2025 PROGRAM
Ask Us Anything: From Manuscript to Bookstore—What Really Gets You Published
DATE:
Saturday 21 March, 2026
LOCATION:
The Manly Club
COST:
$25.00
What happens between finishing a manuscript and seeing a book in the world? This session brings together key players across the publishing process to demystify how books are selected, shaped, produced and released. The discussion will unpack common misconceptions about agents, editors, design and publishing, and offer a realistic picture of how decisions are made.
This is a rare opportunity to ask the experts anything you want to know about what it takes to be published.
Note: Pitching manuscripts from the floor is not part of this session.
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.