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The Tassie Book Club – July 2024

The Woman Booker Prize Club is a local Hobart book club. Here they share their thoughts on books by Tasmanian authors, set in Tasmania, or about Tassie topics. Over to the club!

by Hobart Magazine15 January

The Tassie Book Club – June 2024

The Woman Booker Prize Club is a local Hobart book club. Here they share their thoughts on books by Tasmanian authors, set in Tasmania, or about Tassie topics. Over to the club!

by Hobart Magazine15 January

The Tassie Book Club- May 2024

The Woman Booker Prize Club is a local Tassie book club. Here they share their thoughts on books by Tasmanian authors, set in Tasmania, or about Tassie topics.

by Hobart Magazine15 January

The Tassie Book Club- March 2024

The Woman Booker Prize Club is a local Tassie book club. Here they share their thoughts on books by Tasmanian authors, set in Tasmania, or about Tassie topics.

by Hobart Magazine15 January

The Tassie Book Club- February 2024

The Woman Booker Prize Club is a local Hobart book club. Here they share their thoughts on books by Tasmanian authors, set in Tasmania, or about Tassie topics.

by Hobart Magazine15 January

The Tassie Book Club – December 2023

The Woman Booker Prize Club is a local Hobart book club. Here they share their thoughts on books by Tasmanian authors, set in Tasmania, or about Tassie topics.

by Hobart Magazine15 January

The Tassie Book Club – Oct 2023

The Woman Booker Prize Club is a local Hobart book club. Here they share their thoughts on books by Tasmanian authors, set in Tasmania, or about Tassie topics. Over to the club!

by Hobart Magazine15 January

The Tassie Book Club – Sep 2023

The Woman Booker Prize Club is a local Hobart book club. Here they share their thoughts on books by Tasmanian authors, set in Tasmania, or about Tassie topics. Over to the club!

by Jack15 January

Andy Griffiths: Eight Questions with An Eight-Year-Old

What kid wouldn’t jump at the chance to have a chat with the author of their favourite book series? Our very own Jack got the chance to interview children’s author, Andy Griffiths, to get the skinny on the best selling Treehouse and JUST! series and (in Jack’s words) how to make lots of money writing books.

by Hobart Magazine15 January

The Tassie Book Club- Aug 2023

The Woman Booker Prize Club is a local Hobart book club who have been chatting books together since 2015, reading books by women, non-binary and trans authors. This month, they’ve shared their thoughts on some Tasmanian authors, books set in Tasmania and about Tassie topics. Over to the club!

by Stephanie Williams11 March

How Love-Gone-Wrong Burnt Down the Hobart Library to Help Literacy

What do you get when you combine a Hobart librarian, an illegal sex videogame and literacy project? Ruairi Murphy explains his new book, which does more than tell a cool story, it helps those struggling with literacy.

Hobart Happenings

by Stephanie Williams

OFF SEASON: Bits And Pieces

Not many people have a garden named after them but one of the founders of modern organic gardening in Tasmania, David, can enjoy the spoils of the David Stephen Neighbourhood Garden (formerly Kickstart CG) in New Town.

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Hobart Happenings in February 2024

What’s With The Weather?

Dāna Eating House

Hobart Killer Hid in Kunanyi Cave

Actor, Campaigner, Explorer Essie Davis

Hobart Entrepreneur Hannah Vasicek

Thank you to Luke Brokensha for mobilising his friends and local residents recently to host two rubbish clean ups along the Hobart Rivulet after heavy rains.

The warm weather returns...hello summer.

Need a laugh? Check out @theinspiredunemployed feed on Instagram.

Moto Vecchia Cafe in Bellerive and Czegs Cafe in Richmond have joined the Clarence City Council dementia program, creating dementia-friendly spaces for all patrons.

It’s hard to believe it’s not standard practice to have a working phone in every aged care room - shared phones make private conversations impossible and increase the risk of spreading COVID-19.

Tacks on the tracks. Mountain bikers beware of tacks being left on certain tracks on the mountain.

Just when you think your cousins are alright. NZ Opposition Leader Judith Collins took aim at Tassie during her recent (unsuccessful) campaign, calling us Australia’s “poor cousin.” She also seems worried about us nabbing tech businesses, “It’s a lovely part of the world but do you necessarily want to go there with your high- tech business? Possibly not,” she said. We beg to differ!

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Book Review

The Tassie Book Club – July 2024

The Tassie Book Club – June 2024

The Tassie Book Club- May 2024

The Tassie Book Club- March 2024

The Tassie Book Club- February 2024

The Tassie Book Club – December 2023

The Tassie Book Club – Oct 2023

The Tassie Book Club – Sep 2023

Andy Griffiths: Eight Questions with An Eight-Year-Old

The Tassie Book Club- Aug 2023

How Love-Gone-Wrong Burnt Down the Hobart Library to Help Literacy

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