2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Madeleine Gray
Madeleine Gray is a writer and critic from Sydney. Her debut novel, Green Dot, has been published in 14 territories, and won Madeleine the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year at the 2024 ABIAs and the 2025 Russell Prize for Humour Writing. Green Dot was also shortlisted for Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards. Chosen Family is her second novel.
Coming Of Age Novels
Friday April 24
Ellen Grant Hall
4.30pm
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60 mins
Madeleine Gray, Erin Hortle and Toni Jordan with Charlee Brooks
Love, Friendship, Devotion: Queer fiction comes of age
Friday April 24
Hotel Sorrento (Cooper Room)
6.00pm
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60 mins
Madeleine Gray, Sofie Laguna and Cameron Sullivan with Charlee Brooks
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