2019-2022 | LOOKING BACK


2023


TAF2023 | SYDNEY WRITERS’ FESTIVAL LIVE&LOCAL
FOR SOUTHERN TASMANIA

HUONVILLE LIBRARY, HUONVILLE
THURSDAY 25, FRIDAY 26 AND SATURDAY 27 MAY 2023

Following a fantastic long weekend in Huonville in 2022, Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival once again hosted Sydney Writers Festival Live & Local in southern Tasmania.

JANE HARPER - RICHARD FIDLER - GERALDINE BROOKS - GEORGE MONBIOT - STEPHANIE ALEXANDER - MAGGIE BEER - ADAM LIAW - BENJAMIN LAW - PIP WILLIAMS



2022


TASMANIA | CENTURY OF MYSTERY

In 2022 we celebrated the centenary of Agatha Christie’s visit to our shores.

100 books of Tasmanian crime and mystery fiction published in the past 100 years were featured in TASMANIA | A CENTURY OF MYSTERY.

The full list is available as an hyperlinked catalogue, with links to 100 Tasmanian mysteries to borrow from Libraries Tasmania.


WRITE YOUR STORY…

Come to the Huon Valley.

Be inspired.

Create. Discover. Connect.

TAF2022 | PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Sunday 2 to Sunday 16 October 2022

Huon Valley, Tasmania

  • Waterfront Writers’ Retreats

  • Masterclasses

  • Australian Publishing Industry Intensive

Click here for information.


SYDNEY WRITERS’ FESTIVAL LIVE&LOCAL

Southern Tasmania

Friday 20 to Sunday 20 May 2022

Following a fantastic long weekend in Huonville in 2021, Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival once again hosted Sydney Writers Festival Live & Local in southern Tasmania.

Thanks to the generosity of our partners at Huonville Library, in 2022 our SWF L&L sessions were free.


2021


TAF2021 | CSI: TASMANIA

TAF2021 | CSI: TASMANIA was our epic online international crime and mystery festival in November 2021.

Recordings of all interviews and panel sessions are available to view on Vimeo.

Click here to see details of the heist.


THE HUON VALLEY OF STORIES

A month-long Artbox exhibition in 2021 of Huon Valley writing and Aboriginal storytelling, Huonville curated by TARWF Director Dr L.J.M. Owen.

Now available online with an audio guide.


2019


TAF2019 | MURDER SHE WROTE

Where it all began. A criminally good four days in October 2019 in the Huon Valley jam-packed with discussion panels, workshops, masterclasses, dinners, book launches and book parties.

Podcasts of the 12 panel sessions, along with the festival opening and some book launches are available.




Stay up to date on what’s happening at the festival.

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Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our festival is held, the Melukerdee People of the South East Nation, and pay our respects to Elders past and present.


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