759bdc3b-3a2a-4b2d-b470-a5d1752abdab Jeremy Fernandez ABOUT < VIEW ALL HOSTS Jeremy Fernandez Jeremy Fernandez is a journalist and presenter with ABC News. He joined the network’s Sydney bureau in 2009, after returning from London where he had worked as a writer and business producer for CNN International. Jeremy previously hosted the morning edition of ABC News on Australia Network, broadcast across the Asia-Pacific. As a journalist and producer in Perth, Melbourne, and London, he’s anchored rolling news, interviews, and in-depth reports on a host of major stories, including the 2008 US election, Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the fall of Thaksin Shinawatra’s government in Thailand, the Indian Ocean tsunami, and the Bali bombings. Jeremy’s career sprang from humble beginnings as a voice-over artist with Channel 7 and producer for ABC Radio in the regional tourism and agricultural hub of Albany, Western Australia. He speaks conversational Malay and has earned degrees from Curtin University and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. < 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.

74afe567-287c-4fdc-8a40-68633ad6e4cc Michele Seminara ABOUT < VIEW ALL HOSTS Michele Seminara Michele Seminara is a Northern Beaches-based poet, writer, essayist, editor, speaker and moderator. Renowned Australian poet Robert Adamson called Seminara “the finest poet of her generation”. Her writing has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in publications such as Australian Poetry Journal, Mascara Literary Review, Jacket2 Magazine, Cordite, The Market Herald and The Australian. She has published two full-length collections, Suburban Fantasy (2021) and Engraft (2016), as well as two chapbooks, Scar to Scar (written with Robbie Coburn, 2016) and HUSH (2017). She is editor of the online creative arts journal, Verity La. < 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.

2394ac94-36c3-4f02-826f-01f4dfcacb52 Deep Gujral ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Deep Gujral Deep Gujral is an entrepreneur and hospitality expert who has spent over 20 years transforming Sydney's dining and event scene. Born in Sri Ganganagar, India, and raised in Australia, Deep grew up immersed in the restaurant industry, working alongside his parents to establish one of Australia’s longest-running Indian hospitality brands. With a passion for fostering connections through food and culture, Deep now owns and operates several premium venues, including Angelo’s Cabarita, Manjit’s Wharf, and the Concord Function Centre. Deep’s story is one of blending cultural heritage with modern aspirations, offering a unique perspective on growing up Indian in Australia. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Made In India DATE: Saturday 29th March TIME: 1.30pm-2.30pm WITH: Summer Land 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.

VIEW OUR PROGRAM BUY TICKETS DOWNLOAD PDF LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 10.00am-11.00am EVENT Author Talk with Heather Morris LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 11.20am-12.20pm EVENT Fighting the Long Goodbye LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 11.20am-12.20pm EVENT Long Live the Romance Novel LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 11.20am-12.20pm EVENT Trailblazing Women LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 12.30pm-1.30pm EVENT Masterclass: Navigating Copyright: Essential Insights for Authors and Publishers LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 12.40pm-1.40pm EVENT A Culinary Odyssey LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 12.40pm-1.40pm EVENT Changing Life LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 12.40pm-1.40pm EVENT Justice for Kathleen Folbigg LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 12.40pm-1.40pm EVENT New Voices in Fiction I LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 2.00pm-3.00pm EVENT Author Talk with Jane Caro LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 2.00pm-3.00pm EVENT Bipolar Journeys: Stories Of Strength, Struggle, And Self-Discovery LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 2.00pm-3.00pm EVENT Reflections: Transitions to a New Land LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 3.20pm-4.20pm EVENT Historical Fiction Beyond the Border LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 3.20pm-4.20pm EVENT Holding On and Letting Go: Finding Strength Through Loss LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Friday 28th March 6.30pm-9pm EVENT Special Event: Book Launch of 'The Bunny Club' LOCATION Manly Spirits Distillery, Brookvale LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 09.30am-10.30am EVENT AI and Social Media: Shaping Today LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 09.30am-10.30am EVENT Author Talk with Peter FitzSimons LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 09.30am-10.30am EVENT Before the NBN and Snowy 2.0 LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 09.30am-10.30am EVENT Reflections: Conflict in the Home of Your Heart LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 09.30am-10.30am EVENT True Crime: Tales of Betrayal, Escape, and Justice LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 09.30am-10.30am EVENT Workshop: Unlock Your Best Work: The Power of a Personal Editor LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 1.30pm-2.30pm EVENT Breaking the Mould: Women, Medicine, and the Power of Storytelling LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 1.30pm-2.30pm EVENT Made In India LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 1.30pm-2.30pm EVENT Rivals in the Storm: War, Peace and the Price of Leadership LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 1.30pm-2.30pm EVENT The Heart of the Land: Crime Fiction in the Australian Landscape LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 10.50am-11.50am EVENT Politics, Power and the Thrill of the Chase LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 10.50am-11.50am EVENT Two Families on a Collision Course: A Memoir LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 12.01pm- 2.00pm EVENT Workshop: Writing Your Life Story LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 12.10pm-1.10pm EVENT "I don't think, I know." LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 12.10pm-1.10pm EVENT Fractured Foundations: Trust in an Uncertain World LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 12.10pm-1.10pm EVENT New Voices in Fiction II LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 12.10pm-1.10pm EVENT Reflections: Dispossession of Your Land LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 2.50pm-3.50pm EVENT "I haven't been everywhere, but it is on my list." (Susan Sontag) LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 2.50pm-3.50pm EVENT Australian Historical Fiction LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 2.50pm-3.50pm EVENT Frontline Perspectives: Reporting the World Beyonder Borders LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 2.50pm-3.50pm EVENT Resilience and Recovery: Navigating Mental Health Episodes LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 4.10pm-5.10pm EVENT Change and Choice LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 4.10pm-5.10pm EVENT The Natural: Richard 'Dick' Thornett's Sporting Life LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 4.10pm-5.30pm EVENT Poetry Salon LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 4.10pm-5.45pm EVENT Conversation Circle: Navigating the Shifting Global Order LOCATION Darley Smith Building LEARN MORE Saturday 29th March 7pm-10pm EVENT Special Event: Literary Trivia Night LOCATION Manly Surf Life Saving Club LEARN MORE Sunday 30th March 09.15am-10.15am EVENT Sunrise Raconteurs: From the Fairway to the Goal Line LOCATION Manly Golf Club LEARN MORE Sunday 30th March 10.00am-11.00am EVENT Creative Lives In Fiction: Stories Of Love, Ambition And Self-Discovery LOCATION Manly Golf Club LEARN MORE Sunday 30th March 10.30am-11.10am EVENT Football Power Brokers LOCATION Manly Golf Club LEARN MORE Sunday 30th March 11.20am-12.20pm EVENT 'Quiet Please, There's A Lady On Stage' (Peter Allen) LOCATION Manly Golf Club LEARN MORE Sunday 30th March 11.30am - 12.15pm EVENT Sports Non-Fiction for Young Adults LOCATION Manly Golf Club LEARN MORE Sunday 30th March 12.40pm-1.40pm EVENT 'There Are Mountains In Our Way, But We Climb A Step Every Day' (Joe Cocker) LOCATION Manly Golf Club LEARN MORE Sunday 30th March 12.45pm-1.45pm EVENT Reading the Game: Inspiring Young Readers through Football LOCATION Manly Golf Club LEARN MORE Sunday 30th March 2.00pm-3.00pm EVENT 'Teach the Children Well' (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) LOCATION Manly Golf Club LEARN MORE Sunday 30th March 2.15pm-3pm EVENT Angeball LOCATION Manly Golf Club LEARN MORE Sunday 30th March 3.00pm-3.30pm EVENT Musical Interlude from West Phil LOCATION Manly Golf Club LEARN MORE Sunday 30th March 3.00pm-5.00pm EVENT Special Event: The Chairman's Lounge LOCATION Manly Golf Club 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.

MEET OUR HOSTS Angela Priestley VIEW PROFILE Anne Maria Nicholson VIEW PROFILE Antony Loewenstein VIEW PROFILE Bonita Mersiades VIEW PROFILE Charlotte Rimmer VIEW PROFILE Chris Allen VIEW PROFILE Geraldine Doogue VIEW PROFILE Helen Vatsikopoulos VIEW PROFILE Isabella Higgins VIEW PROFILE Jeremy Fernandez VIEW PROFILE Jill Valentine VIEW PROFILE Karen Viggers VIEW PROFILE Kate Grant VIEW PROFILE Kim Smee VIEW PROFILE Liz Deep-Jones VIEW PROFILE Mark Corcoran VIEW PROFILE Michael Brissenden VIEW PROFILE Michele Seminara VIEW PROFILE Murray Shaw VIEW PROFILE Niav Owens VIEW PROFILE Rananda Rich VIEW PROFILE Simon Hill VIEW PROFILE Steve Cannane VIEW PROFILE Suellen Dainty VIEW PROFILE Summer Land VIEW PROFILE Suzanne Leal VIEW PROFILE Tim Ayliffe VIEW PROFILE Tracey Kirkland VIEW PROFILE Tracey Spicer VIEW PROFILE Vasiliki Nihas OAM VIEW PROFILE Victoria Haskins VIEW PROFILE Zena Shapter VIEW PROFILE 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.

VIEW OUR VENUE Darley Smith Building & Courtyard — St Matthew’s Church 2 Corner of 1 Darley Road and The Corso, Manly GET DIRECTIONS Manly Spirits Distillery Winbourne Industrial Estate, 4A/9-13 Winbourne Rd, Brookvale NSW 2100 GET DIRECTIONS Manly Surf Life Saving Club Ashburner St &, S Steyne, Manly NSW 2095, Australia GET DIRECTIONS Manly Golf Club 38 - 40 Balgowlah Rd, Balgowlah NSW GET DIRECTIONS 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.