2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Jo Dyer
Jo Dyer is a writer, literary curator and producer of theatre and film. A former director of Adelaide Writers’ Week, Jo has held leadership roles at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, Sydney Theatre Company and Bangarra Dance Theatre. Her freelance productions have been staged at such venues as the Sydney Opera House and the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. Her films have been screened worldwide, notably at the Berlin International Film Festival.
When Did Climate Change Politics Become Unsexy?
Thursday April 23
Sorrento Community Centre
10.30am
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60 mins
Bob Brown, Tom McIlroy and Marian Wilkinson with Jo Dyer
Our esteemed panel - former Greens leader Bob Brown, Guardian political editor Tom McIlroy and Walkley Award-winning journalist Marian Wilkinson - discuss.
Meet The Debutants: Our new novelists share their first foray
Friday April 24
Ellen Grant Hall
9.00am
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60 mins
Davin Ardlie, Emily Lighezzolo and Cameron Sullivan with Jo Dyer
Join us as we celebrate three debutant authors and learn about the process of writing and publishing your first novel.
In Conversation: Lisa Wilkinson
Friday April 24
Portsea Surf Life Saving Club
1.30pm
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60 mins
Lisa Wilkinson with Jo Dyer
In Conversation: Louise Milligan
Saturday April 25
Hotel Sorrento (Cooper Room)
2.30pm
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60 mins
Louise Milligan with Jo Dyer
Multi-award winning investigative journalist Louise Milligan has just published her second novel. So how does one of Australia’s most prolific reporters find time to make up stories, invent characters and create imaginary worlds?