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Tasmania Reads 2025


WHAT’S UP PUFFERFISH?!

Detective Inspector Franz Heineken and the mysterious Danish connection

The Royal Society of Tasmania invites you to its March 2025 public lecture in Hobart by guest speaker and Tasmanian author David Owen. All RST members, their guests, and the public are welcome.

This event is hosted by The Royal Society of Tasmania to celebrate Tasmania Reads 2025.

Where: Royal Society of Tasmania Lecture Room, Customs House, 19 Davey St, Hobart on Wednesday 26 March, 2025, for the talk.

Time: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Click here to register as seating is limited.


David will speak about three forthcoming novels in this popular Fullers Publishing detective series. Set in Tasmania, this is Australia’s longest-running police procedural series: cunning island crimes which ultimately are no match for the unhurried but razor-sharp Detective Inspector, Tassie’s longtime Dutch import. The Pufferfish novels are fast-paced with a literary touch, taking the reader all over the Island State and often beyond.

David Owen

David is the author of 19 books of fiction and nonfiction, including updated new editions in the Allen & Unwin natural history series – Tasmanian Tiger: The tragic story of the thylacine, and Tasmanian Devil: A deadly tale of survival, both co-authored with David Pemberton. In 2021 he co-authored with Kate Warner AC, former Governor of Tasmania, the two-volume Government House Tasmania: A Remarkable Story.

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