Image: Cygnet Primary School Year 4 student Zsofia Borzak-Bell with her winning piece My Friend above. (PS) The 2022 Young Archies Awards, held on Saturday, August 27, had a large showing of budding Huon Valley artists at its exhibition at the UTAS School of Creative Arts and Media. Based on the famous Archibald Prize, the Young Archies Awards are an annual Tasmanian portrait competition...

Image: Peter Confeggi gave a reading of his book to those in attendance at his launch as well as to a virtual audience via livestream. St Johns Church in Franklin seemed a metaphorical place for the launch of Peter Confeggi’s book entitled Memoir of a Reluctant Cleric on Saturday, September 3. Mr Confeggi, formerly of Sydney, but now a settled Huon Valley resident, decided that the COVID...

Commissioner for Children and Young People Tasmania Leanne McLean launched the book on views and experiences of Tasmanian young people in out-of-home care entitled OK, so a nest is a home at the Huonville Library on Monday, August 29. The Commissioner for Children and Young People Tasmania Leanne McLean launched OK, so a nest is a home - Views and experiences of Tasmanian children and young...

A peak inside Jacq Ellem’s recording studio for her award-winning fiction podcast Tales From Three Corners. (PS) A storyteller in the Huon is making a big impact on the world stage - all from inside her recording studio in a closet.  Copywriter Jacq Ellem branched out into the world of podcasting, after working extensively within radio and producing.  “I was trying my hand at...

Jason Smith, centre, and Danny Gardner are organisers of the patrula nayri traditional fire workshops, who are currently seeking funding to continue their community-based workshops. (PS) “We are taught we should fight fire, but we are reintroducing fire as a friend,” said Jason Smith who, alongside Danny Gardner, is an organiser of the patrula nayri traditional fire workshops. Both Mr Smith...