The Longest Write June 22 and 23rd
In an exciting opportunity for writers from around the country, Island is hosting The Longest Write, a fully catered weekend of workshops and writing time dedicated to the art, craft and business of...
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Subscribathon #6 Win accommodation at Island Shacks
Win accommodation at one of Tasmania’s beautiful Island Shacks - when you subscribe to Island. Island Shacks are located in Tasmania’s most sought after coastal areas and the two nights accommodation...
View ArticleFinding and Growing Emerging Writers in Tasmania
This blog post is an adaptation of a talk delivered as part of the 2013 Emerging Writers’ Festival panel, “Australian Stories” by Ben Walter, a Tasmanian writer. When you think of Tasmanian writing...
View ArticleThe Longest Write – Schedule announced
The Longest Write is fully catered weekend of workshops and writing time dedicated to the art, craft and business of writing and is taking place over the Winter Solstice weekend of June 22 and 23rd...
View ArticleThe Melancholy of Writers’ Festivals
The fact that I often feel miserable and discouraged at writers’ festivals might well speak volumes about my windblown constitution, but I doubt it’s something I’m suffering alone. Let me be clear...
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SWFing all over the place
The most common accessory at The Sydney Writers’ Festival is an umbrella. Forget the books and cups of coffee. It is either always raining torrentially or so incredibly sunny that you are liable to...
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Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
Now in its 18th year, the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize remembers Tasmania’s most acclaimed poet. Proudly sponsored by The Hobart Bookshop, the prize is judged by two of Australia’s finest poets, John...
View ArticleSUBSCRIBATHON #7: Geordie Williamson Week
Win a copy of Geordie Williamson’s book — The Burning Library (2012) — when you subscribe to Island. At the end of this week, the new issue of Island is out. But the previous issue is still worth...
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House Writers’ Festival – and an egalitarian ethos
I went to a house show just once, and only because I was living there at the time. This may represent a fatal confluence of a) the scarcity of house shows in Hobart and b) my tendency to never go out...
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NEW ISSUE Island 133
When did you tell your mother you were straight? We’re super excited to announce the arrival of Island 133 Winter 2013 issue, which will be launched officially, spiritually, wonderfully TOMORROW 21st...
View ArticleNetworked Artforms and Tactical Magick Faerie Circuits
Do you remember the exhilaration of the early internet, a realm where gender would become irrelevant and we would have the opportunity to reinvent an ideal space for humanity? Pre Google, pre Ask...
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Ridgeline diary Day 1
12th June 2013 I write this from my table at Ridgeline Pottery, which looks through tall glass windows across Pipeclay Lagoon. A thin-blooded BrisVegan, I am swaddled in wool, cashmere, and whatever...
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Ridgeline diary part five
Monday 24th June On Saturday morning Ben and Peta took me into town and dropped me outside Raspberry Fool on Bathurst Street. Happily caffeinated, I ambled up to Highfield House for The Longest...
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SUBSCRIBATHON #8: better get this party started
Win one of three copies of Simon Ley’s translation of Simone Weil’s 1943 tract, On the Abolition of All Political Parties, when you subscribe to Island. To coincide with the interview in the new issue...
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The Longest Write diary part one
I’m only really just starting out as a writer. After completing the certificate part of the Masters of Arts in Writing through Swinburne University of Technology I thought I had better find out if I...
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Silver Words
‘So I’ve been doing this stuff for twenty years now and no-one has ever heard it’. A gasp ran through the crowd before an eager ring of applause resonated round the loft of 129 Elizabeth St, Hobart...
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The Longest Write Diary part two
The second day of The Longest Write was less about information and more about perspiration, and I don’t mean that we were all sitting in an overheated room. It was time to get to the task of...
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A milk carton, a pasta maker and a mad idea
Feeling like a kid again at the Small Press Zine Fest With a title like A milk carton, a pasta maker and a mad idea, I had no idea what to expect on my way to Frankies Empire Coffee House, for the...
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On food – to begin with an ache
Part One Any trans-state journey of Tasmania is marked by views across the sweeping plains of the Midlands, past the colonial mansions of the farming dynasties. Rarely does the view of farming and...
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Silver Island
In which Island joins with Silver Words to create something beautiful…a weekly performance, spoken word, open mic, poetry blog: Silver Island (title may be a work in progress) ‘They say I’m a...
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