Q&A with a Bookstagrammer
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...
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Feb 8, 20233 min
Q&A with festival president Lyndon Riggall
You may have heard by now that the Tamar Valley Writers Festival has two new faces in the roles of co-presidents to carry the vibrant...
Jan 25, 20232 min
Q&A with festival president Georgie Todman
You may have heard by now that the Tamar Valley Writers Festival has two new faces in the roles of co-presidents to carry the vibrant...
Nov 16, 20215 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Ian Kennedy Williams
Ian Kennedy Williams is the author of three novels and four collections of short stories. He has also written for the stage and worked on...
Nov 10, 20213 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Julian Burgess
Julian Burgess is the author of nine non-fiction books including Holyman's Of Bass Strait: Shipping and Aviation Pioneers of Australia;...
Nov 3, 20212 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Johanna Baker-Dowdell
Johanna has always worked with words — professionally as a media officer and journalist, and writing creatively and blogging for fun...
Oct 25, 20212 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Medhanit Barratt
Tasmanian-based singer-songwriter Medhanit Barratt was born in the African country of Ethiopia and adopted at the age of six months. At...
Aug 12, 20215 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Karen Mace
Karen Mace is an author, novelist, book coach, editor and proofreader. Karen has published two non-fiction books on grief, titled Healing...
Aug 2, 20213 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Georgie Todman
Georgie is our creative director, here at the TVWF, but you might not be aware that she is a writer in her own right. Georgie completed a...
Jul 27, 20212 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Fiona Stocker
Fiona Stocker was raised on the Lancashire coast and in Holland. After studying at Warwick University, she worked in the arts in London...
Jul 20, 20213 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Don Defenderfer
Don Defenderfer has been infatuated with Tasmania’s natural environment since first visiting the island in 1982. He has lived in...
Jul 6, 20214 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Anne Layton-Bennett
Anne Layton-Bennett was born in England, and moved to Australia in 1977. While she has always been an inveterate letter writer, she only...
Jul 1, 20214 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Lyndon Riggall
Lyndon Riggall is a writer and secondary English teacher from Launceston, whose passion for words goes as far back as being a volunteer...
Jun 21, 20212 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Joy Elizabeth
A poet and novelist, Joy Elizabeth has been part of the poetry community in Tasmania for over 36 years. She was guest poet at the...
Jun 13, 20213 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Nancy Corbett
Nancy Corbett was born in Canada in 1944. She has attained her B.A. and M.A. in English Literature from the University of British...
Jun 7, 20214 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Cameron Hindrum
Cameron Hindrum lives, writes and works in Launceston. He has published a novel, two collections of poetry and had two plays...
Jun 2, 20212 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Yvonne Gluyas
As well as being an Australian Poetry Slam coordinator, Yvonne Gluyas is an active member of the Tasmanian Poetry Festival, Toastmasters...
May 27, 20213 min
Tamar Valley Storytellers: Shirley Patton
Dr Shirley Patton grew up in outback Western Australia and now lives with her partner in wine-growing country overlooking the beautiful...
May 19, 20213 min
New Tamar Valley Storytellers series
We are a region rich with talent! The Tamar Valley is not only abundant with wineries and sweeping water vistas, it is a place that...
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