We hope you enjoyed #ManlyWF25 as much as we did. We hope you enjoy some of the memories in this short video too.
If you want to put the dates in your diary for next year, we'll see you from March 20th to 22nd, 2026.
It was great fun and lots of learning presenting #ManlyWF25 in t weekend! Festival organizers were superb, everything was très chic! Personal success was seeing my book displayed side by side to books of t greatest Indigenous academic & leader John Maynard & t amazing storyteller Blanche d'Alpuget.
Delighted to meet Josh Pittman who has seen his book, ‘Behind the Mask’ for the first time at today’s festival. It is released later in April. #manlywf25
An aerial view of last night's opening night event—the launch of Blanche d'Alpuget's latest book, 'The Bunny Club', on stage with Jeremy Fernandez at Manly Spirits Distillery. There are still two more days of #ManlyWF25. Join us! buff.ly/kVwbYcD
Don't miss it! The fabulous #finale to #ManlyWF25. Your very own Chairman's Lounge Experience with #hightea, #champagne, #stringquartet... and JOE ASTON! Sunday March 30th, 3pm for 3.45pm until 5pm. Tickets essential. buff.ly/0HImse2
Doing anything Sunday? We've got nine fabulous sessions covering #creativelives and #sport, starting at 9.15am with some fabulous sport talk with some of the best #fiction & #nonfiction sports writers. | Sunday 30th March, 9.15am-3pm #ManlyWF25
Best-selling #author Heather Morris with journalist/author/host Michael Brissendent at #ManlyWF25. Heather was our opening guest author.
On the other side of our Sunday program is #creativelives and #authors who share their journeys. A fabulous line-up. | Sunday 30th March, 10am-3pm #ManlyWF25
Our final sessions on Saturday encompass #geopolitics, a sporting legend, #fiction royalty & #poetry. Don't miss it! | Saturday 29th March, 4.10pm #ManlyWF25
Our Friday #specialevent. A #booklaunch with Blanche d'Alpuget of 'The Bunny Club' - her first #crime novel. Released tomorrow and available at #ManlyWF25. | Friday 28th March, 6.30pm. Tickets essential. buff.ly/TZTKWHN
Join us at 2.50pm on Saturday 29th March for a stellar panel of #foreigncorrespondents, #travel writers, a discussion on #mentalhealth episdoes and Australian historical #fiction. #ManlyWF25
More on Saturday 29 March at #ManlyWF25, this time the 12.10pm time slot. We talk #trust, #AUKUS, #dispossession, meet three new #fiction voices, and learn how to write your life story. Come along, grab a coffee from our on-site Hennessy Coffee Barista, & join the conversations.
What's on Saturday 29th March at 10.50am? Author Lech Blaine talking about his memoir of two very different families, and two former journos turned crime writers on their inspiration for their #crimefiction. #ManlyWF25
Our busiest time at #ManlyWF25 (quite accidentally) is Saturday, first thing. So much to do! @peterfitz1@bsky.social #author talk, AI & #socialmedia, big public works projects, reflections on #conflict, #truecrime & #editor workshop. So much choice! | Saturday 29 March, 9.30am
Join us at 2pm on Friday for another fabulous #author talk with @janecaro.bsky.social, an incredible discussion on #bipolar journeys, and what it's like to make the transition to a new land, when that's about your only choice in life. | Friday 28 March, 2pm-3pm #ManlyWF25
Our second group of sessions on Friday include #romance #fiction, #cancer and #grief, and amazing #women. 11.20am Friday March 28 #ManlyWF25
The things we talk about at #ManlyWF25. Don't miss out on the big ideas and real conversations. 28, 29, 30 March. Get your tickets from our website or via Humanitix.
What this chorus of writers doesn't know about #creativearts, #music, the politics & tensions of #performance & more isn't worth knowing. Wouldn't you like to have a chat with them, this Sunday as part of #ManlyWF25? buff.ly/chiKiNO
It's a big day of #sport this #Sunday (specifically #football & #golf) at #ManlyWF25. Why not join us. You can get a Sunday Pass and enjoy five great sessions & then stay for a free musical performance if you want. Head to buff.ly/tc09bU5 to check the program & buy tickets.
Trust. Confidence. Traits in short supply, especially when it comes to institutions and governance. How did it come to this? And ow do we restore them? Join a riveting discussion with Gavin Fang, Tracey Kirkland, and Julia Baird in conversation with Michael Baird. | Sat 29 Mar, 12.10pm #ManlyWF25
Join John Maynard at #ManlyWF25 on Sunday 30th March at 9.15am over #coffee from Hennessy Coffee and croissants. www.manlywritersfestival.org.au/program/sunr...
If you're an aspiring #writer, we've got one masterclass and two workshops to help guide you—on #copyright, the use of a personal #editor, and how to tell your own story. | Fri & Sat 28 & 29 Mar #ManlyWF25
Yes, we know, it's really not this simple, but who would you rather be buying a #submarine from??? Find out in our session entitled "I don't think, I know" when #author Andrew Fowler talks #AUKUS with Mark Corcoran. buff.ly/D7XL2is #ManlyWF25 | Sat 29 Mar, 12.10pm
Meet three of our #writers who will be at #ManlyWF25 this week. Lisa Gallate talking on 'Holding On & Letting Go'; Kate Horan, one of the new #fiction voices, and Michele Seminar, #poet. All locals! Get tickets here: buff.ly/Z2PbJv5
"I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a colour slide ..." (Billy Colins)
Join our sextet of fabulous #poets at our Poetry Salon. | Sat 29 March, 4.10pm ONLY at #ManlyWF25
Think writing’s just for the chosen few? Think again.
At #ManlyWF25, we don’t care about your book deal.
We care about the books and the voices.
Writing belongs to all of us — not just the bestseller list.
🎟️ Come join the story →
www.manlywritersfestival.org.au/program
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Are you joining us at #ManlyWF25 on 28, 29, and 30 March? Make sure you download our App so you have all the information you need at your fingertips! buff.ly/EL38uXV
Kicking-off #ManlyWF25 is best-selling #author, Heather Morris, talking with Michael Brissenden about her #historicalfiction, getting to the small screen, and the #happenchance of becoming a #writer. | Fri 28th Mar, 10am. buff.ly/j9o494g
Don't miss out! Manly Writers' Festival is Friday 28th, Saturday 29th, Sunday 30th March. Check out our website for the program, the line-up and everything else you need to know including ticket information. buff.ly/M97rf97 #ManlyWF25
