Workshop: Make Place a Character
Rijn Collins’s novel Fed to Red Birds transports us to the volcanic peaks and thermal springs of Reykjavik. In this workshop Rijn will guide you... Read More
On Barbara Tucker and Heide
Much more than a muse; Barbara Tucker was a vital partner in the artistic success of her famed husband. Using accounts from friends and family,... Read More
From Page to Stage to Screen
Storytelling can take many shapes, and writers Maxine Beneba Clarke (The Hate Race), Elise Esther Hearst (One Day We’re All Going to Die) and Elizabeth... Read More
Lost City of Melbourne: Screening and Q&A
The cityscape of Melbourne looked wildly different pre-1956, before Whelan the Wrecker’s demolition blitz began. Once the epicentre of culture, film and restaurants, Melbourne’s Victorian... Read More
DOUBLE LAUNCH: Remarkable as Breathing and Volte Face
Local Poetry outfit Liquid Amber Press launches two new collections: Remarkable as Breathing by Rose Lucas and Volte Face by Dominique Hecq. Celebrate this double... Read More
Can Storytelling Save Local Newspapers?
With an increasingly digitised and globalised media landscape, many communities have lost their local newspaper. Alice Pung (One Hundred Days), Margaret Simons (Tanya Plibersek), John Weldon (writer and associate... Read More
Treasure Mapping Workshop
Lucia Nardo introduces a playful, collage-based writing practice to kick-start a new project or overcome writers’ block in an existing one. Using the metaphorical implications... Read More
Let’s Mix the Palette
Colours fly when three Liquid Amber Poets: Anne Elvey, Dominique Hecq and Rose Lucas reflect on the influence of the visual on their writing –... Read More
Hear from the Ada Cambridge Poetry Judges
Hear the two Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize judges, Gayelene Carbis (I Have Decided to Remain Vertical) and Edward Caruso (Blue Milonga), read from their latest... Read More
LAUNCH: Two Good Soldiers, One Great War
Local author Hugh Jones has written an account of two doomed Tasmanians in WWI: one a star footballer, the other a betrayed public servant. Join... Read More