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The Tasmanian Poetry Festival,
an annual event held in Launceston each October, was founded and for seventeen years
directed by Tim
Thorne [from 1985 to 2001]. For the past few years, Cameron Hindrum has been the
festival’s director.
Guests at the 2008 Tasmanian Poetry
Festival [Friday 3rd October to Sunday 5th October] will include:
Ken Bolton, Cath Kenneally, David Stavanger, Nightwriting,
Wire MC, Kristen Lang, Janet Galbraith, Ghostboy,
Scribesisterspeaking, Nathan
Shepherdson, Helen Avery and Ross Clark
References to previous Tasmanian Poetry
Festivals - culled mainly from back issues of famous reporter - can be found
below: