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Author: Festivale Evie (page 2)

Myron Lysenko

Myron Lysenko

Posted on: January 1, 2023 Last updated on: September 15, 2023 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2023, Guest Poets TPF23, Poets
A Ukrainian Australian, Myron began to write poetry in 1982 and became a professional poet in 1989. His poems have been published over 600 times in literary journals in Australia and overseas,…
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Welcome to the Tasmanian Poetry Festival 2022

Posted on: September 3, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022
Remembering Tim Thorne The Tasmanian Poetry Festival was founded by Tim Thorne, a remarkable poet and person. With his wife Stephanie, Tim organised the Tasmanian Poetry Festival over several decades, and it…
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2022 Festival Pass

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022
The 2022 Tas Poetry Festival Pass includes: Friday 30th Sept: FESTIVAL LAUNCH – 7.30 pm, Hotel Grand Chancellor Saturday 1st Oct: SATURDAY SESSION – GUEST POETS – 10 am – 2 pm,…
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2022 Festival Launch

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, Guest Poets TPF22
Meet, greet and hear the Festival Guest Poets – David Mason Ren Alessandra Myron Lysenko Anne Kellas Daniel J. Townsend Therese Corfiatis Fleassy Malay Guest poet profiles – read these in the…
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2022 Saturday Session Guest Poets

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, Competition TPF22, Guest Poets TPF22
Hear our guest poets read/perform: Anne Kellas Thomas Bailey David Mason Ren Alessandra Fleassy Malay Daniel J. Townsend Therese Corfiatis Guest poet profiles – read these in the Festival Programme Andrew Hardy…
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New Voices in Poetry (2022)

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, Guest Poets TPF22, New Voices TPF22
Presenting “New Voices” in poetry, giving a stage to rising poets on the current circuit. With special guest poets: David Mason Therese Corfiatis Guest poet profiles – read these in the Festival…
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Poetry Cup (2022)

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 4, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, Competition TPF22, New Voices TPF22, Open Mic TPF22
Who will win the coveted Poetry Cup this year? Get your raunchiest poems out of hiding, and bring your friends and family to get loud and clapping, foot stomping and yelling. Poems…
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A Celebration of Tasmanian Women Poets

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, Guest Poets TPF22
Presented by Nancy Jean Corbett and Georgie Todman, this is a celebration of Tasmanian women poets, featuring: Readings from the works of Gwen Harwood and Sarah Day Performances/readings by our 2022 guest…
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Live to Air Poets on City Park Radio

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, Guest Poets TPF22, Simulcast/pod TPF22
Live to Air Broadcast through City Park Radio, featuring all our guest poets for the Festival 2022. Guest poet profiles – read these in the Festival Program. Sunday 2nd October 2022, 1:00…
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TPF 2022 – More!

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022
Yes, there’s more! Don’t miss anything – scroll down to find everything that’s on, near and far. But first, a matter of great importance: the Tasmanian Poetry Festival was founded by Tim…
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Poetry in the Pub – Imperial Hotel, Branxholm

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, New Voices TPF22, Open Mic TPF22
Open Mic Event CALLING ALL POETS … … for this Tasmanian Poetry Festival 2022, a FREE pre-festival event. Read or perform your work. Get out those poems that have been hiding in…
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Hallelujah – a tribute concert to Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 5, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, Concerts TPF22
Presented by the Tasmanian Poetry Festival 2022: Songs and music brought to the stage by leading Tasmanian musicians including Lucie Thorne, Daniel J Townsend, Sheyana, Edwina Blush, Kath Ellis, Jimmy Harrison, Scott…
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Paint and Sip with Ekphrastic Poetry

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 5, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, Workshops TPF22
Discover the inner artist while spending time with your friends, family or significant other. With a drink in one hand and a paintbrush in the other you can create your own masterpiece.…
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Poetry Workshop with Ren Alessandra

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, Workshops TPF22
Join us if you’re keen to expand your repertoire with creative access points, crafting exercises and strategies to find something to write about every time. It’s for the writer who might feel…
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Poetry Workshop with Anne Kellas: The Invisible Poem

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 20, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, Workshops TPF22
When writing poetry, how do we get the balance right between the pull of our own “earthly history” and that of the mystery of the “invisible”? This workshop aims to help find…
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Andrew Hardy Youth Poetry Prize

Posted on: September 2, 2022 Last updated on: September 28, 2022 Written by: Festivale Evie Categorized in: 2022, Competition TPF22
This award for young Tasmanian poets remembers Andrew Hardy, who died in 1997, at the age of 22. Tim Thorne said this of Andrew: Andrew Hardy was not only a poet of…
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