2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson is a multi-New York Times and Amazon bestselling author, social philosopher, international keynote speaker, and philanthropist. She founded the global I Quit Sugar movement, edited Cosmopolitan Australia, and hosted MasterChef Australia. Her books include First, We Make the Beast Beautiful and the US Gold Nautilus Prize-winning This One Wild and Precious Life. Sarah leads global conversations on creativity, anxiety, and climate change, and lives nomadically between Paris and Sydney. 

In Conversation: Sarah Wilson

Friday April 24
Sorrento Community Centre
9.00am / 60 mins

Sarah Wilson with Tracee Hutchinson

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Sarah Wilson discusses her new book I Eat The Stars, a guide to finding joy and meaning in a world that seems to be falling apart.


Finding Hope In A Fractured World

Friday April 24
Portsea Village
12.00pm / 60 mins

Brigid Delaney, Ruby Kraner-Tucci and Sarah Wilson with Rana Hussain

Anxiety And The Modern Workplace: How IT, AI, WFH and DEI are impacting life in the office

Saturday April 25
Ellen Grant Hall
1.00pm / 60 mins

Sean Scalmer, Sarah Wilson and Toby Walsh with Stephen Lunn

Between Us: AC Grayling and Sarah Wilson

Sunday April 26
Halcyon Hall, The Continental
10.30am / 60 mins

A.C. Grayling and Sarah Wilson with Sally Warhaft