2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Jason Steger
British-born Australian journalist Jason Steger was a long-serving literary editor for The Age and an ABC TV First Tuesday Book Club panel member.
In Praise Of Australian Women Writers
Friday April 24
Sorrento Bowls Club
3.00pm
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60 mins
Helen Trinca, Nadia Wheatley, Geordie Williamson and Susan Wyndham with Jason Steger
Drinks With The Reviewers
Saturday April 25
The Ballroom, The Continental
5.30pm
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60 mins
Madeleine Gray, Sarah Krasnostein, Michael Shmith and Georgie Williamson with Jason Steger
Three Books I Always Recommend – And Why
Sunday April 26
Ellen Grant Hall
3.00pm
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60 mins
Jennifer Byrne, Bri Lee and J.P. Pomare with Jason Steger
Our panel discusses when a friend asks for a great book recommendation, do you find you have a favourite two or three? What is it about these books that encourage us to share?