2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Lisa Wilkinson

Lisa Wilkinson AM is one of Australia’s most respected media figures. She began a groundbreaking publishing career as the youngest-ever editor of Dolly at 21, then spent ten years leading the iconic Cleo magazine. After more than a decade co-hosting the Nine Network's Today Show, she joined the Ten Network in 2017 as host of the prime-time, award-winning The Project. Her new book, The Titanic Story of Evelyn, the untold story of the only Australian-born Titanic survivor, will be released in April 2026. 

In Conversation: Lisa Wilkinson

Friday April 24
Portsea Surf Life Saving Club
1.30pm / 60 mins

Lisa Wilkinson with Jo Dyer

How Biographers Work

Saturday April 25
Ellen Grant Hall
4.00pm / 60 mins

Patrick Mullins, Paul Strangio and Lisa Wilkinson with Peter Wilmoth

What is it about someone else’s life that inspires a writer?  How do you decide their story is one worth telling, and where do you begin with your research?