RISING TIGER | YOUNG WRITERS’ MYSTERY STORIES
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TAF2023 | RISING TIGER
Young Writers' Mystery Stories
A Word as Art Exhibition
Huonville Library, the Huon Valley ARTBOX and the Huon Valley Hub
Saturday 7 October to Monday 30 October 2023
As part of this year's Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival (TARWF), Festival Director Dr L J M Owen has curated a word-as-art exhibition of 20 stories from young writers living in the Huon Valley and beyond.
The stories include winning and selected entries from the festival's Mystery Short Story Competition for Young Writers from the years 2019 to 2022.
Each story is represented by an artwork. It includes the beginning of each story. The stories will also appear here to read in full.
Snuggle into a bean bag, lie under a tree, or take a seat at a cafe and immerse yourself in the creativity of the Huon Valley's young writers.
Walk and Read TAF2023 | RISING TIGER Exhibition Launch, 10.15 am Saturday 7 October 2023, Huonville Library
Meet at the Huonville Library at 10.15 am Saturday 7 October 2023 for an informal launch of the exhibition including a tour and silent reading party.
Over two hours, attendees will be invited to tour the exhibition in the library, followed by the ARTBOX and the Hub.
The tour will conclude with a Silent Reading Party, with spaces at both the library and the Hub to read the full stories on your device.
All are welcome.
Please email Felicity.Lemon.TARWF@gmail.com to let us know if you're coming.
Please do not attend if you are unwell on the day. Due to severe allergies of some participants, please do not bring any food or drink to the event. Light refreshments will be provided.
RISING TIGER features stories from these young writers
Izabelle Borzak-Bell, Cygnet
Lily Clark, Geeveston
Arthur Dendle-Crerar, Gardners Bay
Grace Fu, Hobart
Sebastian Harvey, Auckland, New Zealand
Ruby Kelly, Garden Island Creek
Ava McMahon Jones, Kingston
Olivia Kristensen, Hobart
Eleanor Monk, Franklin
Lavinia Pearce, Hobart
Saila Perera, Huonville
Abby Pugh, Dover
Stephanie Shannon, Taroona
Ruby Stephanson, Kenmore
Zara Strong, Geeveston
August Walter, Huonville
Daisy Walter, Huonville
Neve Windsor, Huonville
Grace Winspear, Hobart
Joanna Wu, Hobart
With thanks to Huonville Library, Pilipala Literary, the Huon Valley Council, Regional Arts Australia, RANT Arts, the Regional Arts Fund and the Tasmanian Government.
RISING TIGER | THE BOOK
The RISING TIGER Exhibition is based on an accompanying book.
Rising Tiger (Clan Destine Press, 2023) is a collection of 65 mystery stories from young writers living in the Huon Valley, Tasmania, and beyond.
Each year, the Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival in the Huon Valley offers a Mystery Short Story Competition for all young writers to age 16. Entries arrive from across Tasmania, every state in Australia and from as far afield as New Zealand and Georgia (the country).
The young writers’ stories are entertaining, twisty and fun. They make life rather difficult for the judges.
This book contains the winning stories from 2019 to 2022, along with a range of other entries selected by the competition’s convenor, Dr L J M Owen.
The themes of the stories from these years were:
2019 – Female Bushrangers
2020 – Female Detectives
2021 – Scene of the Crime
2022 – Agatha Christie in Tasmania
We hope you enjoy this marvellous collection.
This book was created jointly by Pilipala Literary, Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival and Clan Destine Press. It is sold at cost, and not to be used for profit. All rights to the stories remain with the young writers.
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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.