What's On
The Sorrento Writers Festival stages events throughout the year. Our mission – to bring writers and readers together – continues in various locations around the Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne and regional Victoria. Wherever you are, we hope you’ll join Sorrento On Tour for more gatherings of great ideas.
To see what’s coming up, check this page, sign up to our e-news and stay in touch with us via Instagram at @sorrentowritersfestival
Heather Rose: In Conversation
Award-winning author Heather Rose will discuss her new novel with Festival Director Corrie Perkin. The story behind A Great Act of Love, an epic family drama that moves from the French Revolution of the late 1700s to London, New York, and then an epic voyage to Tasmania.
Monday, October 20, 6-7pm
Toorak/South Yarra Library
340 Toorak Road, South Yarra
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The Life Writing Workshop 2025
This two-day dynamic workshop is for people who want to tell stories about their own lives, or the lives of other people…. With playwright Hannie Rayson and historian, author and director Michael Cathcart will return to Sorrento in October to run another two-day life writing workshop.
Thursday, October 23 and Friday, October 24, 9am-4pm
The Hotham Room, Hotel Sorrento
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The Dismissal 50 Years On with Troy Bramston
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam Government, we look forward to welcoming Troy. If you love history, if you follow Australian politics, if you appreciate conversations about leadership and political vision, if you are a Gough Whitlam fan/non-fan, we hope you’ll join us “in conversation” with one of Australia’s finest journalists.
Friday October 31, 12 – 2.30 pm
The Baths, Sorrento
3278 Point Nepean Road, Sorrento
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