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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
The Broad Arrow

The Broad Arrow

August 22, 2019 TasWriters

Women’s lives in Van Diemen’s Land Award winning writer Amanda Lohrey talks to Jenna Mead about The Broad Arrow; Being…

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Posted in: 2019 News, History and Culture Filed under: Amanda Lohrey, convicts, history, Jenna Mead, settlers, Van Diemen's Land, women, writers
Rowan Gillespie's Footsteps Towards Freedom

History Writing: The Van Diemen History prize

August 21, 2019 TasWriters

Good writing about history can be engaging, insightful, poignant or intriguing, but the underlying research will always be authentic and…

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Posted in: 2019 News, History and Culture Filed under: Forty South, history, Imogen Wegman, Kirstyn Harman, Nick Brodie, Paige Gleeson, Terry Mulhern, Tony Fenton, Van Diemen History Prize, Van Diemen's Land, writers
Tansy Rayner Roberts Creature Court series.

Making a Living from Writing

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It’s all in the title. How many writers actually make their living from writing? How many don’t? If you do,…

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Posted in: 2019 News, Art of Writing Filed under: David Owen, publishing, Rohan Wilson, Tansy Rayner Roberts, writers
Coral Tulloch

Coral Tulloch on Writing and Illustrating

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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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