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info@tamarvalleywritersfestival.com.au

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

Our committee

Mary Machen
President

Anne Layton-Bennett
Vice President and Program Co-ordinator

Marjorie Colvill
Minutes Secretary

Michelle Page
Festival Venues Co-ordinator

Mat Butler
Treasurer

Richard Ireland
Public Officer and West Tamar Council Representative

Joan Walters
Sponsorship/Partnership Co-ordinator & Volunteer Co-ordinator

Nella Pickup
Schools Day and Program Co-ordinator

Marcus Durkin
Author/Book Sales manager

Sarah Lebski
Marketing/Strategy Manager

Linda Emery
Travel and Accommodation Co-ordinator

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Comments

Phillip Adams AO

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.

Ann Martin

I can only agree in saying the Tamar Valley Writers Festival was absolutely great! Accommodation and food for the writers and illustrators was marvellous.

James Moloney

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.

Julian Burnside

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.

Posie Graeme-Evans

It was really good fun. I think you have a winner on your hands. Congratulations.

Posie Graeme-Evans

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.

Posie Graeme-Evans

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.

Michael Cathcart

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.

Ann Martin

I met some fascinating people and made some new friends. I really don't think I can fault anything.

James Moloney

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.

Phillip Adams AO

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.

Belinda Murrell

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.

Julian Burnside

The Tamar Valley Writers’ Festival is already one of the finest in the country.

Erin Gough

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.

Erin Gough

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.

Stig Wemyss

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.

Julian Burnside

It was really good fun. And it was very well organised. Congratulations.

Phillip Adams AO

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.