All posts tagged "Books"

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  Transportation Press launches international microfiction competition

  Transportation Press Transportation Press, Tasmania’s newest publisher is delighted to announce the launch of their first competition, Smoke, an international microfiction competition....

• New book shares the scandalous true story of ‘The Mysterious Mr Jacob’

  http://www.transitlounge.com.auIt was a famous scandal that rocked the highest echelons of the British Raj. In 1891, a notorious jeweller and curio dealer...

• Billy Sing, the new historical novel from acclaimed author Ouyang Yu

  www.transitlounge.com.auWilliam ‘Billy’ Sing was born in 1886 to an English mother and Chinese father. He and his two sisters were brought up...

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  Tasmanian author shortlisted for the 2017 $50,000 Stella Prize

  Anna Lensky A Tassie author has been shortlisted for the prestigious $50,000 Stella Prize this year … Heather Rose’s book The Museum...

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  Tasmanian Writers’ Centre: Workshop Reminders …

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  Cassandra Crosses the Chasm

  Paula Xiberras Australian author Cassandra Austin coincidentally shares her name with author Jane Austen’s sister albeit with a slight spelling variation. Like...

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  Hobart Bookshop: Elizabeth Goodsir’s new poetry collection

  Hobart Bookshop We are pleased to host the launch, by Terry Whitebeach, of Elizabeth Goodsir’s new poetry collection, Blue Pollen Beautiful, with...

• ‘My Idol Years’, the candid memoir from former Australian Idol judge & popstar Mark Hold

  Scott Eathorne, Quikmark MediaFrom Carnation Kid and early pop stardom, to LA songsmith and actor, to producer and manager, to Idol judge,...

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  James Boyce’s Losing Streak: How Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry

  Black Inc. A jaw-dropping account of how one company came to own every poker machine in the state of Tasmania – and...

• Today, 3pm, Colville Gallery: Luke Wagner + Lyn Reeves

  Anne KellasSmall Worlds is a collaboration between Hobart painter, Luke Wagner and poet, Lyn Reeves. This limited edition book of images and...