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Tim Thorne, distinguished Australian poet and publisher from Tasmania, will give a public reading on October 23, at 7 pm, in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building, at UPEI. Thorne is Writer-in-Residence at UPEI during October, as part of an annual exchange of Tasmanian and Prince Edward Island authors. A reception will follow his reading, and admission is free.
Thorne has lived in Tasmania most of his life. His jobs have included glass packer, storeman, community arts officer, and current affairs columnist for the Hobart Mercury. In 1985 he established the Tasmania Poetry Festival, which he directed until 2001. The author of twelve books, he is publisher of Cornford Press, which features Tasmanian poets. Island author Deirdre Kessler, writer-in-residence in Tasmania in 2007, says that Tim is wonderfully warm and witty, as well as a gifted poet.
Thorne has always been passionately interested in political issues. His poetry increasingly reflects his environmental and political concerns, and the links between these issues and language. His devotion to his community is evident also in his work as writer-in-residence for various organizations and poet in public schools, universities, and prisons.
His reading and the PEI-Tasmanian writers’ exchange is co-hosted by the UPEI Dean of Arts, UPEI English Department, UPEI Institute of Island Studies, the PEI Writers’ Guild, and the Tasmanian Writers’ Centre. For information phone 566-0389.
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