Thursday 27th April, 2006 – 5.30pm, Hobart Bookshop, Hobart. Island 104 was launched in Hobart this evening by Norman Reaburn, Chair of Island’s Management Committee. Norman spoke of the procedures followed for finding a new editor, how in the past the committee had met behind shut doors and scratched its collective head till coming up…
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Gwen Harwood Prize 2005
A small crowd has gathered at Hobart Bookshop for the announcement of the winner of the Gwen Harwood Prize. Island’s editor David Owen welcomes guests, thanks judges Adrienne Eberhard and Kevin Gillam, “two individuals far apart – Kevin in Perth, Western Australia, Adrienne here in Hobart – a distance that could of course cause difficulties, but then again … maybe it’s…