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Pete Hay at Joe King's Shack (image by Matthew Newton)

Dissident Voices in the Wilderness

August 27, 2019 TasWriters

Poetry as a Form of Activism Activists write poetry in Manus Island, Chile, Spain, China, and Ireland. Why? What does…

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Posted in: Art of Writing, Wellness and Environment Filed under: Aboriginal, activism, Cameron Hindrum, environment, Gina Mercer, justice, Pete Hay, poetry, Ruth Langford, Sarah Day, science
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Writing Environmental Literature for Children

August 24, 2019 TasWriters

What makes a good environmental children’s book? This extra special session at 3pm, Sunday the 15th of September, is brought…

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Posted in: 2019 News, Art of Writing, Children, Wellness and Environment Filed under: awards, children, environment, illustrators, publishing, science, writers
Oil and Water copyright Daniela Brozek

Science and creativity in fiction writing: Oil and Water?

August 23, 2019 TasWriters

Four writers superb with a passion for science and stories come together in this session, in which they will explore…

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Posted in: 2019 News, Art of Writing, Wellness and Environment Filed under: Carol Patterson, Coral Tulloch, Karen Viggers, Pam Wood, science
Viggers, Scholes and Johnson books

How we bring stories (sometimes true stories) to life through fiction

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This session brings together three of our best-loved authors, Katherine Johnson, Karen Viggers  and Katherine Scholes, who will be discussing…

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Posted in: 2019 News, Art of Writing, Wellness and Environment Filed under: environment, Karen Viggers, Katherine Johnson, Katherine Scholes, nature, science, women
Coral Tulloch

Coral Tulloch on Writing and Illustrating

August 21, 2019 TasWriters

Coral has illustrated and/or written 63 fiction and non-fiction books for children, published in Australia and internationally. She has studied…

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Posted in: 2019 News, Art of Writing, Children Filed under: Antarctica, children, Coral Tulloch, illustrators, nature, science, writers

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