Fritz Stegherr was born in Germany in 1888, to a single mother, raised in the Algäu, always wanted to go…
Join Geoff Harwood, Katherine Johnson and Pete Hay for a fascinating discussion of ‘history, nature and hermits’, themed around the…
Join historians Prof. Henry Reynolds and Dr Nicholas Clements in conversation with commemoration advocates Rissah Vox and Wendall Graham Pitchford…
Laurie Gilbert. Septuagenarian. Rock Star. Writer. Laurie played bass guitar, married a bass guitarist and ran the Gold Coast Musicians’…
From Homer’s Odyssey, through Boccaccio’s Decameron, to Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend But the Mountains, adversity has provided a loyal companion…
Grace Williams is the Founder and Director of Citizen Tasmania, a human rights and arts organisation dedicated to providing individuals…
Join Karen Brooks, author of The Good Wife of Bath: a (mostly) true story, and Danielle Wood, for what is…
Over 2021 the Maritime Museum of Tasmania has been hosting Tasmanian writers, Kate Gordon and Danielle Wood as part of…
I’ve never seen myself as a traveller, more as a stay-at-home island dweller though life has taken me on some…
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…
Deborah Thomson, Sarah Walker* and Grace Williams are strong and compelling advocates for social justice and humanitarian issues, including the…
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.…
Ruhi Lee* is the author of her own memoir, Good Indian Daughter: Growing up, she knew she was never going…
A panel discussion and readings, from the best of the 2021 Van Diemen History Prize, moderated by UTas Associate Professor…
A panel on the use of facts in fiction writing and the ethical dilemmas posed by a hybrid genre such as creative non-fiction.
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.