TASMANIAN POETRY FESTIVAL

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For up-to-date information, visit the Tasmanian Poetry Festival's website.

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.

This year's festival will run from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th October 2011, with guests Andrew Burke, Martin Harrison, Andy Jackson, Ian Johnston, Miles Merrill, Graham Nunn, Sandra Thibodeaux, Petra White and Les Wicks.

References to previous Tasmanian Poetry Festivals - culled mainly from back issues of famous reporter - can be found below:

• Tasmanian Poetry Festival 2010
• Saturday evening: 2009 Tasmanian Poetry Festival (Launceston Poetry Cup)
• Section of a March 2008 interview with Tasmanian Poetry Festival director Cameron Hindrum, dealing with the running of the festival.
• Notes - 2008 Tasmanian Poetry Festival
• Notes - 2007 Tasmanian Poetry Festival
• Notes - 2006 Tasmanian Poetry Festival
• Notes - 2005 Tasmanian Poetry Festival
• Notes - 1995 Tasmanian Poetry Festival
• Tim Thorne: 1994 Tasmanian Poetry Festival