Arts
Island … looking forward to a new future
The recently threatened Island Magazine will be launching their 127th edition next Wednesday, February 1 at 5.30 at The Lark Distillery Hobart at a free event that is open to the public.
The long running Tasmanian literary magazine’s future was recently in doubt following a decision by Arts Tasmania to not provide any funding in 2012 though it has managed to secure emergency funding from the Australia Council and have just appointed a new editor with digital expertise.
The new editor, Dale Campisi will be speaking at the launch, which will be a conversational style event with some refreshments provided.
Dale is a published writer of food and travel books and a publisher at Arcade Publications. He has previously been a lecturer in writing and editing at the tertiary level and has undertaken postgraduate study exploring cultural change in the 1960s and 1970s as seen in the pages of Meanjin literary journal. He is on the board of the Deakin University Master of Arts and the Emerging Writers’ Festival Program Advisory Committee.
The staff of the magazine are excited about the future prospects with the magazine which was taken to new heights (the first ever edition to sell out, MONA 125) by former editor Sarah Kanowski. Sarah has returned to Brisbane to move into the role of presenter of ABC Radio National’s new Weekend Arts program.