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Tamar Valley Writers Festival
PO Box 5306,
Launceston, 7250, Tasmania

Our committee

Mary Machen
President (Retiring 2022)

Sarah Springer
Program Manager

Mathew Butler
Treasurer (Retiring 2022)

Marjorie Colvill
Secretary (Retiring 2022)

Ruby Ashby-Orr
Committee Member

Johanna Baker-Dowdell
Committee Member

Avery McDougall
Committee Member

Robert Clarke
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Lyndon Riggall
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Georgie Todman
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Suse Henshaw
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Karen Brooks

Karen is the author of 15 books – historical fiction, historical fantasy, YA fantasy, and non-fiction. She has been an academic for over 25 years, a newspaper columnist and social commentator. She has a Ph.D. in English/Cultural Studies and is published internationally.

Robbie Arnott

Robbie Arnott is the author of 'Limberlost', 'The Rain Heron', and 'Flames'. His work has been awarded The Age Book of the Year and The Margaret Scott Prize, and been shortlisted for many other literary prizes, including the Miles Franklin Award.

Mallika Naguran

Mallika is a writer of adult fiction and children’s books. She Never Looks Quite Back is her first collection of short stories. The stories depict themes of nature, war, migration, reconciliation, the pandemic, and love. The narratives allow glimpses into lives conflicted by chance and choice.

Lee Kofman

Dr Lee Kofman is a Russian-born, Israeli-Australian author based in Melbourne. Lee holds a PhD in social sciences and MA in creative writing and has written three fiction books. Her blog about writing was a finalist for Best Australian Blogs 2014.

Bert Spinks

Bert Spinks is a storyteller, poet, writer, and bushwalking guide. He lives in the bush in northern Tasmania. For TVWF 2022, Bert is returning to his childhood stamping ground of Beaconsfield, and you can join him for a special guided walk experience.

Jock Serong

Jock Serong’s novels have received the ARA Historical Novel Prize, the Colin Roderick Award, the Ned Kelly Award for First Fiction and, internationally, the inaugural Staunch Prize (UK) and the Historia Award for Historical Crime Fiction (France).

Lucy Christopher

Lucy is a multi-award-winning and bestselling writer for young adults, children, and adults. Her work is psychological and emotional, often inspired by wild places. Lucy is now Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing for the University of Tasmania.

Poppy Gee

Poppy’s two literary thrillers are inspired by Tasmania’s fragile, raw beauty, its dark history and the diverse, interesting people who live on the island. Poppy grew up in Launceston and now lives in Brisbane.

Meg Bignell

Meg began her writing career with Win Television Tasmania.
Later in her television career, she was a medical advisor for the Network Seven drama, 'All Saints'. Meg has written three novels and continues to write for stage as a cabaret performer and for film.

Martin Flanagan

Martin Flanagan is the author of 20 books, a play, and two movie treatments. His last book, 'The Art of Pollination', is about social entrepreneur Jane Tewson.

Michael Mohammed Ahmad

Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the founding director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and editor of After Australia. His second novel, 'The Lebs', was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award.