RECORDED panels
With the permission of our panelists, WORDFest invites you to listen to sessions from previous years
2025
Podcast interview: Karen O’Sullivan (Great Ocean Reads) in conversation with Rachel Morton.
Podcast interview: Karen O’Sullivan (Great Ocean Reads) in conversation with Tracey Spicer.
Podcast interview: Karen O’Sullivan (Great Ocean Reads) in conversation with Lia Hills.
Podcast interview: Karen O’Sullivan (Great Ocean Reads) in conversation with Jock Serong.
Podcast interview: Karen O’Sullivan (Great Ocean Reads) in conversation with Maggie Mackellar.
Podcast interview: Karen O’Sullivan (Great Ocean Reads) in conversation with Kate Mildenhall.
Podcast interview: Karen O’Sullivan (Great Ocean Reads) in conversation with Mark Smith.
Podcast interview: Karen O’Sullivan (Great Ocean Reads) in conversation with Kylie Ladd.
2024
Crisis & Hope - Warm Winter Words Session 2
Crisis & Hope - Warm Winter Words Session 3
Christie Thompson in conversation with author Shankari Chandran.
Sue Gillett in conversation with authors Margaret Hickey & Kgshak Akec.
The Great De(Bay)te
Topic: ‘In times of crisis, ignorance is bliss.’
The annual Great De(Bay)te: a battle of wit and well disguised insults.
2023
Pearls & Monsters - What do journeys of self-discovery reveal?
Pearls & Monsters - How does our view of history change over time?
A conversation with Ramona Koval (writer, journalist and beloved long-time broadcaster of ABC Radio's The Book Show and Books and Writing) and a wonderful panel of writers: Tony Birch, Alice Pung OAM & Santilla Chingaipe.
Apollo Bay local, Kate Bourne, interviews 3 authors, Ramona Koval, Lauren Burns & Sophie Matterson, who have undertaken very different journeys that are both physical and deeply personal.
The Great De(Bay)te
Topic: ‘Swearing is f*#!@ing poetic.’
Bear witness to the annual Great De(Bay)te and allow some of Apollo Bay’s foulest and finest speakers to sway you one way or the other.