2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Drusilla Modjeska

Drusilla Modjeska is one of Australia’s most acclaimed writers. Her books include the award-winning Poppy and the bestselling The Orchard and Stravinsky’s Lunch, which won the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Her novel The Mountain was critically acclaimed and shortlisted for a number of awards; and in 2015 she published her memoir, Second Half First, which was also shortlisted for several prizes. Her latest book is A Woman’s Eye, Her Art.  

Between Us: Katherine Hattam and Drusilla Modjeska

Thursday April 23
Hotel Sorrento (Salt Bar)
3.00pm / 60 mins

Katherine Hattam and Drusilla Modjeska with Jacinta Parsons

Two extraordinary creative minds, Katherine Hattam and Drusilla Modjeska, come together for an intimate conversation about art, writing and the spaces in between.

The Women 20th Century Art Forgot

Friday April 24
Hotel Sorrento (Cooper Room)
12.00pm / 60 mins

Drusilla Modjeska with Fiona Gruber

Free Event
Saturday April 25
Portsea Village
1.00pm / 60 mins

Drusilla Modjeska, Tom McIlroy and Susan Wyndham with Fiona Gruber

This is a Free Event