2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Lee Kofman

Lee Kofman is the author of three works of fiction and the two memoirs Imperfect (Affirm Press, 2019), which was shortlisted for the 2019 Nib Literary Award, and The Dangerous Bride (Melbourne University Press, 2014). She is also co-editor of Rebellious Daughters (Ventura Press, 2016) and editor of Split (2019, Ventura Press), which was longlisted for the 2020 ABIA Small Publisher’s Adult Book of the Year. Her recent book, The Writer Laid Bare: Emotional Honesty in a Writer's Art, Craft and Life, was published in 2022. 

Speaking For Myself: The art of first-person writing

Thursday April 23
Hotel Sorrento (Salt Bar)
10.30am / 60 mins

Chris Hammer, Lee Kofman and Kate Holden with Hannie Rayson  

100 Days After Bondi: Where to from here?

Thursday April 23
Halcyon Hall, The Continental
3.00pm / 60 mins

Linda Dessau, Lee Kofman, Paul Kelly with Corrie Perkin