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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Find me an artist in Australia who wants to “opt in”? We are unified. We opt out. Full stop.” Ben Quilty on #copyright laws and AI. www.smh.com.au/national/nic...

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Nice work on the Medicare hack, Albo, but you’re still letting AI steal my art

Come to Australia, steal and plunder. That’s the prime minister’s message to the AI giants.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

RIP #BlanchedAlpuget. We were honoured to host the launch of your final book at Manly Writers' Festival in 2025.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Recently, we invited you to nominate the 3 books you think everyone should read in their lifetime. So far, only one book has been nominated twice, the Australian classic, 'A Fortunate Life' by A.B. Facey. What would you recommend? Email us at hello@manlywritersfestival.org.au

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Which 3 books would you say are a #mustread in your life? We're taking nominations for a session at #MWF27 on that subject. Email us with your thoughts at hello@manlywritersfestival.org.au.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What happens when five writers and three musicians are creating at the same time as AI? Have a listen in Part 2 of our session on 'Human Creativity vs AI' from this year's #ManlyWF26. buff.ly/nlV6Z40

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What happens when five writers and three musicians are creating at the same time as AI? Have a listen in Part 2 of our session on 'Human Creativity vs AI' from this year's #ManlyWF26. buff.ly/nlV6Z40

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We're not the most urgent ask this #EOFY week, and we won't pretend to be. Some causes can't wait; give to those first. But if you've covered the urgent things & still have space for rooms where ideas are made, a tax-deductible gift before 30 June would be much appreciated.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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Help support the Manly Writer's Festival by donating today. Your contribution helps us continue to celebrate storytelling, creativity, and community in Manly, Sydney.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Listen to our latest #podcast from #ManlyWF26 on the topic we can't stop talking about for so many important reasons: Human Creativity vs AI. buff.ly/NKJkIX6

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"AI removes the jagged edges of human creativity. You're left with something neutral, designed to offend no one." Researcher Cory Alpert and author Heather Morris on machines vs the human story. Our latest podcast: 🎧 buff.ly/M3VppBt

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Have you caught up with our most recent podcast? It's Kumi Taguchi and Lucy Nelson talking about how life doesn't always follow a script. 🎧 buff.ly/80kkwmn

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The old certainties are disappearing fast. 🌏 The World on Edge explores the global instability, political tension and strategic uncertainty shaping Australia’s future. Now available as a #ManlyWF2026 podcast. 🎧 buff.ly/5jlJoTW #Politics #Geopolitics #Australia

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

No paid staff. No big machine behind the scenes. Just volunteers helping turn ideas into conversations and venues into stories. An end-of #NationalVolunteerWeek thank you. 💙 #StoriesAcrossManly buff.ly/bszE27R

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Manly Writers' Festival is volunteer-run. Readers. Book lovers. Venue leads. Problem-solvers. Box carriers. Sign movers. Audience greeters. This week, we celebrate them. Thank you. ❤️ #NationalVolunteerWeek #StoriesAcrossManly

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Bob Carr. No geopolitics. No premiers’ offices. Just love, grief, memory and what remains after loss. Recorded live at Manly Writers’ Festival in March, this conversation on 'Bring Back Yesterday' is quiet, searching and unexpectedly moving. 🎧 buff.ly/5LaU4HW #books #podcast #BobCarr #ManlyWF26

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Our latest #podcast has just dropped discussing the book that most other #writersfestivals in Australia ignored. We believe we all benefit if we listen - really listen - and, hopefully, learn. buff.ly/A9vHziI

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Our latest #ManlyWF26 podcast has dropped! Hear Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Mike Amor talking with Mark Corcoran about being on the #frontlines of real world #geopolitics & international relations. buff.ly/O5XgtJH

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Feel like a good #conversation this Saturday evening? Have a listen to one of the sessions from this year's #ManlyWF26...Hugh Mackay in conversation with Helen Vatsikopoulos, talking about his book, 'Just Saying', as well as life, society, and how we're all doing. buff.ly/kNQgJfL

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

What's it like to be on the frontline of global politics representing #Australia? At #ManlyWF26, Geraldine Doogue spoke with three former Ambassadors about just that: Ian Kemish, Bob Bowker, Lachlan Strahan. Here's an extract of their discussion, via the ABC's Global Roaming. buff.ly/RlhGMyi

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Five of our word wizards at #ManlyWF26 - the Manly Poetry Salon - in the gorgeous Sky Theatre. From L-R: Cocoa Deep-Amek, Liz Deep-Jones, Yvette Henry Holt, Michele Seminara, Ruth Larner & Toby Davidson.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

What a festival it was! Thanks for being part of our 2026 chapter, and for the curiosity and respect you brought to every conversation. See you in 2027! #ManlyWF26

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

We had a fabulous four days. We hope you did too. See you in 2027.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Our final session of #ManlyWF26 - the launch of Anna Dombkins’ book, ‘Home, Forever’, officially launched by Saul Eslake, with Caroline Baum in the host chair.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

TODAY at 1.15pm - a POP-UP session for existing ticket holders by popular demand: Cory Alpert, White House insider, war crimes advisor, and University of Melbourne AI and democracy researcher, returns to go deeper after electrifying The Night Shift last night.

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Manly Writers' Festival 2026

A festival of ideas and inquiry for curious minds—bringing readers, writers, and thinkers together across Manly. 19-22 March 2026.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Full rooms. Big conversations. Signed books. That’s the Manly Writers’ Festival. And Sunday is still to come — with Hugh Mackay, Michelle Bridges, Saul Eslake, and our final event, the launch of Home, Forever. 🎟️ Last chance to be part of it buff.ly/gzejpeU

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

And to close the Festival on Sunday — something special. The launch of Anna Dombkins’ Home, Forever — a deeply personal story of family, identity, and belonging. 🎟️ Free event → buff.ly/gzejpeU Join us for the final moment of the weekend.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

One of Australias's great social thinkers to start your Sunday. Hugh Mackay at 10am — on who we are, how we’re changing, and what holds us together. 🎟️ buff.ly/gzejpeU Worth heading to Manly! #ManlyWF26

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The #economy, #costofliving, #housing and what’s actually ahead. Saul Eslake brings clarity — and doesn’t dodge the hard parts. 🎟️ Sunday session, 2.30pm, Manly Youth Centre Worth booking → buff.ly/gzejpeU

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Day two of the Manly Writers’ Festival — and we’re building into a big Sunday. If you’re planning your weekend, tomorrow brings Michelle Bridges, Saul Eslake, and a powerful final day of conversations. 🎟️ buff.ly/gzejpeU #ManlyWF26

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Not everything we’re talking about this weekend is comfortable. The Nightmare Sequence dives into the darker edges — power, fear, and the stories that unsettle us. If you want something sharper, stranger, and a little bit confronting… this is it. 📍 Saturday, 11.30am 🎟️ Take a seat. buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Not all festival sessions happen in daylight. 👉 The Night Shift is something different — a different energy, and a side of storytelling you don’t usually see, all in the context of humans vs AI. Come for something a little off-script. 🎟️ Join us: buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Interested in hearing more from Ian Kemish? He's one of the three former Ambassadors in The Diplomat at #ManlyWF26 tomorrow at 2.30pm. Don't miss it! buff.ly/yEU5d5h Tickets: buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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A tense thriller that draws on its author’s experience in the Balkans war

Ian Kemish’s first foray into fiction is informed by his time working in international relations.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Some festival conversations are about ideas. Others go straight to the heart. In Bring Back Yesterday, Bob Carr writes movingly about love, grief and the life he shared with his late wife. A memoir of memory, loss and enduring connection. 📍 Saturday, 5.30pm 🎟️ Tickets: buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

What does the world actually look like from the front line? Hear from two people who’ve experienced conflict zones, political flashpoints and global crises — and what those experiences tell us about the world right now. This is the reality behind the headlines. 🎟️ buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

#Manly is known for a lot of things. This weekend, add this: Thomas Keneally. Bob Carr. Hugh Mackay. Kylie Moore-Gilbert. Amy Remeikis. Peter Hartcher. Saul Eslake. 40+sessions, 4 days, one postcode. Stories Across Manly — and not a sunscreen joke in sight. #ManlyWF26 Tickets at buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Meet Dave Warner. A local, a musician, and a prolific author of #crime #fiction. Saturday at #ManlyWF26 with other crime writers. buff.ly/0qGMQ2b Tickets at: buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Some conversations matter more than others. This is one of them. The Thomas Keneally Oration will see a giant of Australian literature talk about the world we’re living in now. The kind of occasion that stays with you long after you leave the room. Don’t miss it: 🎟️ buff.ly/rbKgDuA #ManlyWF26

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Tomorrow, The Manly Writers' Festival opens and runs through to Sunday. If you're coming, we can't wait to see you. If you haven't got tickets yet, there's still time. Full program at manlywritersfestival.org.au. Tickets at buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

“#Wealth = #choice. So why does it still feel uncomfortable to say?” Hear from Melissa Browne at #ManlyWF26 🎟️ buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

We asked William J. Byrne about a book he returns to. He'll be at #ManlyWF26 this Friday with John Morrissey talking about Country and the Stories We Tell. buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Debra Adelaide is appearing at #ManlyWF26 with Sue Woolfe, both talking of their new/forthcoming books. Debra Adelaide writes about her book here in the Sydney Morning Herald: buff.ly/nSyqpw6 See Debra & Sue on Friday. manlywritersfestival.org.au

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I wish we’d taken more photos: Debra Adelaide on losing her best friend after 50 years

On the first day of high school, Debra Adelaide forged a bond with fellow author Gabrielle Carey that would last for decades.

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Some sessions are sold out. Some are selling quickly. If you were *thinking* about these, now is the time to act. #ManlyWF26 buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

TWO days. #ManlyWF26 opens on Thursday with the inaugural Thomas Keneally Oration given by Tom Keneally. Don't miss living history! Several sessions are down to their last seats. If you've been meaning to go, this is the moment. Program: buff.ly/zW4aZr0 🎟️ buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Want to hear from @amyremeikis.bsky.social in a relaxed, beachfront Friday night vibe kind of way? Join us at #ManlyWF26 from 19-22 March. Amy is on Fri, 8pm, talking all things #democracy. manlywritersfestival.org.au

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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Joanna Nell started writing novels at 52. Six books later, all national bestsellers. She joins five other authors at 'A Speed Date with Love' this Friday — a session about romance, fiction and the stories we tell about the heart. Read more about Joanna here: buff.ly/KNpCvga 🎟️ buff.ly/rbKgDuA

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