do that there will be a video on the Facebook group – please also join that if you haven’t already https://www.facebook.com/groups/617519536879961)
Where are the exhibiting author table locations?
Please note table allocation maybe be subject to change.
Wi-Fi and Book Sales
Free Wi-Fi is available at Plant 4. While cash payment is recommended for readers purchasing books (there is an ATM inside the IGA store at the city end of the Plant 4 building), if you also are planning on having an online payment option, it is recommended you use your own mobile 5G to guarantee adequate speed.
The AIABF 2025 was a great day. Here’s to an even bigger success in 2026.
What the participating authors said…
Hello Green Hill,
What a wonderful day. The authors and visitors all seemed to enjoy themselves. I talked to more people (and autographed and sold more books than ever).
It was a really enjoyable fun day. Thanks for making it all happen.
AUTHOR NAME WITHELD
Dear Kaitlan and David and others,
WOW. Exhaused but satisfied. Such a buzz. Well done to the team.
AUTHOR NAME WITHELD
Hey, The team at Green Hill,
I just wanted to drop you a really quick message to say thank you all for the wonderful job that you all did in preparation for, and in carrying out the Indie Author Day. I can’t speak for everyone, but it felt to me like it was a great day and a great success.
You should all be very proud of yourselves. What you have done, in giving so many authors a platform and the opportunity to share their art – is nothing short of brilliant. I don’t say that lightly. From what I have seen, and through my experience with you guys – you do a lot of giving and that is a rare thing these days.
I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and walked away with a sense of achievement. Even with the weather the way it was – the people still came!
I’m not sure how all of the other authors fared for the day – but just for your own personal information and reference, we turned over just a smidge under $1000 for the day. And I had even more interested people who took cards/contact details which something may come from in future.
So thank you sincerely.
AUTHOR NAME WITHELD
