TasWriters and Hadley’s Orient Hotel invite you to a networking event for writers, readers, storytellers and publishers.
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…
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…
Four writers superb with a passion for science and stories come together in this session, in which they will explore…
This session brings together three of our best-loved authors, Katherine Johnson, Karen Viggers and Katherine Scholes, who will be discussing…
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…
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…
Inspired by our much-loved Derwent River, Tasmanian poet, Gina Mercer, with composer/musicians, Rubato Express, present a performance interweaving their original…