2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Bob Carr
Retired politician Bob Carr is Australia’s longest continuously-serving Premier of NSW and a former federal senator and foreign minister. Since leaving politics, he has built a distinguished career as an author and academic and is director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at UTS. He has published several books, including Thoughtlines, My Reading Life, Diary of a Foreign Minister and his memoir, Run for Your Life.
On Grief And Loss: Transforming trauma into words
Friday April 24
Sorrento Community Centre
3.00pm
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60 mins
Geraldine Brooks, Bob Carr and Madeleine Grummet
In Conversation: Bob Carr
Saturday April 25
Halcyon Hall, The Continental
2.30pm
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60 mins
Bob Carr with Steve Bracks
Two friends and former State premiers discuss Bring Back Yesterday, Bob Carr’s moving new memoir on the death of his wife Helena.
International Land Grabs: When is enough, enough?
Sunday April 26
The Ballroom, The Continental
10.30am
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60 mins
Elizabeth Buchanan, Bob Carr and Toby Walsh with Steve Bracks