SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TASMANIAN WRITERS AND READERS FESTIVAL 2015
Kate Harrison, Festival Marketing
Women of Letters, Now Hear This,
Cate Kennedy and Kathryn Lomer at the 2015 Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival.
Tickets on sale: Monday 27 July 2015
Please note: The last Press Release stated that Helen Garner was to be a headliner for the festival. Unfortunately Helen will no longer be able to attend due to ill health.
Bookings for Don Watson and Bob Brown are rolling in and we are now ready to announce even more engaging sessions for the festival in September.
Short story expert, poet and all around prolific writer, Cate Kennedy and Tasmanian YA novelist, poet and short story writer, Kathryn Lomer will be discussing ‘The Story Behind the Story’ at Fullers Bookshop from 7.30pm on Thursday 10 September. This session will give the audience the ins and outs on what it takes to complete a book – from touring and travelling to reading and inspiration.
Cate will also be hosting a full-day masterclass on Friday 11 September, to be announced shortly.
Saturday night’s Now Hear This session will offer audiences a chance to revel in stories close to home. Radio National’s Melanie Tait will be hosting the night in front of a live audience. Stories can be funny, moving or silly, and must be told in a few spellbinding minutes. The Tasmanian theme is ‘The First Time’ and the listener’s imaginations will run wild trying to work out which stories are true and which are imagined.
Now Hear This: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/nowhearthis/
On Sunday afternoon, the festival will play host to the internationally renowned Women of Letters. Co-curated by celebrated writer Marieke Hardy and newly appointed Festival Director of the Emerging Writers Festival, Michaela McGuire. Tasmanian women have been asked to celebrate a love for letter writing as they respond to the theme of ‘Trading Places. Letter writers confirmed so far are: Cassy O’Connor, Pip Stafford, Kirsha Kaechele, Heather Rose and Claire Sullivan.
Women of Letters: http://womenofletters.com.au/
These sessions are expecting to sell out so audiences are encouraged to book early.
Tickets will be on sale from www.taswriters.org/twrf from 27 July 2015.
Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival
11 – 13 September 2015
Hadley’s Orient Hotel, 34 Murray St, Hobart
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