Launch notes for Tyenna, by Julie Hunt and Terry Whitebeach

The following is based on Daniela’s launch speech for Tyenna, with The Hobart Bookshop, in March, 2022. You can read online or download (using the download button at the bottom of the page, to read offline, print, and/or share around, but please credit me if you wish to quote from or reference this material. Below …

Launch of Tyenna, by Julie Hunt and Terry Whitebeach

Tyenna launch invitation

It was an honour to be asked to ‘virtually’ launch Julie Hunt’s and Terry Whitebeach’s new children’s novel, Tyenna (published by Allen & Unwin Books). The launch was hosted by Hobart Bookshop and you can join us whenever it suits you! No need to worry about getting to the usual awkward 5.30 event timeslot, whether …

August news

It’s been a little while since I posted anything, but that’s because I’ve been busy! Here’s a little update on a few exciting things that have been happening recently though – The Diver is going to Venice! Reviewing – Sean Rabin’s Wood Green, and TasWriters’ Hobart Writers Festival… The Diver is going to Venice! Firstly …

Bright South publishes Pete Hay’s Girl Reading Lorca

Girl Reading Lorca

Bright South is proud to be the publisher of Pete Hay’s poetry chapbook, Girl Reading Lorca. From a poet normally regarded as “fiercely Tasmanian”, this collection is a startling departure from Pete, but no less observant, subtle or incisive than his better known work. The centrepiece of Girl Reading Lorca is a celebration of the …

Pete Hay Poet Website

Pete Hay and Ollie

Of one of lutruwita-Tasmania’s greatest poets, of Pete Hay, Rachel Edwards wrote: “no one else takes the temperature of this island like Hay, and no one else uses Tasmania as such an effective prism through which to consider human nature” (The Australian). Not only is Pete a poet though, he is also a respected scholar and activist. Find out more . . .