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Manly Writers' Festival

The Manly Writers’ Festival returns 19–22 March 2026 with four days of writers, ideas and lively discussion across multiple venues…

Sydney

19 Mar - 22 Mar 2026
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Expression of Interest

Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award Judging Panel Expression of Interest (EOI)

Australia

Closes: 10 Apr 2026

A profile of a woman with short silver hair, Lynette Ramsay Silver, author of Sister Bullwinkel.
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Sister Bullwinkel review: a biography by Lynette Ramsay Silver tackles the truth after 80 years

Lynette Ramsay Silver’s account about Sister Bullwinkel, Australia's wartime nurse, makes for grim reading, but we shouldn’t look away.

Madeleine Swain

Aug 13, 2025
A promotional photograph of the late Noel Tovey AM from the 2014 season of 'Little Black Bastard', presented by ILBIJERRI and Arts House. The photo shows an elder but still vigorous Aboriginal man with grey hair; he poses regally and is looking gravely down at the camera.
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Vale Uncle Noel Tovey AM: Indigenous champion of gay rights

Tovey is remembered for his spirit, courage and creativity, and as a courageous elder with a sly wit.

Richard Watts

Aug 12, 2025
two panels: on the left against a black background, a middle aged woman with short blonde hair, black turtleneck and denim jacket smiles at the camera. She has her hand in her pocket. on the right a picture of Stella Miles Franklin on a purple background and the title INCONVENIENT WOMEN by Jacqueline Kent
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Inconvenient Women review – Australian literary cage-rattlers and trailblazers

From the suffragists to the feminist writers of the 1970s, this book navigates both their inconsistencies and their courage when…

Madeleine Swain

Jul 14, 2025
Audience listening to presentation. Live & Local. Sydney Writers' Festival.
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Live & Local returns in Sydney Writers' Festival 2025

Highlights of the 28th edition of the Live & Local program.

Allison Dickie

Apr 23, 2025
On the top panel is Megan Brown who has short white hair and is wearing glasses. Below her in another panel is Lucy Sussex, who has blonde hair and is wearing a brown woollen hat. On the right is the cover of their book 'Outrageous Fortune' that features a blue and white illustration of a woman in period dress. There are two knives held aloft beside her.
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Book review: Outrageous Fortunes, Megan Brown and Lucy Sussex

An unearthing of the life and times of Mary Fortune, who wrote the first book of detective stories published in…

David Burton

Mar 4, 2025
Two black and white panels. On the left a head and shoulders of an older man (Al Pacino) with black hair brushed back, goatee and moustached, in a black shirt. On the right the book cover of a younger clean shaven Al Pacino holding his hand across his forehead and wearing a dark jumper, and the words Al Pacino in gold and Sonny Boy in white.
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Book review: Sonny Boy, Al Pacino

The Oscar-winning actor looks back on his life and career to reveal how he left the Bronx to hit the…

Madeleine Swain

Jan 2, 2025
Two panels. On the left is of author Peter Ames Carlin. He has dark hair and a dark shirt and tan trousers. He is seated. On the right is the cover of his book, 'The Name of this band is R.E.M' which features an orange background and 4 members of R.E.M when young and Michael Stipes still had hair.
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Book review: The Name of This Band Is R.E.M., Peter Ames Carlin 

'Follow me, don’t follow me': the contradictions guiding “The Most Improbably Successful Group In The World” in this biography of…

Richie Black

Dec 23, 2024
Winners of the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards: 024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. From left, back row: Ryan Cropp, Andre Dao, Cecelia Edwards, Penny Smith and Amy Crutchfield. From left, front row: Leah Leaman, Daniel Browning, Will Kostakis and Gregory Crocetti. Five people are standing, another four sit in front of them, in the forecourt of Parliament House, Canberra.
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Failure and frustration spawn success for Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners

Six books including a debut novel and a debut poetry collection have each received $80,000 in this year’s Prime Minister’s…

Richard Watts

Sep 13, 2024
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