Tim Thorne’s Greatest Hits

Thursday 10th October 2024, 6.30-9.30 pm

Cover of Tim Thorne's Greatest Hits book

Lucie Thorne, family and friends will launch the book Tim Thorne’s Greatest Hits. This is a FREE EVENT hosted by the Tasmanian Poetry Festival in its 40th continuous year, to honour its founder the late and great Tim Thorne.

Puncher and Wattman are the publishers, and this is what they say:-
“Tim Thorne [1944-2021] was a leading contemporary Australian poet. Author of sixteen collections of poetry, founder of the Tasmanian Poetry Festival and Cornford Press, Tim was a brilliant and generous polymath, mentor, activist and commentator, who has left a profound legacy and an extraordinary body of work. “

You can read more about Tim and his contributions to the Tasmanian Poetry Festival here.

Venue: Sporties Hotel – The Lounge
252 Charles Street, Launceston (Get directions, opens Google Maps).