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P.J. Laverty

ABOUT 

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P.J. Laverty

P.J. Laverty is a Scottish-Australian writer specialising in historical football fiction with a comedic spin with a PhD in Creative Writing from Curtin University. Under the moniker Paul J. Lverty, he is the host of 94.9 Main FM literary book show, The Quiet Carriage, which also airs nationally on the Community Radio Network. He has written two novellas, Man Overbored and Cider Country(RoadHouse Media). He also wrote the first biography on Grammy award winners Arcade Fire and another on Beck (Artnik / Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag). His first football novel, The Gaffer, was published in 2022, and his second, RIPPA!, in 2024.

PROGRAM SESSIONS
WHAT:

Reading the Game: Inspiring Young Readers through Football

DATE:

Sunday 30th March

TIME:

12.45pm-2.00pm

WITH:

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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