JULY 19, 2021
Don Defenderfer has been infatuated with Tasmania’s natural environment since first visiting the island in 1982. He has lived in Launceston for over 30 years. Don was State Coordinator for Landcare Tasmania for many years. This job allowed him to…
JULY 7, 2021
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE BRISBANE COVID OUTBREAK AND LOCKDOWN. Only the name needs to be mentioned for Australians to know the tragic public story about how baby Azaria was taken by a dingo in…
JULY 6, 2021
Anne Layton-Bennett was born in England, and moved to Australia in 1977. While she has always been an inveterate letter writer, she only got serious about writing professionally in 1994, after the sale of the florist business she and her…
JULY 1, 2021
Lyndon Riggall is a writer and secondary English teacher from Launceston, whose passion for words goes as far back as being a volunteer book reviewer at The Examiner at the age of twelve. In 2013, Lyndon won the global Hot…
JUNE 21, 2021
A poet and novelist, Joy Elizabeth has been part of the poetry community in Tasmania for over 36 years. She was guest poet at the inaugural Tasmanian Poetry Festival in 1985, and again this year. In 2004, Joy won the…
JUNE 13, 2021
Nancy Corbett was born in Canada in 1944. She has attained her B.A. and M.A. in English Literature from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver before moving to Australia in 1973. Nancy has since published two novels, several non-fiction…
