Reading Culture Forum

"How can we build reading culture in Tasmania?"

In collaboration with the University of Tasmania, the Tasmania Reads 2026: Reading Culture Forum explores this question by bringing together a diverse panel of experts and community leaders to look at what helps - and hinders - reading in our state.

The forum will unpack what national insights can tell us, what they might miss, and how Tasmania's unique communities, geography, and culture shape reading habits. Together, we'll look at practical ways to encourage reading for pleasure and strengthen a vibrant, inclusive reading culture across Tasmania.

Presenters

• Sinsa Mansell Trawoolaway woman from larapuna the Northern region of lutruwita Tasmania
• Dr Demelza Hall Libraries Tasmania, UTas Adjunct Research Fellow
• Anna Burkey Head of Reading Australia
• Leanne McLean UTas, Director of the Peter Underwood Centre/Head of School of Education
• Aimen Jafri Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania
• Kathryn Woods UTas, PhD student, School of Humanities
• Assoc. Prof Rob Clarke UTas, School of Humanities

Live stream

This event is now sold out, but it can be live streamed on Zoom:

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Proudly supported by the City of Hobart through through the Hobart UNESCO City of Literature.

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Location

Room 1007, The Forest Building, 83 Melville Street, Hobart, 7000, View Map