Coming up
Sorrento on Tour
The Sorrento Writers Festival stages events throughout the year. Our mission – to bring writers and readers together – continues in various locations around the Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne and regional Victoria. Wherever you are, we hope you’ll join Sorrento On Tour for more gatherings of great ideas.
In Conversation: Chris Hammer
Master crime novelist Chris Hammer’s new murder mystery is set in Sorrento and we are having a party to celebrate. Join us on Thursday October 8 and meet the author who brings to life the fictional Sorrento property “Montechino” and its wealthy owners, the ruthless Clapton family. Chris Hammer will be in conversation with Sorrento Writers Festival Director Corrie Perkin.
Melbourne Premiere of The Valley
The Valley is a cinematic portrait of community, belonging and life lived at a different rhythm. As part of our Sorrento on Tour event series, we invite you to a special screening of The Valley, followed by a Q&A with director Ian Darling.
Sorrento Writers Festival Annual Trivia Night
Join the Sorrento Writers Festival's Annual Trivia Night at the Portsea Surf Lifesaving Club, hosted once again by the brilliant Brian Nankervis as MC and Quiz Master. Tables book out fast, so get in early. The night includes dinner and a drink on arrival.
In Conversation Kate Grenville
Multi award-winning author Kate Grenville joins journalist and Sorrento Writers Festival Director Corrie Perkin for a discussion about The Country School Master: A Mystery in 88 Letters’
In Conversation: Peter FitzSimons
The epic true story of George Mallory and Edmund Hillary and the quest to be the first to conquer Everest is the topic of Peter FitzSimons’ new history book. We are delighted Peter is joining us as part of his national book launch tour.
Lunch with Paul Bangay
Sorrento Writers Festival invites you to a special early Summer lunch with Australia’s best-known garden designer and author Paul Bangay. Our event will celebrate Paul’s new book Diary of an English Garden, which has just arrived in bookshops. Over lunch, Paul will discuss with Festival Director Corrie Perkin his journey with an old Cotswold property and the garden he built from scratch. We hope you can join us.
Festival 2027 Launch Drinks
The Board and Staff of Sorrento Writers Festival invite you to join us for Summer drinks on The Conti’s Sunset Terrace to launch our 2027 Season