Program 2015

Festival Luncheon 

Friday 18 September 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm Cost $55

​Welcome Dr Christine Jennett, President The Women's Club
Guest Speaker: Leah Purcell
Putting My Voice Out There

Cost: $55

More about the Festival 2015
Patron Opening Address
Speakers 2015
Session Chairs 2015
Book Launches 2015
Testimonials 2015

Festival Soirée​

Friday 18 September 2015 4.30 - 7.00pm Cost $25

Welcome Dr Wendy Michaels

Guest Speaker: Hannie Rayson 
Hello Beautiful: Putting Words in People's Mouths 

Book Launch: Everyday Epic 
Anna Kerdijk-Nicholson – launched by Judith Beveridge
Book Launch sponsored by Puncher & Wattmann

Cost (including drinks & canapés): $25

Festival Symposium
Saturday 19 September 2015 9:15am - 5:30pm Cost $100

Welcome Professor The Hon. Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO, Festival Patron

Keynote: Geraldine Doogue AO
The Climb: Conversations with Women Who Make a Difference

Panel: Libby Gleeson, Dr Lisa Murray, Augusta Supple
Writing Fiction – Writing History 

Book Launch: Australian Women War Reporters: Boer War to Vietnam 
Dr Jeannine Baker - launched by Ginny Stein

In Conversation: Associate Professor Debra Adelaide & Susan Wyndham
Women Writers and Women Readers

Talk: Lee Lewis 
Building a Storehouse of Australian Stories for the Stage

Talk: Judith Beveridge
Is That a Real Poem or Did You Just Make It Up Yourself?

Talk: Dr Julie Mundy-Taylor
'Tell On,' Quoth the King: The Enduring Legend of Scheherzade

Cost (Including morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, wine and canapés): $100