The Andrew Hardy Youth Poetry Prize is awarded in memory of Andrew Hardy, who died at the age of 22, in 1997. Andrew Hardy was not only a poet of great potential,…
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Tim Thorne’s Greatest Hits
Thursday 10th October 2024, 6.30-9.30 pm Lucie Thorne, family and friends will launch the book Tim Thorne’s Greatest Hits. This is a FREE EVENT hosted by the Tasmanian Poetry Festival in its…
Tasmanian Poetry Festival 2024 Programme
10-13th October 2024 Main Venue: Hotel Grand Chancellor, Launceston 29 Cameron St, Launceston (get directions, opens Google Maps). Other Venues: Robyn Rowland Workshop (Thursday): 8 High Street Launceston (get directions). Friday Workshops…
Rob van der Elst
Rob Van Der Elst was born in the Netherlands and migrated to Australia as a child. He was ‘thrown in at the deep end’, expected to learn English without formal instruction. This…
Steve Brien
Steve Brien Jazz guitarist Steve Brien grew up in Sydney, Australia. Getting involved with jazz groups in the late 70s, he soon established himself on the scene playing with local jazz musicians…
Thomas Forest Bailey
Thomas Forest Bailey is a performance poet; he has twice won the Deloraine Poetry Slam and has been Tasmanian Poetry Slam Champion. Thomas placed third in the Australian Poetry Slam National final…
Bruce Penn
I am a poet, an artist, a performer and an occasional percussionist. I write short-winded, sharp, accessible poems,and Long-winded, blunt, long-and-winding poems that create journeys that may lose the listener briefly, but…
Sarah Lock
Strong in the belief that language and communication are among humanity’s most valuable tools, Sarah endeavors to provoke thought and promote empowerment in all of her work. Her performances, written works and…
Marilyn Arnold
Marilyn Arnold … (coming) Marilyn will be hosting the Open Mic session “Landscapes of Lutruwita-Tasmania” on Saturday morning (12th). You can catch Marilyn performing herself, as a guest poet, on Sunday morning…
Leanne Boschman
Leanne Boschman is a Vancouver Island-based writer living and working on the traditional territories of the Cowichan Tribes and Malahat Nation. She began to love poetry during her first year on the…
Moran Wiesel
Moran Wiesel is a performance poet, storyteller, and eco-somatic therapist. Moran’s works explore our intimate entanglement with the earth’s soul, inviting audiences on a wonder-filled journey of profound connection. Their performances sparkle…
Pam Schindler
Pam Schindler is a poet, bushwalker and former university reference librarian, living by the sea at Blackmans Bay, lutruwita-Tasmania, after 20 years in southeast Queensland. Anne Kellas has written that her poems…
Robyn Rowland
Poetry can animate everything, so that life itself breathes through the line. It can make us alive to something new or remembered. Poetry must connect, communicate, enliven, disturb and stir. From my…
Ross Donlon
Ross Donlon is winner of two international poetry prizes and the Launceston Cup, of which he is very proud. Other awards include the Dorothy Hewett Flagship Fellowship. He has five books of…
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Enjoy the complete festival experience with this year’s FESTIVAL PASS*. Passholders save up to 20% on the total ticket cost and have the opportunity to meet and greet our guest poets at…
Friday Night with Rebecca Rushbrook, Myron Lysenko and Tug Dumbly
From 7:15 pm Kicking off the Tasmanian Poetry Festival 2023 are three entertaining and powerful guests: Rebecca Rushbrook, Myron Lysenko, and Tug Dumbly, hosted by MC Thomas Bailey. Prepare for a refulgent…