The double life of the writer musician
Oct
13
12:15 pm12:15

The double life of the writer musician

How does it feel to live a double life as a musician and a writer?

Does reading and literature influence music?

What are the differences between music fans and literary fans?

Is the writing life more solitary than the music life and does that help to balance you out?

Elizabeth Flux will sit down with Adam Ouston and Justin Heazlewood to ask them about their double lives as writers and musicians. Both Adam and Justin are Tasmanian writers who perform music under different names.

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Cringefest: Saturday night edition
Oct
12
8:00 pm20:00

Cringefest: Saturday night edition

The impassioned poetry of your youth, the scent of adolescent intensity, the Lynx, the loves, the fury, the vulnerability …

Cringefest invites you to crush on, and cringe on, your own youthful writing. Break out those poems and lyrics and intensely scrawled diaries of your youth and read them aloud. 

These years, the years that by hook or crook you found your voice, are as much a part of you as what you ate for breakfast, it’s time to celebrate them … in front of a crowd.

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Comic Readings R Us
Oct
12
6:45 pm18:45

Comic Readings R Us

What’s it like to be treated for cancer?
What percentage of birds have a penis?
What even constitutes a ‘comic reading’?

Well, it involves: a screen, some drawings, a microphone, four award-winning and powerful local storytelling legends, and finally, it involves an audience (that’s you!)

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What's so great about comics?
Oct
12
4:00 pm16:00

What's so great about comics?

What’s so great about comics? What do these stories and characters do for us?

Lifelong comic reader and advocate for the medium, John Retallick will be joined by local comic lovers, author and philosopher Damon Young and author and illustrator Tania Walker, to discuss their childhood and recent favourites. They’ll chat about why they enjoy comics, which creators and creations work best for them (and which don’t), and how to navigate the gargantuan comics universe.

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Book making workshop
Oct
12
1:30 pm13:30

Book making workshop

Claire Pendrigh will show you how to create your own hand stitched notebook.

Using recycled paintings on canvasses for the notebook covers and attaching pages with a simple stitching technique, you'll never need to buy a notebook again!

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Writing, reading, books and awards #2
Oct
12
12:45 pm12:45

Writing, reading, books and awards #2

How important is reading to a writer’s career?
How important are readers to a writer?
What books make writers want to be writers?

Island magazine Managing Editor Vern Field will sit down with Tasmanian writers Erin Hortle, Robbie Arnott and Katherine Johnson to discuss what reading means to them and how books have shaped their lives. They will also be discussing what it means to win a Tasmanian Premier’s literary prize.

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Cringefest: Friday night edition
Oct
11
8:30 pm20:30

Cringefest: Friday night edition

The impassioned poetry of your youth, the scent of adolescent intensity, the Lynx, the loves, the fury, the vulnerability …

Cringefest invites you to crush on, and cringe on, your own youthful writing. Break out those poems and lyrics and intensely scrawled diaries of your youth and read them aloud. 

These years, the years that by hook or crook you found your voice, are as much a part of you as what you ate for breakfast, it’s time to celebrate them … in front of a crowd.

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Writing, reading, books and awards
Oct
11
7:15 pm19:15

Writing, reading, books and awards

How important is reading to a writer’s career?
How important are readers to a writer?
What books make writers want to be writers?

Avid reader, editor and radio producer Rachel Edwards (aka Paige Turner) will sit down with Tasmanian writers Adam Ouston (aka Costume), Pete Hay and Ben Walter to discuss what reading means to them and how books have shaped their lives. They will also be discussing what it means to be shortlisted for a Tasmanian Premier’s literary prize.

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