ONLINE WRITERS’ FESTIVAL, 26-29 MARCH 2020
Above: A selection of photos from across TAF2019, held 31 Oct to 3 Nov 2019
How do I participate in TAF2020 Replay?
You can see the blog post with the full Program at this link.
Program Sessions will be released from 3 pm, Thursday 26 March to 5.30 pm Sunday 29 March 2020, AEDT.
Each session will be posted here in a new blog post.
Each post will contain a link to the audio recording of the session.
Click on the link, which will be clearly marked, to play the audio recording of the session.
For example:
How can I receive notification that a new session has been posted?
This website’s RSS feed has been acting strangely, so we’ve put it in self-isolation.
The most reliable way we have of sending you notifications that a new session is starting is via the festival’s Facebook event.
Click here to go to the Facebook event and click ‘Going’
You must choose ‘Going’, not ‘Interested’, in order to receive the notifications.
New blog posts will be posted in the Discussion tab, making it easy for you to click through.
You can also follow along with the Program which is set out in this blog post.
On a computer, you can move from post to post in the sidebar of the blog.
Please Tweet and Instagram Us Your Pics!
We’d love to hear your thoughts about the sessions and see pics of your pjs, cups of tea/coffee/hot chocolate/whisky and festival companions!
Are you hemmed in by books, cats, dogs or some other self-isolation buddies?
Tweet us @TerrorAustFest using the hashtag #TAF2020Replay, or
Instagram us @terroraustralisfestival using the hashtag #TAF2020Replay
How can I take part in the live Q&As?
Option 1 - Comment Section
Q&A sessions will be held in the comment section at the bottom of the relevant blog post.
If you’d like to participate, please check now that you can comment by popping a hello in the comment section at the bottom of this post. Perhaps let us know where you’re from?
For example:
Don’t worry if the comments function isn’t working for you. There are other ways of interacting with our panellists.
We understand not all browsers are working well at the moment, and some of us are working with slow internet.
Option 2 - Twitter
As you listen to a panel session or book event you can also send us questions via Twitter, to @terroraustfest using the hashtag #TAF2020Replay
We will choose a question a session from Twitter to ask our authors.
Option 3 - Facebook livestream
Where an author is offering a Facebook livestream Q&A following a panel session, go to
the TAF2020 Replay Facebook event
and you will see the video appear under the ‘Discussion’ tab.
You can listen, Like and comment on the video as it happens.
It looks like there are issues in the USA today with Facebook blocking live videos.
If this happens to our authors, not to worry, we can reschedule to a later date.
Please be patient whenever there are slight delays or loading issues.
Some of our authors will also check back and answer your questions outside of the Live Q&A times.
Is TAF2020 Replay free?
Yes.
Under the current difficult circumstances we all face due to dealing with COVID19, we’re offering this festival for the enjoyment and distraction of book lovers everywhere.
Every session in the TAF2020 Replay Program is free.
We would appreciate attendees subscribing to our newsletter and letting their reader friends know about TAF2020 Replay.
While we’re not requesting any payment, we would appreciate any donations offered -however small - to assist with setting up our next live festival.
We’ve set up a way of donating to the festival directly through Sticky Tickets here.
TARWF is a volunteer-based, non-profit festival auspiced by Auspicious Arts Projects Inc. Any donations collected via Sticky Tickets will be held by Auspicious Arts Projects to be used to stage a future TARWF festival.
The authors featured in this festival have, like all the authors we know, also had to cancel their upcoming book launches and events.
We hope attendees feel inspired to borrow, buy and/or recommend them to other readers.
Will there be time to catch up if I miss a session?
Yes.
If you’re unable to make a session, because you’re busy, working, parenting, schooling, or for any other reason, we don’t want you to miss out.
At this point in time the internet is under some strain. We understand this may also mean some people can’t access the website, Twitter or Facebook when they want to.
So we’re saving all our content from the online festival for you to catch up in the next couple of days.