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Lighthouse Literary Festival at Aireys Inlet: Robert Drewe

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The Wheeler Centre undertakes its annual pilgrimage to the Lighthouse Literary Festival at Airey’s Inlet, to present a pair of literary legends by the sea.

Award-winning author Robert Drewe, whose most recent book Montebello is a sequel to his much-loved memoir The Shark Net, sits down with Michael Williams to explore how living by the ocean has informed his fiction.

Presented by the Wheeler Centre, our two Lighthouse Literary Festival sessions are available only to Festival Pass holders.

Featuring

Michael Williams

Michael Williams joined Sydney Writers’ Festival in September 2020, as the Artistic Director navigating the post-pandemic landscape going into the 2021 festival. He has spent the past decade at the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne; as its founding Head of Programming in 200... Read more

Robert Drewe

Robert Drewe is an Australian literary legend whose more than 20 highly acclaimed books, including novels, short stories and memoirs have won state, national and international prizes, been widely translated, and been adapted for film, television, theatre and radio. Born in Richmond, Melbourne, he gr... Read more

Location

Fairhaven Surf Life Saving Club

Cnr Great Ocean Road and Yarringa Road Aireys Inlet Victoria 3231

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