Everyone has at least one book in them, don’t they?

Friday, 15 March 2024
2:30 pm 3:30 pm

Darley Smith Building 1 Darley Road Manly, NSW, 2095 Australia (map)

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Introducing five of the emerging writers of the inaugural Manly Writers’ Festival, all with debut novels, who have written on romance, young adult fantasy, the high-powered business world, and a Cold War thriller.

In conversation with Michele Seminara

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Ingrid J. Adams is the author of the Descended series, an epic young adult love story steeped in fantasy.

Amy Hutton is an award-winning television producer and writer of romantic comedies who grew up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Lucy Lever lives in the bush on Sydney's Northern Beaches coastal fringe with her husband. Lucy makes frequent visits to NSW north coast, where she found the inspiration for her first novel, Mystic Ridge.

Julia Levitina grew up in Moscow with her Ukrainian Jewish mother and grandmother, who were both Holocaust survivors.

Jill Valentine has spent over two decades in the investment banking industry, crafting narratives as a communications and PR executive. Now, she’s flipping the script with her debut novel High Heels & Low Blows (2024).