Jonty Claypole

    Jonty Claypole is CEO of Red Room Poetry, Australia's leading organisation for commissioning, creating, publishing and promoting poetry. He was formerly director of arts at the BBC, sat on the advisory board of the Booker Prize and was regularly in The Bookseller’s 100 most influential people in publishing. He is the author of Words Fail Us: In Defence of Dysfluency.

    Friday April 25
    2.30pm

    60 mins

    Ellen Grant Hall

    The Great Gatsby 100 Years On
    Is it the great American novel?

    This session is supported by Coote Family Lawyers

    Moderators: Jonty Claypole Sophie Gee Speaker: Seth Robinson
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    Friday April 25
    5.00pm

    90 mins

    Sorrento Bowls Club

    Barefoot Bowls and Read Out Loud
    Our speakers read and recite some of their favourite passages, poems, speeches and soliloquies

    Moderator: Michael Cathcart Speakers: Ailsa Piper, Jane Montgomery Griffiths, Finegan Kruckemeyer, Jonty Claypole
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    Saturday April 26
    8.00am

    45 mins

    The Ballroom, The Continental

    Breakfast With Jane Austen - On Her 250th Birthday

    THIS IS A SPECIAL EVENT

    Moderators: Jonty Claypole Sophie Gee Speaker: Clara Tuite
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    Saturday April 26
    6.00pm

    60 mins

    The Ballroom, The Continental

    Let’s Talk Love
    Diving into the heart of fiction

    Moderator: Jonty Claypole Speakers: Annie Lawson, Jessica Stanley, Richard Piper
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    Sunday April 27
    8.00am

    60 mins

    The Ballroom, The Continental

    Breakfast With The Bard
    The Political Plays

    Moderators: Jonty Claypole Sophie Gee Speakers: Jane Montgomery Griffiths, Richard Piper
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