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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 …
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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 …
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The Hobart Writers Festival will be on next weekend – 9th and 10th of October 2021. It has been keeping me very busy over the last few weeks, mostly on things like the website, ticketing and other marketing collateral, but what I’m happiest about is having facilitated several sessions that will bring some amazing writers, …
Welcome to this new section of Bright South’s website, which is kicking off with two sparkling reviews by Yaffler MacSweeny. They include Kyle Perry’s The Bluffs, and Heather Rose’s Bruny, which are just the first to arrive off the chopping block. Keep an eye on Yaffler! Read on to find out more about the man.
The Bluffs is a new psychological thriller by a new Tasmanian author Kyle Perry, set on and around the great western tiers in the fictional town of Limestone Creek. It is about a group of teenagers who go on a overnight school camping walk where three of them mysteriously disappear and a teacher is found …
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I recently read a Tasmanian based book about Tasmanian issues called Bruny by an author by the name of Heather Rose, who has written quite a few successful novels but this is the first one I’ve read by her. It is a fictional story about a bridge linking Bruny Island to the main land that …
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