10-13th October 2024
Main Venue: Hotel Grand Chancellor, Launceston
29 Cameron St, Launceston (get directions, opens Google Maps).
Other Venues:
Robyn Rowland Workshop (Thursday): 8 High Street Launceston (get directions).
Friday Workshops with Thomas Forest Bailey & Sarah Lock Workshops:
Launceston Library (upstairs); Civic Square, Launceston CBD (get directions).
Tim Thorne book launch: Sporties Hotel – The Lounge, 252 Charles Street, Launceston (get directions).
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EVENTS SCHEDULE
THURSDAY 10th OCTOBER
Poetry Masterclass workshop
9:30 am – 12:30 pm | Robyn Roland: Silence, its Dialects, and the Passion that Forms Them
Tim Thorne’s Greatest Hits
Book launch – Free event – presented by Lucie Thorne
From 6:30 pm, at Sporties Hotel (see above).
FRIDAY 11th OCTOBER
Poetry Masterclass workshops
10:30 – 12:00 am | Thomas Forest Bailey: Ecopoetica
1:00 – 2:30 pm | Sarah Lock: Fury as a Force for Good
Friday Night Festival Launch and Feature
6:00 – 7:00 pm | Meet, greet, nibble and relax with our guest poets
7:00 – 9:30 pm | Guest poets Thomas Forest Bailey, Moran Wiesel and Sarah Lock with music by Rob van der Elst
SATURDAY 12th OCTOBER
Saturday Sessions
10:00 – 11:20 am | Welcome by Colin Berry, then Guest Poets: Leanne Boschman, Pam Schindler, Ross Donlon
11:30 – 12:10 pm | Open Mic “Landscapes of lutruwita-Tasmania”, hosted by Marilyn Arnold
12:10 pm | Lunch
1:15 – 1:45 pm | Guest Poet Robyn Rowland
1:50 – 2:20 pm | Andrew Hardy Youth Poetry Award
2:30 – 3:30 pm | Guest Poets: Bruce Penn and Sarah Lock
Launceston Poetry Cup (Saturday Evening)
From 6:30 pm
SUNDAY 13th OCTOBER
Sunday Sessions
10:00 – 10:40am | Poetry and Jazz, by Ross Donlon and Steve Brien (guitar)
10:45 – 11:10pm | Guest Poet: Robyn Rowland
11:15 – 12:15pm | Guest Poets: Marilyn Arnold, Leanne Boschman, Pam Schindler
12.15 pm | Lunch
1:00 – 1:30pm | Island speaks (Editor, Jane Rawson)
1:30 – 2:30 | Guest Poets: Moran Wiesel, Bruce Penn and Sarah Lock
2:30 – 3:30pm | Festivale Finale, raffle draw and farewells.