42b82c4b-9b4c-438d-a872-687e39027d22 Antony Loewenstein ABOUT < VIEW ALL HOSTS Antony Loewenstein Antony Loewenstein is an independent journalist, bestselling author, filmmaker, and co-founder of Declassified Australia. He’s written for The Guardian, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and many others. His book is The Palestine Laboratory: how Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world which won the 2023 Walkley Book Award. His other books include Pills, Powder and Smoke, Disaster Capitalism, and My Israel Question. His documentary films include Disaster Capitalism, and the Al Jazeera English films, West Africa’s Opioid Crisis and Under the Cover of Covid. He was based in East Jerusalem from 2016–2020. < 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.

5e658b4e-3222-4830-8694-cab08a5bd2f7 Rebecca Hazel ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Rebecca Hazel Rebecca Hazel has worked as a solicitor in family law; in a women and children’s refuge; in the Women’s Family Law Support Service at the Family Court in Sydney; and briefly in domestic violence policy. The Schoolgirl Her Teacher and his Wife, is her first book, for which she was awarded the 2024 Sisters in Crime, Davitt Award for Best Non-fiction Book. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: True Crime: Tales of Betrayal, Escape, and Justice DATE: Saturday 29th March TIME: 09.30am-10.30am WITH: Chris Allen 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.

757ae2a4-43e9-43c8-8f72-f2c741b05c86 Lisa Gallate ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Lisa Gallate Lisa Gallate is a senior commercial litigator specialising in class actions and corporate insolvency. She holds a Masters of Law from the University of Cambridge, undergraduate degrees in law and commerce from Victoria University, New Zealand, and was a finalist for the NSW Women Lawyers’ Association ‘Woman Lawyer of the Year’. Lisa is also a member of the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, a member and voluntary grief support worker for the National Association for Loss and Grief, a registered counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association, and has contributed to Diversity Council Australia podcasts about grief support in the workplace. A New Zealander, Lisa now lives in Sydney's Northern Beaches with her three children. She loves singing to iconic anthems whilst driving (anywhere), is an enthusiastic foodie and wine taster, and enjoys paddle boarding, swimming, and spending time with her family. Her memoir, Just Because—Love, Loss, Renewal was published in 2023. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Holding On and Letting Go: Finding Strength Through Loss DATE: Friday 28th March TIME: 3.20pm-4.20pm WITH: Suellen Dainty 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.

bb7c00f3-a7be-4115-8cc0-d201cd29cece Max Holzner ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Max Holzner Max Holzner is a violinist, educator, and music software developer, co-founder and Chair of the Western Sydney Philharmonic (West Phil), Chair of the Sydney Eisteddfod and Deputy Chair of the Music Teachers’ Association of NSW. His musical background is as a violinist and educator, having studied violin with Josette Esquedin-Morgan and Barbara Jane Gilby. He is an alumnus of the University of Cambridge and the ANU. Over the years, Max has collaborated with many of Australia’s leading performers and professional orchestras, with chamber groups and in festivals across Australia and the UK, where he was assistant to the late Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: 'Teach the Children Well' (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) DATE: Sunday 30th 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.

36c36552-b1b6-44a5-b6f3-7c9987857a38 Peter FitzSimons ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Peter FitzSimons Peter FitzSimons AM is Australia’s bestselling non-fiction writer, and for the past 35 years has also been a journalist and columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun Herald. He is the author of a number of highly successful books, including Breaker Morant, Burke and Wills, Monash’s Masterpiece, Kokoda, Ned Kelly and Gallipoli, as well as biographies of such notable Australians as Sir Douglas Mawson, Nancy Wake and Nick Farr-Jones. His passion is to tell Australian stories, our own stories: of great men and women, of stirring events in our history. Peter grew up on a farm north of Sydney, went to boarding school in Sydney and attended Sydney University. An ex-Wallaby, he also lived for several years in rural France and Italy, playing rugby for regional clubs. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Author Talk with Peter FitzSimons DATE: Saturday 29th March TIME: 09.30am-10.30am WITH: Anne Maria Nicholson 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.

429426af-eac9-4326-8bcf-2ed8b8c608e9 Andrew Fowler ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Andrew Fowler Andrew Fowler is an award-winning investigative journalist and a former reporter for the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent and Four Corners programs. His latest book NUKED: the Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty won the 2024 Walkley Award. Fowler began his journalism career in the UK, where he worked for the London Evening News. He has been the chief of staff and acting foreign editor of The Australian newspaper. He wrote The Most Dangerous Man in the World , the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, in 2011, updated in 2012 and 2020. Fowler first interviewed Assange for Foreign Correspondent in 2010, for which the program won the New York Festival Gold Medal. This is Fowler’s fourth book. His two others are The War on Journalism (2015) and Shooting the Messenger: Criminalising Journalism (2017). He is a winner of the United Nations Peace Prize. Fowler has also lectured at universities and colleges in Australia, the UK, and France and has contributed to various academic books and papers. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: "I don't think, I know." DATE: Saturday 29th March TIME: 12.10pm-1.10pm WITH: Mark Corcoran TICKETS WHAT: Frontline Perspectives: Reporting the World Beyonder Borders DATE: Saturday 29th March TIME: 2.50pm-3.50pm WITH: Bonita Mersiades 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.

b9db6564-3dc4-4f62-b8f9-f6d31f4fcf6e Julie Inman Grant ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Julie Inman Grant Julie Inman Grant is currently Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, leading the world’s first government agency dedicated to online safety. Appointed in 2017, she expanded the agency’s regulatory mandate under the Online Safety Act, addressing child exploitation material and launching initiatives like Safety by Design, Women in the Spotlight, and the eSafety Youth Council. With a background in public policy and corporate affairs, Julie’s career includes roles in the US Congress, Microsoft, Twitter, and Adobe. She co-founded the Global Online Safety Regulators Network and actively contributes to several global boards. Recognised as one of the top 150 women in cybersecurity for three consecutive years, Julie champions digital safety worldwide. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: AI and Social Media: Shaping Today DATE: Saturday 29th March TIME: 09.30am-10.30am WITH: Steve Cannane 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.

372d2d56-a3b8-4d8e-8440-8f8b8885122f Christine Newell ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Christine Newell Christine Newell is a professional music theatre performer and storyteller. In 2016, she wrote and produced her own one-woman show, Places I Have Been, which premiered to a sold-out audience in Melbourne and inspired her to write her memoir, Five Seasons in Seoul. Christine is completing a Master of Arts in writing and literature at Deakin University. Her musical theatre credits include the Australian productions of The Sound of Music, the Wizard of Oz, and Anything Goes PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Changing Life DATE: Friday 28th March TIME: 12.40pm-1.40pm 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.

76b514e7-9ecb-4022-a76a-686dcead6893 Heather Morris ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Heather Morris Heather Morris is passionate about stories of survival, resilience and hope. In 2003, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who 'might just have a story worth telling'. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives. Lale's story formed the basis for The Tattooist of Auschwitz and the follow-up novel, Cilka's Journey. In 2021 she published the phenomenal conclusion to the Tattooist trilogy, Three Sisters, after being asked to tell the story of three Holocaust survivors who knew Lale from their time in Auschwitz-Birkenau. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Author Talk with Heather Morris DATE: Friday 28th March TIME: 10.00am-11.00am WITH: Michael Brissenden 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.

39d48f7c-da39-4d57-bdd0-83ab3c46ac0b Quentin McDermott ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Quentin McDermott Quentin McDermott worked with the ABC for more than 21 years as a producer and investigative journalist for Four Corners and Australian Story, and is now a freelance documentary maker and author. Meadow's Law, on the fight for justice for Kathleen Folbigg, is his first book. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Justice for Kathleen Folbigg DATE: Friday 28th March TIME: 12.40pm-1.40pm WITH: Anne Maria Nicholson 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.

f5c982a5-2e9d-4921-b9e6-225c40198999 Blanche d'Alpuget ABOUT < VIEW ALL AUTHORS Blanche d'Alpuget Blanche d’Alpuget is the acclaimed author of biographies, novels and essays. Her work, Robert J. Hawke: A Biography, is considered one of the finest examples of political biography in Australia. Prior to that, she wrote Mediator, A Biography of Sir Richard Kirby, which was for many years used as a text for teaching industrial relations. Her novels include Monkeys in the Dark, set in Indonesia and a university text; Turtle Beach, set in Malaysia and made into a feature movie; Winter in Jerusalem, winner of the Australasian division of the Commonwealth Literature Award; and White Eye, published in 1993, a novel she personally disliked, that foretold a global pandemic from a laboratory-created bug. Her books have won a host of literary prizes. She also wrote the controversial essays On Lust and On Longing and a series on King Henry II of England and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Her latest novel, a crime fiction with a twist entitled The Bunny Club, will be launched at the Manly Writers’ Festival on March 28th. PROGRAM SESSIONS WHAT: Special Event: Book Launch of 'The Bunny Club' DATE: Friday 28th March TIME: 6.30pm-9pm WITH: Jeremy Fernandez 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.