Books, screen, art and environment of lutruwita-Tasmania
The Tasmanian Poetry Festival is on again – a smorgasbord of great local, national and international poets and poetry over the entire weekend – 30th September – 1st October 2022, in Launceston. Along with pre-Festival workshops, the classic Launceston Poetry Cup and several themed sessions with plenty of readings, a highlight will be the announcement …
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 …
On the 20th of October 2018, Friends of North Bruny officially opened the Dennes Point Heritage Trail Interpretation Panels and Website, a project supported by Bright South. The Heritage Trail is a fantastic new short walk on the very northern-most tip of Bruny Island, a site of incredible heritage significance. Find out more . . .
Friends of North Bruny represents the community on North Bruny Island, lutruwita-Tasmania (everything north of the Neck). During 2018 Bright South helped them with a new website. Find out more . . .
Anne Morgan is an amazing poet! She’s also a super active member of lutruwita-Tasmania’s writing community, coordinating the Facebook page ‘Celebrate Tasmanian Books and Writing’, and you can often catch her reading her work about the state. If you get the chance to hear her, go! Anne also knows just the way to catch the …
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 . . .