TAF2019 | RETROSPECTIVE

Follow the links below to explore TAF2019 and hear a full podcast version of the Murder She Wrote panel sessions program.

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To go straight to a complete list of downloadable TAF2019 podcasts at Living Arts Canberra, including the 12 Murder She Wrote Panel Sessions, please click here.

Looking back at TAF2019 ‘Murder She Wrote’…

The inaugural TARWF - TAF2019, Murder She Wrote - was held in the Huon Valley from Thursday 31 Oct to Sun 3 Nov 2019. With more than 2,500 attendees across the festival, the response was far beyond our expectations.

Photos of many events have been added to Facebook albums. Click on an event name to see any associated album.

Our Murder She Wrote panel sessions filled 750+ seats, with attendees from every state in Australia and a small international contingent. More than 250 people attended our professional development program for writers, including Pitch to a Publisher, masterclasses and workshops.

400 plus people attended the TAF2019 Hall of Writers Bookfair presented by 26TEN. In a region of just 50% functional literacy, the Hall was a key component of our Inspire the Love of Reading program.

Our evening parties were immensely popular, with a full house of 150 guests at Noir at the Bar and 150 suspects at Curse of the Sphinx, our murder mystery party.

As part of our Children’s Program, over 450 people attended our free Kids Halloween Party and more than 300 children participated in our class program and short story writing competition. There were some brilliant entries to our art competition, along the theme of female bushrangers.

And, of course, it all kicked off earlier in the year with more than 350 attendees in a string of immersive fundraising events. All in all, quite an achievement for the first run of a festival held in a town of just 900 people!

TAF2020 Replay - ‘Murder She Wrote’ Podcast

In 2020, in response to pandemic shutdowns, TARWF offered a two day interactive online replay of ‘Murder She Wrote’ to our audience.

This was designed around podcasts of the TAF2019 opening and 12 Murder She Wrote panel sessions, made available by TARWF’s official podcast partner Living Arts Canberra.

To go straight to a complete list of downloadable podcasts from TAF2019, including the TAF2019 Welcome to Country and Opening by the Governor, 12 Murder She Wrote Panel Sessions and 14 supplementary interviews, please click here.

To follow the weekend-long winding trail of TAF2020 Replay, please click here.

Links to the TAF2019 Program

The following list of links will take you to sections of the TAF2019 ‘Murder She Wrote’ festival program.

Please note all these links are archived. They may contain out-of-date information.

• The Full Program

• The Panel Sessions

• The Panellists

• The Hall of Writers

• The Noir at the Bar Jazz and Spoken Word Evening

• The ‘Curse of the Sphinx’ Murder Mystery Party

• The Children’s Program

• The Art Competition
  
  

For a list of the TAF2019 Fundraising Events, click here.

Thanks

TARWF would like to thank its wonderful partners, supporters and contributors to TAF2019, including:

26TEN, Amber Leighton Homelands, Archipelago Productions, Arts Tasmania, Auspicious Arts Projects, Budget, Crave, Creative Partnerships Australia, Cygnet Old Bank, Design by Committee, Eden Farmstay, Events Tasmania, Evoke Spirits, Fable Merchants, Farmhouse Kitchen, Frank’s Cider, Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart Bookshop, Hunnington’s Distillery, Huon Art Exhibition Group, Huon FM, Huon Valley Council, Kate Hill Wines, Knocklofty Spirits, Libraries Tasmania, Living Arts Canberra, Pagan Cider, Pantera Press, ReFind, Sally Ives, South East Tasmania Aboriginal Corporation, Sisters in Crime Australia, Southern Tasmania Cat Rescue, Southern Swan, State Bookstore, TinkTech, Wild Grove.

Thanks, too, to the 40+ volunteer committee members and festival delivery team members who brought a brand new festival in regional Tasmania to life.

The ‘Murder She Wrote’ Heist Crew

The vision of our festival founder and director, Dr L.J.M. Owen, was brought to life by a stellar cohort of over 40 volunteers, including the Heist Crew of:

Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our festival is held, the Melukerdee People of the South East Nation, and pay our respects to Elders past and present.