2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Rosemarie Milsom
Award-winning journalist Rosemarie Milsom is the founding director of the Newcastle Writers Festival. She has had work published in Vogue Australia, Sydney Morning Herald and Medical Observer and has worked as a member of the ABC emergency broadcast team since 2016.
In Conversation: Bryan Brown
Saturday April 25
Sorrento Community Centre
4.00pm
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60 mins
Bryan Brown with Rosemarie Milsom
The Character Lab: Discovering the people who tell my story
Sunday April 26
Hotel Sorrento (Cooper Room)
9.00am
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60 mins
Miranda Darling, Tara Moss and JP Pomare with Rosemarie Milsom
Fiction writers get to make up stuff. They can also create their own characters with whatever kinds of foibles, weaknesses, or strengths they wish. So how much fun is that?
Between Us: Niall Williams and Christine Breen
Sunday April 26
Sorrento Community Centre
12.00pm
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60 mins
Niall Williams and Christine Breen with Rosemarie Milsom
Husband-and-wife Niall Williams and Christine Breen reflect on a shared life in words, Ireland, and the creative partnership that has shaped their work.