International Children's Book Day is coming up on April 2, with the theme The Freedom of Imagination.

The longlist for the Tasmanian Literary Awards was announced recently, and here it is! Congratulations to all named.

While 2025 isn't a festival year, we continue to be committed to bringing you a lineup of events that satiate your literary appetite...

We are delighted to report back on the enormous success that was the 2024 Tamar Valley Writers Festival (TVWF).

Award-winning author Kate Kruimink's second novel, Heartsease, was launched this week.

Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott's latest book Dusk will be published in October this year.

We are thrilled to announce that one of our headline guests for the 2024 Tamar Valley Writers Festival will be Benjamin Stevenson....

The Tamar Valley Writers Festival committee is delighted to share that beloved Australian author Markus Zusak will be one of the featured...

Reviewed by Kate Jackson @kate_thebooklover I was absolutely delighted to read an advanced copy of Claire van Ryn’s debut novel The...

A little while back we asked you, our book-loving community, for your favourite podcasts on writing, reading and everything associated....

The 2023 year has seen a steady stream of new Tasmanian books hitting shelves, so we thought we'd put together this bookish Christmas giv...

The Tamar Valley Writers Festival is thrilled to announce that, in partnership with Three River Theatre, we are hosting critically...

Saddleback Wife is the story of a couple with dreams of rearing Wessex Saddleback pigs and selling premium pork. It doesn't go to plan.

When bones are found in the Tasmania wilderness, one of the main characters, Antonia Kovács, discovers through her work at FSST (Forensic...

Home to Echidna Lane by Eva Scott (Reviewed by Kate Jackson @kate_thebooklover) Back in late 2021, Eva Scott and her family made the Coal...

The Tamar Valley Writer's Festival is hosting a Children's Book Week themed Trivia Night that you will NOT want to miss!

On a Bright Hillside in Paradise by Annette Higgs (Penguin, 2023) follows the Hatton family, convict descendants living in the Tasmanian ...

Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here by Heather Rose is reviewed by Johanna Baker-Dowdell, weaving her experiences with those shared in the memoir.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a book reviewer on social media? We all know that the world of social media is where it's AT...

The Tamar Valley Writers Festival invites you to a Live and Local streaming of the 2023 Sydney Writers Festival, here in Launceston on...