2018 Festival
14-16 September
Welcome to the Tamar Valley Writers Festival, where the magic of the written and spoken word comes alive.
Recognised as one of Tasmania’s premier arts festivals, the biennial three-day event celebrates, explores and critiques writing of all genres. Be intrigued and inspired, captivated and challenged alongside some of the nation’s best writers, thinkers and speakers as we take the mystery out of writing.
This September is our third event and the Festival boasts a larger, fuller and more dynamic programme.
The Tamar Valley Writers Festival remains one of the largest Australian writers festivals outside any Australian capital city.
Set within the magnificent Tamar Valley Wine route at the charming, Swiss-inspired village of Grindelwald (just 20 minutes’ drive from Launceston) you’ll find yourself immersed in a celebration of literature.
Remember what they say about the earlybird . . . Get clicking and book yourself in.
We look forward to seeing you September 14-16!
OCTOBER 22, 2018
We've received some wonderful compliments about this year's festival from both writers and patrons, and we appreciate them all! https://cbcatas.blogspot.com/2018/10/words-by-riverside-some-thoughts-on.html?fbclid=IwAR3JA1GHORoI-beL_SA4MLHLrJ3ADR1sZELmglDo4Dkd4XRbbotQXZ5Pkuk
Up to date resources on festival events, information and accommodation.
See our talented line-up of writers attending the 2018 festival.
Tamar Valley Writers Festival is a biennial event (every 2 years)
As a writer for young adults I especially enjoyed the opportunity to meet and talk to local students, who appeared to really engage with the presentations.
It was really good fun. I think you have a winner on your hands. Congratulations.
It was an honour and a pleasure to be a part of the Tamar Valley Writers Festival 2016. Not only did I have the opportunity to perform to thousands of kids in the region, exciting them about the world of literature & reading, but I heard local authors and producers speak passionately about how their enigmatic island inspires and informs their work.
Throughout my panel sessions I met and spent time with more devoted teen readers, some of whom sought advice with their own writing. Some told me they rarely get the opportunity to meet Young Adult writers in person and I have corresponded with one of them since to encourage her promising effort.
I can only agree in saying the Tamar Valley Writers Festival was absolutely great! Accommodation and food for the writers and illustrators was marvellous.
I write in praise of the Tamar Valley Writers Festival. I've attended a great many of these events around the country over the decades but few as impressive and enjoyable as yours.
Thank you so much for inviting me! The festival was a great deal of fun and, for my part, I thoroughly enjoyed participating in the various panels and hearing so many other writers talk as well.
Your committee was energetic and enthusiastic and the events well organised. I brought my program 'Late Night Live' with me. We recorded and broadcast quite a few sessions – and taped others for subsequent broadcasting. This amplified the voice of the Festival by many orders of magnitude.
It was really good fun. And it was very well organised. Congratulations.
The Tamar Valley Writers’ Festival is already one of the finest in the country.
Late Night Live has record-breaking levels of podcasts from both local and international listeners – many millions each year. And people are continuing to download sessions from your festival.
The Tamar Valley Writers Festival 2016 was a wonderful event. Not only was it in a spectacular location, but more importantly, the impressive diversity of writers it attracted, and the effective composition and curation of panels allowed for enjoyable and important discussions.
It was very well organised: it’s good to be able to move from one tent to another, rather than have to commit in advance to particular sessions.
Delighted to be invited to the Tamar Writers Festival in 2016. I was particularly pleased to engage with Tasmanian writers who were on the program or came as attendees. The entire event was well organised and a joy to take part in.
Allowing people to move from one tent to another within a relatively small area is a perfect way to run a writers’ festival as it gives the greatest room for chance to introduce readers to the work of a writer they may never have heard of.
Very well organised, and appreciative of the volunteers who did a fantastic job in ensuring all the writers were welcomed, and looked after so well. Refreshing to have a festival where writers are not simply ‘left to their own devices’ before and after their respective sessions.
I met some fascinating people and made some new friends. I really don't think I can fault anything.
I enjoyed myself and received great feedback from kids, teachers and parents, many of whom had travelled to get to this fantastic festival. All your volunteers did a great job.
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