Creative Hobart Forums

Creative Hobart Forums

The Creative Hobart Forums are free, public events. They showcase some of the people who make Hobart a vibrant arts and cultural Capital City.

These forums aim to:

  • start creative conversations
  • connect the community
  • inform us about new possibilities.

Hear from artists at various stages of their many and diverse projects. From reflecting upon completion to their experience in the midst of it all.

Recent forum

Our most recent forum was held in September 2025, and focused on the Nipaluna (Hobart) UNESCO City of Literature.

Attendees celebrated our designation, and learned what this means for the city and opportunities for the literary community.

Speakers included:

  • Theresa Sainty – Orality, palawa kani and First Nations stories
  • Jane Rawson – Island Magazine: a platform for all forms of literature
  • Young Dawkins – Poetry
  • Patrick Gregory – Libraries and Literacy
  • Alison Dugan (MRC) and Cholpon Tabyldieva Bond (Vol. Red Cross) – Diverse and inclusive storytelling
  • Rayne Allinson (Forty South) and Niki Horin (Hobartisan Books) – Publishing
  • Lucie Cutting – Journalism and the power of words
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