e5233e55-7215-4a3d-9ea1-7ae2109cbc8f Tim Ayliffe ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Tim Ayliffe Tim Ayliffe is an award winning thriller writer whose novels have been informed by his 25-year career as a journalist and media executive in Australia and around the world. He writes about espionage, extremism, politics and the global power games at play in the 21st Century. He's the author of the ‘John Bailey’ series including The Greater Good, State of Fear, The Enemy Within, Killer Traitor Spy and his most recent novel, The Wrong Man. Tim's thrillers are also in development for TV. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Politics, Power and the Thrill of the Chase DATE: Saturday 29th March TIME: 10.50am-11.50am WITH: Helen Vatsikopoulos TICKETS < PREVIOUS AUTHOR NEXT AUTHOR > 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.

9899877e-6c69-412b-ac4e-5772c3743aea Ingrid J. Adams ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Ingrid J. Adams Ingrid J. Adams is the author of the Descended series, an epic paranormal love story steeped in fantasy. It took her a long time to realise her unattainably crazy dream of being a writer was in fact both attainable and sane; but between then and now, she's earnt degrees in business tourism, journalism, kinesiology and nutrition, studied psychotherapy, and worked in media and as a therapist. Today, she lives in chaos by the beach in Manly with her four beautiful boys (five if you count her husband), and her cavoodle. She's a massive fan of travel, yoga, meditation, farmer's markets, cooking, ocean-swimming, skiing, and escaping into fictional worlds of her own and others' creation. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Long Live the Romance Novel DATE: Friday 28th March TIME: 11.20am-12.20pm WITH: Zena Shapter TICKETS < PREVIOUS AUTHOR NEXT AUTHOR > 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.

b45bb0d1-989e-40ae-a6a3-91e766dea68f Joe Aston ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Joe Aston Joe Aston is one of Australia’s most influential commentators on business, finance and politics. For 12 years he struck fear into the hearts of the nation’s political and corporate leaders with his must-read column Rear Window in the Australian Financial Review. He interrogated some of the country’s biggest business stories including Rio Tinto’s Juukan Gorge scandal; CPA Australia and its Naked CEO Alex Malley; and the decline and fall of both Magellan Financial Group and Qantas. In 2023, Joe and his AFR colleagues won a Walkley Award for their coverage of the PwC tax leaks scandal. Joe has now started his own publishing business, Rampart and is again working in conjunction with the AFR. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Special Event: The Chairman's Lounge DATE: Sunday 30th March TIME: 3.00pm-5.00pm WITH: Helen Vatsikopoulos TICKETS < PREVIOUS AUTHOR NEXT AUTHOR > 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.

29a0cd03-7330-4e44-80b8-f00a67f23b44 Texi Smith ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS 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-1.45pm WITH: Niav Owens TICKETS < PREVIOUS AUTHOR NEXT AUTHOR > 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.

a4306d1b-0128-475e-a3d8-0802e554e3fa Jacqui Louise Swallow ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Jacqui Louise Swallow Jacqui Louise Swallow is a dedicated mum and teacher's aide who has lived with bipolar disorder since her teenage years and, more recently, has also been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and generalised anxiety disorder. Now in her 40s, she has found running to be the most effective way to manage her symptoms. An enthusiastic park runner, in 2023, she took on the challenge of the Melbourne Marathon, embracing the 6+ hour endurance run at her own pace. Jacqui is an Ambassador for Parkrun, Beyond Blue, Run the Tan and Run for Mental Health. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Bipolar Journeys: Stories Of Strength, Struggle, And Self-Discovery DATE: Friday 28th March TIME: 2.00pm-3.00pm WITH: Suzanne Leal TICKETS < PREVIOUS AUTHOR NEXT AUTHOR > 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.

41772c48-3078-40d6-a2c4-fa74d598f21f Craig Semple ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Craig Semple Craig Semple was a career detective in the New South Wales Police Force for twenty-five years, investigating homicides, outlaw motorcycle gangs and hundreds of serious crimes. Medically retired from law enforcement in 2013 due to psychological injuries, Craig is now a sought-after keynote speaker and mental health advocate. Craig is the founding director of Mentality Plus, through which he has developed and delivered mental health, wellbeing and resilience education to thousands of people all over Australia. He is also an ambassador for the Black Dog Institute. Craig's first book, The Cop Who Fell to Earth, was published by Echo Publishing in 2023. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Resilience and Recovery: Navigating Mental Health Episodes DATE: Saturday 29th March TIME: 2.50pm-3.50pm WITH: Tracey Kirkland TICKETS < PREVIOUS AUTHOR NEXT AUTHOR > 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.

722d2ce8-c2d4-4a3e-8800-0382e45f3909 Jumaana Abdu ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Jumaana Abdu Jumaana Abdu is a Dal Stivens Award winner and an alumnus of the Wheeler Centre Next Chapter program. Her work features in Thyme Travellers (Roseway Publishing), an international anthology of Palestinian speculative fiction. She has been published elsewhere in Kill Your Darlings, Westerly, Griffith Review, Meanjin, Liminal, Overland, Debris and New Australian Fiction 2024. During the day, she is a medical doctor. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Reflections: Conflict in the Home of Your Heart DATE: Saturday 29th March TIME: 09.30am-10.30am WITH: Antony Loewenstein TICKETS WHAT: Breaking the Mould: Women, Medicine, and the Power of Storytelling DATE: Saturday 29th March TIME: 1.30pm-2.30pm WITH: Charlotte Rimmer TICKETS < PREVIOUS AUTHOR NEXT AUTHOR > 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.

0721d429-1d44-41ea-b34b-dc14f5ffc1cf Kerrie Davies ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Kerrie Davies Kerrie Davies is the author of A Wife's Heart, that created national discussion about the iconic poet Henry Lawson and his marriage. She has appeared at the Sydney and Brisbane Writers Festivals, and the National Folk festival, Canberra. A former journalist for Vogue and the Sunday Telegraph, Kerrie is Senior Lecturer at the School of the Arts & Media, UNSW Sydney, a 2024 Visiting Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales, and writes for the Conversation. Miles Franklin Undercover is published in March 2025. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Trailblazing Women DATE: Friday 28th March TIME: 11.20am-12.20pm WITH: Victoria Haskins TICKETS < PREVIOUS AUTHOR NEXT AUTHOR > 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.

01248f9f-e03b-44f0-92c0-8de67eaefe01 Kate Horan ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Kate Horan Kate Horan has spent the last seventeen years working in corporate communications, helping executives to pitch and present. Before that, she taught English and Drama at high schools in western Sydney where she relished inspiring teenagers with a love of reading and writing. She traces her love of storytelling back to her childhood when she would listen to her father and grandfather telling stories around the dinner table. After many years of feeling the niggle to write her own stories, she attended Faber Academy’s Writing a Novel program in 2020. When she’s not dreaming up stories about complicated families with dark secrets, she’s chauffeuring her teenage boys to and from social engagements, listening to true crime podcasts and walking her golden lab on Sydney’s beautiful Northern Beaches. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: New Voices in Fiction I DATE: Friday 28th March TIME: 12.40pm-1.40pm WITH: Liz Deep-Jones TICKETS < PREVIOUS AUTHOR NEXT AUTHOR > 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.

611ed6f6-866d-4009-a46e-8a35a578277e David Dufty ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS David Dufty David Dufty is a Canberra-based writer and researcher. He completed a psychology degree with honours at the University of Newcastle, has a PhD in psychology from Macquarie University, and has worked as a statistician and social researcher at the University of Memphis, Newspoll, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. His previous book, How to Build an Android, described modern developments in robotics and artificial intelligence. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Before the NBN and Snowy 2.0 DATE: Saturday 29th March TIME: 09.30am-10.30am WITH: TICKETS < PREVIOUS AUTHOR NEXT AUTHOR > 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.

4868dac1-0d81-43f8-bf95-5147314b1316 Heidi Coupland ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Heidi Coupland Heidi is an accomplished ethnographer and academic researcher who over the past 20 years has written about the experiences of others. She has a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, a Master of Public Health and a PhD. She has also been a board member for the National Centre for Childhood Grief. A Single Lifeline is her first book. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Fighting the Long Goodbye DATE: Friday 28th March TIME: 11.20am-12.20pm WITH: TICKETS < PREVIOUS AUTHOR NEXT AUTHOR > 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.

3805e2eb-c416-487f-b478-8a042eafe585 Steve Cannane ABOUT < VIEW ALL HOSTS Steve Cannane Steve Cannane is a reporter with the ABC's Investigations Unit. From 2021-2024 he was the ABC's Europe Bureau Chief in London. He worked in the Investigations Unit from 2018-2021, and was Europe correspondent from 2016-2018. Prior to that, Steve was the host of The Drum and a reporter at Lateline. He is the author of Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia and First Tests: Great Australian Cricketers and the Backyards That Made Them. < PREVIOUS HOST NEXT HOST > 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.