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Texi Smith

ABOUT 

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Texi Smith

Texi Smith is a football fiction writer, reporter, and photographer with The Roar. He is also an active supporter of the Matildas, the Socceroos, and Sydney FC and a lifelong fan of Newcastle United, having grown up in the northeast of England. He still plays in an Over 45s competition, referees in a local league, and has previously coached. Away from football, Texi has an IT consultancy and is a member of the Bridge Club - a group of runners who have run ten or more Sydney Marathons. He has written six football novels, the most recent being Abebi, published 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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