{"id":68367,"date":"2025-08-14T19:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/68367\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:18:19","slug":"new-childrens-book-celebrates-tasmanias-afl-football-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/68367\/","title":{"rendered":"New children\u2019s book celebrates Tasmania\u2019s AFL football journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new children\u2019s book chronicling Tasmania\u2019s rich football heritage and future AFL aspirations has been launched at Hobart\u2019s Goulburn Street Primary School.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Devil of a Time\u201d tells the story of Tasmanian football through vibrant illustrations and engaging storytelling, aiming to build excitement for the Tasmania Devils\u2019 upcoming entry into the AFL and AFLW competitions.<\/p>\n

Author Alister Nicholson, a renowned sports commentator and proud Tasmanian, read the book to primary school students on Thursday alongside Tasmania Academy of Leadership and Sport students and the club mascot, Rum\u2019un.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe story of Tasmania Football Club and Tasmania\u2019s football heritage is one worth telling. It has been a privilege to work on this book with Tom,\u201d Nicholson said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Nicholson said he was delighted to seestudents engaged with the story<\/p>\n

\u201cOur state has such a rich football history and an extremely vibrant football future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s deeply satisfying writing for the next generation and it gave me great delight to see the students so engaged with the book today at the launch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The book is available for purchase through the Tasmania Football Club website<\/p>\n

The book, illustrated by Tom Jellett, features recognisable football characters and quirky stories from Tasmania\u2019s sporting past while focusing on the future of the state\u2019s football journey.<\/p>\n

Tasmania Football Club General Manager Marketing, Public Affairs and Social Impact Kath McCann praised the book at the launch event.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlister and Tom have done a brilliant job creating a story that has great appeal to our next generation of fans and athletes,\u201d McCann said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect the books will be a big hit for children and their \u2018story tellers\u2019 alike. The books are available to purchase for Tasmania Football Club members and will be a perfect Christmas gift.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The launch event took place at Goulburn Street Primary School in Hobart<\/p>\n

\u201cA Devil of a Time\u201d is now available for purchase through the Tasmania Football Club website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new children\u2019s book chronicling Tasmania\u2019s rich football heritage and future AFL aspirations has been launched at Hobart\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-68367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}