2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Stephanie Vizard

Steph Vizard is an Australian writer and lawyer. After studying literature at Oxford University, she worked in publishing in London. Her debut romantic comedy, The Love Contract, won the 2022 HarperCollins Banjo Prize. A Smart Girl’s Guide to Second Chance is her second novel. She lives in Melbourne with her family. 

Free Event
Thursday April 23
Sorrento Bowls Club
1.30pm / 60 mins

Brigid Delaney, Chris Hammer, Luke Johnson and Steph Vizard  with Hilary Harper

This is a Free Event

Be Still My Heart: The engine of human expression, unpacked

Thursday April 23
Sorrento Bowls Club
3.00pm / 60 mins

Jane Montgomery Griffiths, Norman Swan, Clara Tuite and Steph Vizard with Fiona Gruber  

Going back to the Ancient Greeks and Romans, the heart has always inspired artists, writers, poets, musicians and thinkers. Our panel reflects of the curious allure  of this remarkable human organ.