Join family & friends to commemorate the talented Australian writer, editor, teacher, wine critic & academic Moya Costello. Come to a relaxed gathering at the Port Sorell Surf Life Saving Club by the …
Henry Sheerwater (1984–2025) grew up in Sydney and gained a BA (English) at the University of New South Wales. He lived in Tasmania for many years, writing poetry and essays …
Sorry to learn of Judith Mok’s death last month. From The Hot Press Newsdesk – 28th November 2024 “Judith was a remarkable woman, a force of life, a powerhouse, with …
Charles Simic (May 9, 1938 – January 9, 2023) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 for The World Doesn’t End.
British author Hilary Mantel, who won the Booker Prize twice for the first two books of her Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70. I confess to not being familiar …
Stranded — The Saints, 1976
Saddened to hear this…. A well-respected figure in the publishing industry and an avid ally of small press publishing in particular, Blaise van Hecke died suddenly on 13 March 2022. …
A memorial service/wake/poetry reading to remember and celebrate the life and work of Magenta Bliss (formerly Jenny Boult) will be held at Gallus Bar, 61 Cameron Street Launceston from 4.00 …
VALE RAY STUART Sad news. This from the Friendly Street Poets website: Friendly Street is saddened to learn of the recent death of Ray Stuart. Ray was a regular at Friendly Street for …
Saddened to learn poet Selwyn Pritchard passed away at the end of June. A lovely man … his poetry perhaps epitomised by a few words of intro that appear on his website: …