2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Corrie Perkin

Award-winning journalist Corrie Perkin is also an editor, writer, MC, podcaster and Founder and Director of the Sorrento Writers Festival.

Meet The Food Writers

Wednesday April 22
Sorrento Portsea RSL
12.00pm / 60 mins

Julia Busuttill Nishmura and Virginia Trioli with Corrie Perkin

We bring together two of Melbourne’s great food/creative communicators - cookbook author Julia Busuttil Nishimura and ABC arts presenter and author Virginia Trioli.

Special Event
Wednesday April 22
Sorrento Portsea RSL
4.30pm / 90 mins

Corrie Perkin and Caroline Wilson with special Festival Guests: Rebecca Armitage and Julia Busuttil Nishimura

This is a Special Event

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  

How To Dress For Old Age: And other perplexing issues

Friday April 24
Hotel Sorrento (Cooper Room)
10.30am / 60 mins

David Carlin, Rosalie Ham and Peta Murray with Corrie Perkin

This session is supported by Village Glen

In Conversation: Samah Sabawi

Sunday April 26
Hotel Sorrento (Cooper Room)
12.00pm / 60 mins

Samah Sabawi with Corrie Perkin