Ten stories – fiction and non-fiction, in ten distinctive voices – from the beautiful Huon Valley.
Read them in one go or dip into them on a break – you’ll be entertained and informed by these ten perspectives on what it means to live in the Huon.
Huon Writes has been jointly produced by Ashwood Publishing and MKoach Design, bringing established and emerging writers together to encourage and celebrate the wealth of writing talent in the Huon.
Available for sale at many Huon Valley businesses, or buy direct from Ashwood Publishing here.
Huon Writes No. 1 (2024)
Spend a morning on the farm with Bob Brown; follow Matthew Evans as he settles in the Huon; take flight with Zoe Davidson as she leaves for Melbourne. Kate Kruimink explores the unease of social disconnect at an end-of-year family gathering, while Marjorie Gadd imagines a surprising meeting in a Huonville. Wine journalist Winsor Dobbin offers a historical tour of Huon Valley wineries; Lisa Litjens celebrates the natural beauty of kunanyi; David L Hume writes of wanderers and outsiders in the wild places. Wren Fraser Cameron weaves a layered tale of how history speaks to the present, and Isaac Gee riffs on the otherworldliness of a clear winter’s night in the far south.
Huon Writes No. 2 (2025)
Madeleine Gasparanatos drives through the Cradoc fog and muses on the complexities of the Huon community; on a sunnier day, Mark Ringer tours some of the quirkier corners of life in the valley. Mary-Lou Stephens shares how researching a novel gave her a profound respect for the Huon’s orcharding families; Simon Crerar celebrates one of the valley’s great historical matriarchs and interviews her descendant, Jason Andrew Smith. Gemma Chilton explores memory, and its loss, in a few quiet moments with a slab of buttery Huon pine. Anne Tonner rediscovers joy in playing in the openhearted spirit of a local concert, while Tansy Rayner Roberts gives the community spirit of the Little Free Libraries an unexpected twist. Andy Baird’s poet seeks understanding in the mountains; Chrystine Klimek’s letter-writer finds a sense of home in the wild water, earth and sky of Lune River; Jacq Ellem celebrates the undemanding acceptance and joy to be found when cold swimmers take the plunge.
