Jaclyn Crupi

    Jaclyn Crupi is a book editor, author, event moderator and bookseller. She has written numerous books for children and adults. Garden Like a Nonno was shortlisted for an Indie Book Award and longlisted for an ABIA. Her most recent children’s book, The ABC Kids Guide to Loving the Planet, won the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature.

    Wednesday April 23
    2.00pm

    60 mins

    Sorrento Portsea RSL

    A Writer’s Life

    Moderator: Jaclyn Crupi Speakers: Ailsa Piper, Chris Hammer
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    Thursday April 24
    9.00am

    60 mins

    Sorrento Bowls Club

    In Conversation
    Ben Shewry

    Moderator: Jaclyn Crupi Speaker: Ben Shewry
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    Friday April 25
    1.00pm

    60 mins

    Room One, Sorrento Masonic Centre

    Up Close and Personal
    The trials and triumphs of writing biography

    Moderator: Jaclyn Crupi Speakers: Grantlee Kieza, Sean Kelly, Alexander Edward Gilly
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    Saturday April 26
    9.00am

    60 mins

    Ellen Grant Hall

    In Conversation
    Grantlee Kieza

    Moderator: Jaclyn Crupi Speaker: Grantlee Kieza
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    Saturday April 26
    10.30am

    60 mins

    Room Two, Sorrento Masonic Centre

    Ta Da! Introducing, Our New Books

    Moderator: Jaclyn Crupi Speakers: Kylie Ladd, Hilde Hinton, Robert Lukins
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    Saturday April 26
    10.30am

    60 mins

    The Ballroom, The Continental

    From Mashed Peas to Smashed Peas
    How Australian family food has evolved in 50 years

    Moderator: Jaclyn Crupi Speakers: Julia Busuttil-Nishimura, Sarah Pound, Lauren Samuelsson
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    Saturday April 26
    3.00pm

    60 mins

    Room One, Sorrento Masonic Centre

    I Grow, I Cook, I Eat
    In praise of the veggie patch

    Fiona Brockhoff, Jaclyn Crupi (M) and Paulette Whitney discuss 

    Moderator: Jaclyn Crupi Speakers: Fiona Brockhoff, Paulette Whitney
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