FESTIVAL PASS - EVERYTHING + 1 WORKSHOP (OPTIONAL)

FESTIVAL PASS – EVERYTHING

One pass. The whole festival weekend. Plus your choice of workshop.

Get the most out of Tas Poetry Fest 2026 with a Festival Pass that gives you access to
all of our main festival events across Thursday–Sunday, plus one workshop of your choice.

YOUR FESTIVAL PASS GIVES YOU:

✓ Festival Launch
✓ Saturday Festival Hub
✓ Saturday Listening Lounge
✓ Launceston Poetry Cup
✓ Sunday Festival Hub
✓ ONE workshop of your choice

PLEASE NOTE

Your Festival Pass includes one workshop only. You will be asked to select your preferred workshop when booking.

YOUR FESTIVAL PASS INCLUDES:

THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER

FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS – YOUR CHOICE OF ONE

Choose ONE of the following workshops when you book:

2.00pm – Esther Ottaway
Exploring the Techniques of Sarah Holland-Batt

4.30pm – Mark Tredinnick
Finding Your Poetry Place

FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER

FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS – YOUR CHOICE OF ONE

10.30am – Tim Loveday
The Fundamentals of Metaphor

2.30pm – Toby Fitch
All Cut Up: Collage Poetry

FESTIVAL LAUNCH

7.00pm – 10.00pm
St John Craft Beer Bar
133 St John Street, Launceston

Celebrate the opening of Tas Poetry Fest 2026 with poets, performers and festival friends. Nibbles provided.

Value $25

SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER

QVMAG MUSEUM – FESTIVAL HUB

10.30am – 4.00pm
QVMAG Museum
2 Invermay Road, Invermay

Your pass gives you access to both Saturday festival rooms.

ROOM 1 – SATURDAY LISTENING LOUNGE

Immersive poetry readings, all day.

Settle into our intimate, low-lit Listening Lounge and hear 10 acclaimed published poets, one after another.

Come and go as you please.

10.30am – Graeme Hetherington
11.00am – Tim Slade
11.30am – Toby Fitch
12.00pm – Kristen Lang
1.00pm – David Stavanger
1.30pm – Tim Loveday
2.00pm – Ben Walter
2.30pm – Sarah Temporal
3.00pm – David Hallett
3.30pm – Mark Tredinnick

Value $50

ROOM 2 – SATURDAY FESTIVAL HUB

A changing program of poetry, performance and activities throughout the day, including:

• Guided free-writing workshop – Esther Ottaway

• The Bicheno Stories – LIVE with Adam Martin

• Nanaverse – poetry for children and their guardians

• Historic Queenstown – poetry and prose with Susan Wallace

• Haiku Death Match – competition; sign up on the day!

SATURDAY NIGHT

LAUNCESTON POETRY CUP

7.00pm – late
Boags Brewhouse
39 William Street, Launceston

Get ready for an energetic night of competitive performance poetry as poets battle it out for the Launceston Poetry Cup.

Value $15

SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER

SUNDAY FESTIVAL HUB

10.30am – 4.00pm
QVMAG Museum
2 Invermay Road, Invermay

A full day of poetry, performance, conversation and celebration, including:

• Open Mic

• Andrew Hardy Youth Awards

• Spotlight Poets

• Laurie May performs

• Allan Lake book launch

• WHY THE F*CK DO PEOPLE HATE POETRY? – six professional poets tackle the question everyone is thinking but nobody wants to ask!

Value $20

Your Festival Pass includes one workshop only. You will be asked to select your preferred workshop when booking.

Workshops are limited in capacity, so choose your workshop early to avoid missing out.

The Festival Pass does not include any additional workshops beyond your one included workshop.