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Friday 28th March
10.00am-11.00am
EVENT
Author Talk with Heather Morris
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Friday 28th March
11.20am-12.20pm
EVENT
Fighting the Long Goodbye
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Friday 28th March
11.20am-12.20pm
EVENT
Long Live the Romance Novel
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Friday 28th March
12.30pm-1.30pm
EVENT
Masterclass: Navigating Copyright: Essential Insights for Authors and Publishers
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Friday 28th March
12.40pm-1.40pm
EVENT
Justice for Kathleen Folbigg
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Friday 28th March
2.00pm-3.00pm
EVENT
Author Talk with Jane Caro
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Friday 28th March
2.00pm-3.00pm
EVENT
Bipolar Journeys: Stories Of Strength, Struggle, And Self-Discovery
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Friday 28th March
2.00pm-3.00pm
EVENT
Reflections: Transitions to a New Land
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Friday 28th March
3.20pm-4.20pm
EVENT
Historical Fiction Beyond the Border
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Friday 28th March
3.20pm-4.20pm
EVENT
Holding On and Letting Go: Finding Strength Through Loss
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Friday 28th March
6.30pm-9pm
EVENT
Special Event: Book Launch of 'The Bunny Club'
LOCATION
Manly Spirits Distillery, Brookvale
Saturday 29th March
09.30am-10.30am
EVENT
AI and Social Media: Shaping Today
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
09.30am-10.30am
EVENT
Author Talk with Peter FitzSimons
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
09.30am-10.30am
EVENT
Before the NBN and Snowy 2.0
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
09.30am-10.30am
EVENT
Reflections: Conflict in the Home of Your Heart
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
09.30am-10.30am
EVENT
True Crime: Tales of Betrayal, Escape, and Justice
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
09.30am-10.30am
EVENT
Workshop: Unlock Your Best Work: The Power of a Personal Editor
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
1.30pm-2.30pm
EVENT
Breaking the Mould: Women, Medicine, and the Power of Storytelling
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
1.30pm-2.30pm
EVENT
Rivals in the Storm: War, Peace and the Price of Leadership
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
1.30pm-2.30pm
EVENT
The Heart of the Land: Crime Fiction in the Australian Landscape
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
10.50am-11.50am
EVENT
Politics, Power and the Thrill of the Chase
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
10.50am-11.50am
EVENT
Two Families on a Collision Course: A Memoir
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
12.01pm- 2.00pm
EVENT
Workshop: Writing Your Life Story
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
12.10pm-1.10pm
EVENT
"I don't think, I know."
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
12.10pm-1.10pm
EVENT
Fractured Foundations: Trust in an Uncertain World
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
12.10pm-1.10pm
EVENT
New Voices in Fiction II
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
12.10pm-1.10pm
EVENT
Reflections: Dispossession of Your Land
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
2.50pm-3.50pm
EVENT
"I haven't been everywhere, but it is on my list." (Susan Sontag)
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
2.50pm-3.50pm
EVENT
Australian Historical Fiction
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
2.50pm-3.50pm
EVENT
Frontline Perspectives: Reporting the World Beyonder Borders
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
2.50pm-3.50pm
EVENT
Resilience and Recovery: Navigating Mental Health Episodes
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
4.10pm-5.10pm
EVENT
The Natural: Richard 'Dick' Thornett's Sporting Life
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
4.10pm-5.45pm
EVENT
Conversation Circle: Navigating the Shifting Global Order
LOCATION
Darley Smith Building
Saturday 29th March
7pm-10pm
EVENT
Special Event: Literary Trivia Night
LOCATION
Manly Surf Life Saving Club
Sunday 30th March
09.15am-10.15am
EVENT
Sunrise Raconteurs: From the Fairway to the Goal Line
LOCATION
Manly Golf Club
Sunday 30th March
10.00am-11.00am
EVENT
Creative Lives In Fiction: Stories Of Love, Ambition And Self-Discovery
LOCATION
Manly Golf Club
Sunday 30th March
11.20am-12.20pm
EVENT
'Quiet Please, There's A Lady On Stage' (Peter Allen)
LOCATION
Manly Golf Club
Sunday 30th March
11.30am - 12.15pm
EVENT
Sports Non-Fiction for Young Adults
LOCATION
Manly Golf Club
Sunday 30th March
12.40pm-1.40pm
EVENT
'There Are Mountains In Our Way, But We Climb A Step Every Day' (Joe Cocker)
LOCATION
Manly Golf Club
Sunday 30th March
12.45pm-1.45pm
EVENT
Reading the Game: Inspiring Young Readers through Football
LOCATION
Manly Golf Club
Sunday 30th March
2.00pm-3.00pm
EVENT
'Teach the Children Well' (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
LOCATION
Manly Golf Club
Sunday 30th March
3.00pm-3.30pm
EVENT
Musical Interlude from West Phil
LOCATION
Manly Golf Club
Sunday 30th March
3.00pm-5.00pm
EVENT
Special Event: The Chairman's Lounge
LOCATION
Manly Golf Club
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
The Manly Writers' Festival acknowledges and thanks the original storytellers on the lands on which our events take place, the Gameraygal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing connection and culture, and we pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present, as well as emerging leaders.
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