Creative Journal Writing Workshop
, 11am - 1 pm
Port Fairy Community Library, Sackville St
Dr Stephanie Dowrick
A writing workshop with Stephanie Dowrick that celebrates you, your insights, your life. ...(cont)
2026 Events
Art Workshop - Narrative Stories
, 2.00 - 3.30 pm
Glyph Gallery & Creative Space, Bank St
Jane Farnan
In this 90-minute literary drawing project ...(cont)
Meet & Greet
, 6 - 7 pm
Reardon Theatre
Opening launch event
Meet and greet. For (any) ticket holders and invited guests. ...(cont)
FREE EVENTArt Exhibition Launch - Selected Works from Off Script and Still, We Love
, 7-7:30pm
Reardon Theatre
Hana Assafiri
Hana Assafiri's exhibition will be on display at the Reardon Theatre over the course of the weekend. ...(cont)
FREE EVENTOpening Night Program
, 7 - 9 pm
Reardon Theatre
OPENING NIGHT PROGRAM featuring the Port Fairy Choir, Dr Stephanie Dowrick, Jock Serong and Tim Rogers.
7.30pm Port Fairy Choir 7.35pm Stephanie Dowrick delivers us some Hope & Inspiration 8.00pm A Suitable Man ...(cont)
Children's Program
, 10.00 - 12.00 pm
Port Fairy Library, Sackville Street
Judy Horacek, Thomas Mayo, Lorena Carrington, Olivia Coates and Kate Mildenhall
Free Event, but bookings are required. Join our amazing troupe ...(cont)
Thrilling Women
, 10 - 11 AM
Reardon Theatre
Jane Caro & Louise Milligan with Jock Serong
Join these formidable storytellers as they discuss their latest novels. ...(cont)
Stories that Travel
, 11.30 - 12.30 pm
Reardon Theatre
Moreno Giovanoni, Christine Balint, Christopher Raja & Maame Blue with David Francis
How do stories change when they cross oceans, borders, and generations? ...(cont)
Secrets and Survival
, 1 - 2 pm
Reardon Theatre, Bank Street
Troy Hunter, Allee Richards & Mark Smith with Fiona Hardy
Growing up is a high-stakes game where the truth is hard to find and the consequences are real. ...(cont)
What if … Fiction at the edge of reality
, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Reardon Theatre
Michael Winkler, Brendan Colley, Wayne Marshall, & Jordan Prosser with Kate Mildenhall
Where does the real world end and the extraordinary begin? ...(cont)
Art & Grief
, 4 - 5 pm
Reardon Theatre
Claire Thomas, Dani Netherclift, Andrea Goldsmith & Clara Brack with Anne Connor
When language fails in the face of sorrow, the creative arts can offer an alternative pathway through. ...(cont)
Wisdom & Humour: Hope in Difficult Times
, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Reardon Theatre
Thomas Mayo, Jane Caro, Hana Assafiri, & Marika Sosnowski with Hilary Harper
In an era of deepening social division, political fatigue, and global uncertainty, how do we maintain an active commitment to hope? ...(cont)
Saturday Night Gala
, 7.00 - 10.00 pm
Location TBA
Authors and Special Guests
Authors & invited guests – this is our celebration of the weekend. ...(cont)
Nature Studies
, 10.00 - 11.00 am
Reardon Theatre
Darryl Jones & Jane Melville with Robert Gott
Human history and natural history have always been deeply intertwined. ...(cont)
Poetry Launch
, 11.00 am - 12.00 noon
Blarney Books & Art, James Street
Susan Bradley Smith, with Ross Gillett, Rose Lucas, and Jasmine Mansbridge
Sunday morning poetry session! Celebrate the launch of The Thing I Came For ...(cont)
Subversion and Satire
, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Reardon Theatre
Judy Horacek and Mag Merrilees with Emily Lee-Ack
The Creative Resistance of Horacek & Merrilees. ...(cont)
Fault Lines of Place
, 1 - 2 pm
Reardon Theatre
Michelle Wright, Kate Mildenhall & Melissa Manning with Hilary Harper
The Australian landscape has a long history of hiding what we want forgotten, but the ground always shifts eventually. ...(cont)
Fractured Lives and Hidden Evidence
, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Reardon Theatre
Garry Disher, Mark Smith, Fiona Hardy & Lorena Carrington with Matt Neal
Crime fiction is as much about the moral compromises of the living as it is about solving a death. ...(cont)
An in-conversation Closing Event
, 4 pm
Blarney Books & Art, James Street
Stephanie Dowrick and Tom Sutherland
Join acclaimed author and therapist Stephanie Dowrick in conversation with artist and author Tom Sutherland ...(cont)