Written by author and festival director, L.M.J Owen The Pandemic Hits As mentioned in the earlier blog post about Tasmanian crime writing festivals, in 2019 I was inspired by Agatha Christie’s visit to Tasmania a century ago to found a new festival in the Huon Valley - the Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival (TARWF), … Continue reading #TasmanianLitMonth – Tasmanian Crime Writing, Part 3: Crime Writing and Mystery Fiction Literary Exhibition
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#TasmanianLitMonth – Featured Writer: Danielle Wood
Author Danielle WoodPhoto credit: Karen Brown Danielle Wood is the author of The Alphabet of Light and Dark, Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales for Girls, Housewife Superstar: The Very Best of Marjorie Bligh and Mothers Grimm. As Minnie Darke, she is the author of Star-crossed, The Lost Love Song, With Love from Wish & Co and the forthcoming Audible Original, Wild Apples. With Heather … Continue reading #TasmanianLitMonth – Featured Writer: Danielle Wood
#TasmanianLitMonth – The Bluffs by Kyle Perry
Kyle PerryPhoto credit: Penguin Random House About Kyle Perry Kyle Perry is a drug and alcohol counsellor based in Hobart, Tasmania. He has grown up around the Tasmanian bush and seas, with the landscape a key feature of his writing and his spare time. He loves the sea, and his entire leg is covered in … Continue reading #TasmanianLitMonth – The Bluffs by Kyle Perry
#TasmanianLitMonth: Featured Writer – Karen Harrland
Written by Tasmanian author Karen Harrland Karen Harrland Writing the 'Daughter of the Plateau' and 'Spinifex Baby' I sat on the timber steps outside the old weatherboard cottage with a steaming coffee. Towering Eucalypts caught the wind that blew off the mist shrouded mountains behind me, and I felt my thoughts deepen as I looked … Continue reading #TasmanianLitMonth: Featured Writer – Karen Harrland
#TasmanianLitMonth: Featured Writer – Lyndon Riggall
Written by guest contributor Lyndon Riggall, introduction by Bec Taylor Lyndon Riggall is a northern Tasmanian writer and English teacher at Launceston College and co-host, with Annie Warburton, of the Tamar Valley Writers’ Festival Podcast. Tasmania being Tasmania, and six degrees of separation being more like two, it turns out Lyndon was both a student … Continue reading #TasmanianLitMonth: Featured Writer – Lyndon Riggall
#TasmanianLitMonth: Tasmanian Crime Writing & Writing Festivals, Part 2
Written by author and festival director, LMJ Owen Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime, visits Tasmania As mentioned in Part 1, Agatha Christie visited Tasmania in 1922 and loved it. She wrote in her autobiography: “Incredibly beautiful Hobart, with its deep blue sea and harbor, and its flowers, trees and shrubs. I planned to come … Continue reading #TasmanianLitMonth: Tasmanian Crime Writing & Writing Festivals, Part 2
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Yellow Butterfly
My library colleagues and I are big proponents of wordless picture books. They are accessible to readers no matter their age, literacy level, or primary language. They impart vital narrative skills, and are ideal for practicing dialogic reading with young children. Wordless books are not less than for their lack of text; they are important … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Yellow Butterfly
#TasmanianLitMonth: Bushfires
Poem and context written by Dr Cameron Hindrum Dr. Cameron Hindrum is a distinguished novelist, poet, teacher, and playwright. His most recent award is the Tasmanian Literary Award 2022 from the University of Tasmania, for the manuscript of his new novel, The Sand. He also coordinated the Tasmanian Poetry Festival for 17 years. Bushfires are … Continue reading #TasmanianLitMonth: Bushfires
#TasmanianLitMonth: Featured Writer – Meg Bignell
An interview with author Meg Bignell, by Bec Taylor About Meg Meg Bignell is a Tasmanian writer, actor and performer. She is the author of three novels published by Penguin Random House — The Sparkle Pages, Welcome to Nowhere River and The Angry Women’s Choir. She has written, directed and performed for cabaret, stage and television and sings with Hobart Voice Academy Ensemble. She … Continue reading #TasmanianLitMonth: Featured Writer – Meg Bignell
#TasmanianLitMonth: A Child’s Book of True Crime, by Chloe Hooper
Photo and bio courtesy of Penguin Random House About Chloe Hooper Chloe Hooper’s The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (2008) won the Victorian, New South Wales, West Australian and Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, as well as the John Button Prize for Political Writing, and a Ned Kelly Award for crime writing. She is also … Continue reading #TasmanianLitMonth: A Child’s Book of True Crime, by Chloe Hooper
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