2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Susan Wyndham

Susan Wyndham is a journalist, author and former literary editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. Her latest book is Elizabeth Harrower: The Woman in the Watch Tower (NewSouth, 2025), and she is co-editor with Brigitta Olubas of Hazzard and Harrower: The Letters (NewSouth, 2024). 

Elizabeth, We Hardly Knew You: In Appreciation of Elizabeth Harrower

Thursday April 23
Hotel Sorrento (Cooper Room)
1.30pm / 60 mins

Helen Trinca and Susan Wyndham with Laura Macdonald

The brilliant Australian post-war novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Harrower was private and guarded, and for many years readers knew little about her. With the arrival of two new biographies about her life, a new 21st Century fan club is emerging.


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In Praise Of Australian Women Writers

Friday April 24
Sorrento Bowls Club
3.00pm / 60 mins

Helen Trinca, Nadia Wheatley, Geordie Williamson and Susan Wyndham with Jason Steger

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Free Event

Writers On Writing (About Artists): Three biographers discuss

Saturday April 25
Portsea Village
1.00pm / 60 mins

Drusilla Modjeska, Tom McIlroy and Susan Wyndham with Fiona Gruber

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