Anthony Sharwood

    Anthony Sharwood is a Walkley Award-winning journalist and author of three books set in the Australian high country: From Snow to Ash (2020), The Brumby Wars (2021) and Kosciuszko (2024). Part historical biography, part travelogue, Kosciuszko follows the trail of the great Polish freedom fighter before switching focus to the Ngarigo people as they seek to reclaim the original name of Australia’s highest peak.

    Thursday April 24
    10.30am

    60 mins

    Sorrento Community Centre

    The Ghosts Are Here
    First Nations perspectives on European explorers

    Moderator: Natasha Mitchell Speakers: Anthony Sharwood, Craig Cormick, Darren Rix, Tasma Walton
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    Thursday April 24
    1.00pm

    60 mins

    Room 1, Sorrento Masonic Centre

    Grey Nomads On Tour
    And other reasons to discover Australia

    Moderator: Steve Perkin Speakers: Fiona Brockhoff, Anthony Sharwood, Heather Ewart
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    Thursday April 24
    4.00pm

    60 mins

    The Ballroom, The Continental

    What I Learned
    Three biographers explain the impact of writing another person’s life story

    Judith Brett, Helen Ennis and Anthony Sharwood with Jane Montgomery Griffiths (M)  

    Moderator: Jane Montgomery Griffiths Speakers: Helen Ennis, Anthony Sharwood, Judith Brett
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    Friday April 25
    1.00pm

    60 mins

    Sorrento Bowls Club

    Nature, My Great Escape
    Tales of growing, re-wilding and rejuvenating

    Moderator: Jane Hone Speakers: Amanda Walton, Anthony Sharwood, Shelley Burr , Robbie Arnott
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