Manly Writers Festival

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Beyond the world famous Manly Beach and eponymous ferry, Manly has a literary life. Just like the entire city, Manly and the Northern Beaches is an area rich in cultural and linguistic diversity and creativity. This festival for readers, writers, and thinkers will bring together ideas and writing, and explore issues at a time of significant change in the world, as well as simply enjoy great stories. Whether you’re into history, politics, crime, sport, fiction, or anything that is a good read, we host storytellers for three days around the end of March/early April each year in a challenging, relaxed, and fun environment. The Manly Writer’s Festival will feed your heart and mind, and aims to leave you energised, informed, and inspired.

Meet other readers and authors, hear from and talk with our special guests, rub elbows with aspiring writers, or join in a book club discussion.