Manly Writers' Festival is a three-day event for readers, writers, and thinkers celebrating the power and joy of reading, writing and ideas.
Welcome to the second annual Manly Writers’ Festival from Friday, 28th March to Sunday, 30th March 2025.
A wonderfully rich and diverse collection of more than 125 writers, academics, journalists, thinkers, and creators will
appear across more than 50 events in our venues in Manly and in Brookvale.
As we think, read, talk and laugh together over three days, we hope the festival program helps you to celebrate the
power and joy of what we write and read to connect people, spark curiosity and inspire change.
The latest in social media and AI, cooking, workplace issues, music, sport, mental health, grief, history, politics, foreign
policy, true crime, biography and memoir as well as mystery, romance, historical, young adult and contemporary
fiction, and debut authors, are all here in our packed three days.
Venues:
- Friday and Saturday: Darley Smith Building, cnr The Corso & Darley Road, Manly
Friday evening: Manly Spirits Distillery, 9-13 Winbourne Road, Brookvale
- Saturday evening: Manly Surf Life Saving Club, cnr Ashburner Street & South Steyne, Manly
- Sunday: Manly Golf Club, 38-40 Balgowlah Road, Manly