2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Sarah Arachchi

Sarah Arachchi is a paediatrician who works in both a public hospital and private practice. An active member of the Women in Medicine Committee at AMA Victoria, where she helps organise events and discussions relevant to women in medicine. Her memoir Brown. Female. Doctor. is an insightful heart-warming story of a young woman’s experience through immigration, education and medical training. 

Me, Stripped Bare (ii): Why writers need to tell their story

Sunday April 26
Hotel Sorrento (Cooper Room)
1.30pm / 60 mins

Sarah Arachchi, Kate Halfpenny and Tara Moss with Jane Montgomery-Griffiths  

Three writers reflect upon the challenges, process and joys of writing about your own life and then sharing it via a book.