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At this Saturdayโ€™s Love, Health, Acres, Wealth Market, there are dedicated fortune telling sessions. Spinnarium is a Sto...
17/06/2026

At this Saturdayโ€™s Love, Health, Acres, Wealth Market, there are dedicated fortune telling sessions. Spinnarium is a Storytelling Oracle Wheel created by artists Linda Abraham and Tamas Oszvald It is a mystical experience rooted in their Eastern European traditions, legends, and stories, connecting them to their ancestors.

Places are limited, bookings are required: https://bit.ly/4u2RZLD

๐Ÿ“… Saturday, 20 June 2026
๐Ÿ•• 4:00 pm, 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
๐Ÿ“ State Library and Archives of Tasmania, Ground Floor, 91 Murray Street, Nipaluna/Hobart

Image: Nat Needham

๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. The Sea Hag is casting spells at the mouth of Timtumili Minanya/River Derwent this winter solstice. Tun...
16/06/2026

๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

The Sea Hag is casting spells at the mouth of Timtumili Minanya/River Derwent this winter solstice. Tune in to a one-off listening session, commissioned for All the fires come alive, from the Battery Point foreshore.

Head down to Battery Point jetty this Sunday afternoon and follow the instructions on how to listen in.

๐Ÿ“… Sunday 21 June 2026
๐Ÿ•’ 3:00 pm โ€“ 5:00 pm
๐Ÿ“Battery Point Jetty, Purdon & Featherstone Reserve, 2C Derwent Ln, Battery Point

Sisters Akousmatica is the collaborative radio project of Julia Drouhin and Pip Stafford who have been exploring the radical possibilities of transmission since 2016. They work around, with and for radio โ€“ divining the airwaves in the between spaces where things are blurry and borderless. The Sea Hag is their latest project โ€“ an art community vessel that can host performances, residencies and other experiments at sea.

For this performance, they are collaborating with Jack Mitchell, co-editor of new book Aqua Nullius published by OFFICE, captain Dan Tucker and special sea hag guests.

Image credit: Sanne Kok-Drouhin, 2026

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Love, Health, Acres, Wealth Market: This market is full of local magic practitioners, herbalists, apothecaries, story te...
16/06/2026

Love, Health, Acres, Wealth Market:

This market is full of local magic practitioners, herbalists, apothecaries, story tellers, fortune tellers, spell casters, writers on magic, Tasmanian fairies, and more.

Consider yourself walking amongst these intriguing, wild and dark artists, and imagine yourself as part of that magical story.

There will be performances from Lou Conboy, embodying her Sisyphina lore, Sisters Akousmatica, as well as the Spinnarium, the storytelling oracle.

๐Ÿ“… Saturday 20 June 2026
๐Ÿ•• 3:00 pm โ€“ 7:00 pm
๐Ÿ“ State Library and Archives of Tasmania, Ground Floor, 91 Murray Street, Nipaluna/Hobart

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Mariana Enriquezโ€™s writing is internationally sought after.This Friday she will share her fascination for the pagan sain...
16/06/2026

Mariana Enriquezโ€™s writing is internationally sought after.

This Friday she will share her fascination for the pagan saints of her homeland, Argentina.

This free talk is part of the new exhibition ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ.

Itโ€™s sold out but you can still get on the waitlist: https://bit.ly/3QJ3WbO

๐Ÿ“… Friday 19 June 2026
๐Ÿ•• 6:00 pm โ€“ 7:00 pm
๐Ÿ“ State Library and Archives of Tasmania, Ground Floor, 91 Murray Street, Nipaluna/Hobart

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What is the strangest true story you know about Lutruwita/Tasmania?Writer and comedian Claire Sullivan knows most of the...
15/06/2026

What is the strangest true story you know about Lutruwita/Tasmania?

Writer and comedian Claire Sullivan knows most of them, and will share some of the wildest weirdness at a free talk this Thursday.

The talk is part of the new exhibition ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ.

Itโ€™s sold out but you can still get on the waitlist: https://bit.ly/4otP1ih

๐Ÿ“… Thursday, 18 June 2026
๐Ÿ•• 6:00 pm โ€“ 7:00 pm
๐Ÿ“ State Library and Archives of Tasmania, Ground Floor, 91 Murray Street, Nipaluna/Hobart

Image 1: Claire Sullivan by Kieran Sullivan

Image 2: from the State Library and Archives of Tasmania collection: ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ & ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜‘. ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ; ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜. ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ & ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜‘. ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.
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Kris Kneenโ€™s writing has taken readers through bodies that extrude blue slime, through to shapeshifting Tasmanian animal...
12/06/2026

Kris Kneenโ€™s writing has taken readers through bodies that extrude blue slime, through to shapeshifting Tasmanian animals.

And most places between.

In this free talk they ask what it means to truly experience our senses.

Kris will explain how we embody and experience this world through our human form.

๐Ÿ“… Saturday 13 June 2026
๐Ÿ•• 4:00 pm โ€“ 5:00 pm
๐Ÿ“ State Library and Archives of Tasmania, Ground Floor, 91 Murray Street, Nipaluna/Hobart

Register for your free ticket here: https://bit.ly/4vZd5w7

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Writer Kris Kneen has taken bodies, human and otherwise to wild and new forms. But how can you do the same in your own?K...
10/06/2026

Writer Kris Kneen has taken bodies, human and otherwise to wild and new forms. But how can you do the same in your own?

Kris has written extensively about their own corporeal existence and will share insight and experience at this free talk.

KRIS KNEEN is the award-winning author of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. They have been shortlisted for many awards including the prestigious Stella Prize.

Tickets are free but bookings required: https://bit.ly/4vZd5w7

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โ€˜Hello darlings, itโ€™s me, your Cult Motherโ€™One day a battered tarot card arrived in Hannahโ€™s life. It was as if it were ...
04/06/2026

โ€˜Hello darlings, itโ€™s me, your Cult Motherโ€™

One day a battered tarot card arrived in Hannahโ€™s life. It was as if it were preordained.

Hannah Graves is Cult Mother Tarot. She has thousands of followers around the world, and now teaches the ancient art of fortune telling using cards.

She will be streaming live into the State Library and Archives of Tasmania from Ireland for one night only.

Tickets are free, though reservations are required. Register here: https://bit.ly/3Sl92va

๐Ÿ“… 12 June 2026, 6:00 pm
๐Ÿ“ State Library and Archives of Tasmania, Nipaluna/Hobart

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Pat Brassington is a living icon of contemporary photomedia. Her works slip between dream and disturbance. For ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง...
04/06/2026

Pat Brassington is a living icon of contemporary photomedia. Her works slip between dream and disturbance. For ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, she presents a new installation and six photographs from the 1990s to now.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ opens at the State Library and Archives of Tasmania next Thursday 11 June.

Image credit: Pat Brassington, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข, 2020

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The State Library and Archives of Tasmania will be closed on Monday 8 June 2026 for the public holiday.But the website i...
03/06/2026

The State Library and Archives of Tasmania will be closed on Monday 8 June 2026 for the public holiday.

But the website is always open. Explore the archives anytime, anywhere: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/slat/

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