2025 PROGRAM
The Heart of the Land: Crime Fiction in the Australian Landscape
DATE:
Saturday 29th March
LOCATION:
Darley Smith Building
COST:
$22
Step into the evocative landscapes of Australian crime fiction with two rising stars of the genre. Hayley Scrivenor (Girl Falling) and Patricia Wolf (Opal) bring their richly atmospheric settings to life, where the land itself becomes a character shaping the stories of secrets, resilience, and survival. From the tightly woven community dynamics of a small town in Scrivenor’s first book, Dirt Town , to the vast, untamed outback of Wolf’s DS Lucas Walker series, this session explores how the sunburned country amplifies tension, deepens mysteries, and provides a canvas for gripping storytelling.
Host: Tim Ayliffe
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.