Encounters with humans and other species A talk with a some poetry I’ve never seen myself as a traveller, more…
Launching the Forty South Short Story Anthology 2021 (the best entries from the Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2021). Chris Gallagher, judge…
Heather Rose (The River Wife, White Heart), Rosie Dub (Gathering Storm, Flight) and Shirley Patton (The Secrets We Keep) discuss…
What can we say? Don’t miss this. Two of Tasmania’s most exciting writers in one room. Fire and water… we’re…
Join three popular writers, Danielle Binks (The Monster of Her Age – featured on RN’s program, The Drawing Room)*, Lian…
Deborah Thomson, Sarah Walker* and Grace Williams are strong and compelling advocates for social justice and humanitarian issues, including the…
Ursula Dubosarsky* is the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2020-2021. Considered one of Australia’s most talented and original writers, she is…
Often when writing remote places, the location itself functions as a character. The writer must be as aware of its…
Join Danielle Binks*, author of The Monster of Her Age, in conversation with Briony Kidd. Danielle is a Melbourne-based writer.…
Mark Macleod is the author of picture books for children, as well as poems for children and adults. President and…
Ruhi Lee* is the author of her own memoir, Good Indian Daughter: Growing up, she knew she was never going…
Kate Gordon grew up in a small town by the sea in Tasmania. She is the author of six novels…
Danielle Wood is a versatile wordsmith who writes fiction and non-fiction for adults and children. Under her own name she…
Dr Terry Whitebeach is a Tasmanian writer and oral historian. Her published work includes poetry, young adult novels, biographies, bilingual…
Katherine Johnson is a Tasmanian novelist and science writer. Her novels include Pescador’s Wake, The Better Son, Matryoshka and Paris…
I live in North West Tasmania. I have written two memoirs (Whose Life Is It Anyway? Recognising and Surviving Domestic…
Shirley Patton left an academic career as a social work lecturer, and a published researcher in family violence, to write…
The More Than Human Poetry Project began as a series of writing prompts, followed by an exchange of poems and…
Colin Baldwin will be launching his book A Soldier’s Quartet at the Hobart Writers Festival. Session details here.
Hannah Moloney, presenter of The Good Life, is a permaculture landscape designer, educator and change maker. Having learned about the…
A panel discussion and readings, from the best of the 2021 Van Diemen History Prize, moderated by UTas Associate Professor…
Wild and remote places form a significant part of Robyn Mundy’s life, and her novels. Robyn has wintered and summered…
A panel on the use of facts in fiction writing and the ethical dilemmas posed by a hybrid genre such as creative non-fiction.
A panel on the use of facts in fiction writing and the ethical dilemmas posed by a hybrid genre such as creative non-fiction.
A panel on the use of facts in fiction writing and the ethical dilemmas posed by a hybrid genre such as creative non-fiction.
Arianne recently chatted with author of ‘The Last Apple Blossom’, Mary-Lou Stephens, and publisher Nicola Robinson, about the writing and…
Our moment is on edge, with multiple pressures impacting globally not just on ourselves but on our home… How can writers give to, and feed on, a moment that has helped to cause such damage? In this session, poems will be read, processes and hopes will be discussed, and the experience of writing amid the Anthropocene will be shared.
Since May this year, 23 Tasmanian poets have been working with one specific idea, that poetry can contribute to a deeper cultural valuing of the world we are part of. With readings by several of the 23 poets involved, this event is for remembering where we are, where we have come from, and what we might wish to take with us into the future.
Inspired by true events, a story of perseverance and happenstance that transcends time and reaches across continents. A Soldier’s Quartet by Colin Baldwin, launch with Rosie Dub.
TasWriters and Hadley’s Orient Hotel invite you to a networking event for writers, readers, storytellers and publishers.