The Tasmanian Poetry Festival, an annual event was founded and for seventeen years directed by Tim Thorne, from 1985.
From 2003 to 2018, Cameron Hindrum directed the festival until, in turn, he passed the baton over to Evie Wood who took charge in 2019.
Because of Covid-19 restrictions, the 2020 festival was rescheduled to March 2021. Directed by Colin Berry, the 2021 festival featured comedy legend Rachel Berger, poets Geoffrey Miller, Rebecca Young, Joy Elizabeth, Jane Williams, David Mason, Kim Nolan, Tim Slade, Brielle Quigley and Susan Austin. Geoffrey Miller won the 2021 Launceston Poetry Cup.
The resurgent 2022 festival featured American David Mason, and Australians Thomas Bailey, Therese Corfiatis, Anne Kellas, Fleassy Malay, Ren Alessandra and Daniel J Townsend.
The 2023 Tasmanian Poetry Festival is planned for the 6th to the 8th of October with international and interstate guest poets.
For more info on the festival: https://www.taspoetryfest.org/