2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Konrad Marshall
Konrad Marshall is an acclaimed longform journalist specialising in sport, art and
science, and is currently deputy editor of Good Weekend magazine. He is the author of
Yellow & Black: A Season with Richmond (2017), and has collaborated on memoirs with
everyone from tennis icon Ash Barty to AFL transgender advocate Danielle Laidley. He is
the only two time winner of the Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of the Year.
Is Sport Truly A Level Playing Field?
Sunday April 26
Sorrento Bowls Club
10.30am
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60 mins
Rana Hussain, Konrad Marshall and Caroline Wilson with Emma Race
The Game/Race/Tournament Via Me: A discussion about sportswriting
Sunday April 26
Sorrento Bowls Club
12.00pm
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60 mins
Konrad Marshall, Martin McKenzie-Murray with Rose Donohoe
Newspaper sports sections - and sporting books - still produce some of journalism’s best reporting and finest writing. Our panel discusses why.