Unless otherwise stated, all Festival events are $12/$10 conc. Weekend Passes will be available soon for $50 each / $40 conc.
Please note that tickets for Anne Kellas workshop and Chris Wallace-Crabbe lecture must be booked and paid for separately.
Saturday September 24 2-5pm
Unfortunately this workshop is cancelled owing to ill health.
Workshop: ‘Outside your Comfort Zone’ with Anne Kellas
Room 2, Adult Education Centre, 8 High Street Launceston
A poet must constantly look for new ways to explore and engage with poetry, in order to develop and grow. This masterclass is designed to encourage the more experienced poet to step outside their comfort zone and go into the unknown, uncomfortable edge of their creativity.
Please book for this workshop here.
With thanks to the Tasmanian Writers Centre for making this workshop available.
Sunday September 25 2-5pm
Open Mic Readings at the Empire Hotel, Deloraine.
Free Event! Register to read your work at the event on the afternoon.
Thursday September 29 2-5 pm
WORKSHOP!
Bothism with Tanya Evanson
$15
This 3-hour workshop explores the importance of both silence and sound in the creation of spoken word--from meditation to magical editing, to the many possibilities of the vocal body in performance. Learn from a professional artist how to craft your words and free them from the page. Requirements: passion, patience, paper, pen, mind, memory and mouth.
Launceston LINC, Civic Square
Meeting Room 1, 2nd Floor.
Email the Festival to make bookings and arrange payment:
Friday September 30 6.30-7.30pm
Words on Water: departing from Tamar River Cruises, Home Point Marina
All aboard the MV Tamar Odyssey! The 2016 Tasmanian Poetry Festival Weekend kicks off with our traditional twilight cruise on the Tamar River. This event features readings by some of our 2016 Guest Poets and the bar will be open for liquid refreshments.
**Bookings essential for this event** See contact details below to book.
8 - 10pm
Poetry @ The Boathouse
After the Cruise, make way to the Boathouse off Lindsay Street, Invermay (opposite Bunnings). Over a lovely pizza, listen to more of our 2016 Guest Poets.
This event will feature Open Mic sessions (5 minute limit) for poets in the audience to share their work.
Pre-order and payment for Pizzas will be available sonn.
Saturday October 1 11am - 12.20pm
Readings in the Park FREE EVENT!
Join us at Victorias Cafe, adjacent to the Albert Hall on the corner of Tamar and Cimitiere Streets, for readings by Guest Poets against the backdrop of Launceston’s most iconic green space, City Park. Visit the Japanese Macaque Monkeys in between sets! Or enjoy a lovely coffee and something to eat from Victoria’s, one of Launceston’s many fabulous cafes.
ArtWords 2 - 4 pm
Sawtooth ARI Gallery, 2/160 Cimitiere Street, Launceston.
A five minute walk from Victoria’s cafe, this vibrant artist-run space captures the essence of contemporary arts practice by local and national artists. Soak in the creative ambience while you absorb the work of our Guest Poets, shared in the midst of provocative, beautiful and possibly challenging artworks. This event will also include Open Mic readings for poets in the audience, with a five-minute limit.
The Launceston Poetry Cup 7.30 - 10.30 pm
Launceston Workers Club, 66 Elizabeth Street, Launceston
It’s on! The Festival’s seminal performance poetry competition, now in its 32nd year. The Launceston Poetry Cup throws open the challenge to all who accept--if you can generate the single loudest audience response with an original poem performed in one minute or less, the silverware is yours! It’s loud, it’s contagious, it’s open to anyone and everyone and it’s easily the most fun you will ever have in verse! Sign up to enter on the night at the venue--write your poem now and give it a go! Light suppers available and drinks at bar prices.
Sunday October 2 from 1 pm
Ploughetry!
Join us at a new Festival venue, the Plough Inn, 170 Brisbane St. Launceston (opp. Village Cinemas).
Hear from each of our 2016 Guest Poets in the gorgeous roof-top ambience of this recently renovated central Launceston pub. Lift access is available and the Pough Inn’s Lunch Menu will be available for those of you feeling peckish, adn the rooftop bar will be open. This event will feature the draw of the famous Poetry Festival raffle and will be broadcast live on City Park Radio at 103.7 FM. Help us bring down the curtain on another fabulous weekend feast of contemporary verse.
Monday October 3
‘Poetry and the Escaping Self’
presented by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Does the poet disappear into his or her poem? Can art be truly impersonal? Perhaps the poet creates a marble monument out of language.
Is this done by formal means? Chris will demonstrate such questions by reading
from his own recent and earlier poetry.
7 - 8.30 pm
Community Room 2
NICS Building, adjacent to the LGH
48 Frankland Street
Launceston
$20/$15 (not included with Festival Weekend Pass)
Contact the Festival at the email address below for more information.
Eminent Australian Poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe presents a Lecture on contemporary Australian Poetry. An absolute treat for anyone who loves reading, writes poetry or adores literature--don’t miss it!
For enquiries or to make bookings for Words on Water, please email Cameron at tpf_inc@yahoo.com.au .
Festival Weekend passes are available for purchase online this year! These will soon be available locally at Petrarchs Bookshop in Launceston--stay tuned.
