7:30pm – 9:30pm

Story Club

$30 + booking fee  

Story Club is a live storytelling show packed with special guests, brilliant stories and lots of laughs. For this Words on the Waves festival edition, our brave guests David Marr, Niki Savva, Brigid Delaney and Toni Jordan – alongside intrepid hosts Osher Günsberg and Zoe Norton-Lodge – will share true tales to the theme ‘Take the Time.’

Please note: seating is unallocated.

David Marr

David Marr has written for Fairfax and the Guardian. He presented the ABC’s Media Watch for some years and appeared often on Q&A and Insiders. His many books include lives of Patrick White and Garfield Barwick. Among the half dozen Quarterly Essays he has written are The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell. Black Inc recently published My Country, stories, speeches and essays about the Australia he has been exploring over 45 years. His latest book is Killing for Country, a personal reckoning with Australia’s frontier wars. David is currently presenting Late Night Live on ABC Radio National.

Brigid Delaney

Brigid Delaney is a political speechwriter for Australia’s minister for finance and minister for women. For many years she wrote the popular weekly column “Brigid Delaney’s Diary” for the Guardian. She cocreated the Netflix series Wellmania, based on her book, and cofounded the anti–death penalty movement Mercy Campaign. She lives in Australia.

Toni Jordan

Toni Jordan is the author of eight novels, including the international bestseller Addition, which was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and adapted into a feature film in cinemas in 2026. Toni lives in Melbourne. Her latest novel is Tenderfoot.

Osher Günsberg

Osher Günsberg is a best-selling author, podcaster, TV host, husband, dad, stepdad, electric mobility enthusiast and part-time climate worrier.

Zoe Norton Lodge

Zoe Norton Lodge is a writer and television producer. She has appeared on screens in various ABC TV shows including their consumer affairs show The Checkout. As well as authoring a (very silly) memoir Almost Sincerely, she created the middle grade series Elizabella with her illustrator sister Georgia Norton Lodge. The pair are working on a graphic novel inspired by the recent discovery of a humble museum which is in part dedicated to their family history. Zoe is the executive producer of ABC TV’s dedicated arts show Art Works. 

Niki Savva

Niki Savva is a highly acclaimed political writer. Her work has brought her into intimate contact with Australia’s major political players for more than 40 years. She is a regular columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, and appears on ABC TV’s Insiders. Her latest book, Earthquake, is published by Scribe.