2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Lucinda Froomes Price

Lucinda Price, also known as Froomes, is a writer, broadcaster and comedian. Her debut book, All I Ever Wanted Was To Be Hot (Pantera Press, 2024), was an instant bestseller, winning an ABIA for Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year and earning multiple major nominations. As CEO of FROOMESWORLD, she runs an international one-woman creative business and was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Digital Creator. 

Meet The Memoir Writers

Wednesday April 22
Sorrento Portsea RSL
1.30pm / 60 mins

Lucinda Froomes Price and Kate Reid with Laura Macdonald

How difficult is it to open up your laptop and then open up your heart? Our two guests discuss their experiences writing memorable memoirs.

In Conversation: Lucinda Froomes Price

Thursday April 23
Hotel Sorrento (Cooper Room)
12.00pm / 60 mins

Lucinda Froomes Price with Jane Hone

Me, Stripped Bare (i): Why writers need to tell their story

Thursday April 23
Halcyon Hall, The Continental
1.30pm / 60 mins

Kate Holden, Lucinda Froomes Price and Jayne Tuttle with Peter Wilmoth