Please join us to bring a very special end to the Hobart Writers Festival 2019, at a very special location…
Please join us for the official Opening of the Hobart Writers Festival 2019!
Join filmwriters and directors Takani Clark and Ninna Millikin for a Q & A session and the screening of two short films about inspiring Aboriginal women, made by Ninna and Takani as part of the Women of the Island project
Join Matthew and L.J. in a conversation on the place of food in creating a setting for fiction, for family, for relationships and the continuity of the Tasmanian food landscape since the introduction of European farming practices.
The Forty South Tasmanian Writers’ Prize asks entrants to write a short story on ‘an island or island-resonant theme’. A…
A great line-up of free children’s events will be held in tandem with the Hobart Writer’s Festival, on Saturday the…
So, you’ve written your manuscript or created a collection from your poetry/stories – now what? Do you try to take…
Poetry as a Form of Activism Activists write poetry in Manus Island, Chile, Spain, China, and Ireland. Why? What does…
What makes a good environmental children’s book? This extra special session at 3pm, Sunday the 15th of September, is brought…
Tales of a War Correspondent 1814 -1856 The Pakana Voice, a new book by Ian Broinowski, written with cultural advice…
Mark Macleod, Andi Stewart and Kate Gordon talk about writing for the booming teen and young adult market. Kate Gordon…
Join Christina Booth, Fiona Levings, Mark Macleod, Lian Tanner and Coral Tulloch, who talk about their rich, varied and valuable…
Four writers superb with a passion for science and stories come together in this session, in which they will explore…
The full creative process in a Tasmanian landscape Tasmanian writers and producers talk about the process of creating a piece…
This session brings together three of our best-loved authors, Katherine Johnson, Karen Viggers and Katherine Scholes, who will be discussing…
Tansy Rayner Roberts is an award-winning writer of science fiction, fantasy, feminist essays, and humour, with a PhD in Classics.…
Damon Young is an award-winning philosopher, and the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Art of…
In this not to be missed session you can expect more than your regular ‘in conversation’! Erfan Daliri and Ruth…
Women’s lives in Van Diemen’s Land Award winning writer Amanda Lohrey talks to Jenna Mead about The Broad Arrow; Being…
Steven Burgess, Author and Street Maker talks to Alan Whykes from Bicycle Network Tasmania and Hobart’s Lord Mayor Councillor Anna Reynolds about…
Two of our most interesting writers, Rohan Wilson and Heather Rose in conversation. Rohan’s first book, The Roving Party, won…
Good writing about history can be engaging, insightful, poignant or intriguing, but the underlying research will always be authentic and…
It’s all in the title. How many writers actually make their living from writing? How many don’t? If you do,…
Coral has illustrated and/or written 63 fiction and non-fiction books for children, published in Australia and internationally. She has studied…
Join Sarah Hamilton, award-winning playwright and performer and Co-Artistic Director of Human Animal Exchange; Andi Stewart, two-time Australian Slam Champion…
Inspired by our much-loved Derwent River, Tasmanian poet, Gina Mercer, with composer/musicians, Rubato Express, present a performance interweaving their original…
The white female response to the local landscape: Elizabeth Fenton in the 1830s and her great-great-granddaughter Ann Page in the…