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
Lisa Wilkinson with Jo Dyer
How Biographers Work
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?