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Ned Manning

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Born

in Australia, Australia

Website

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, Plays

Influences

Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Hardy,

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December 2012

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Ned Manning is a writer, actor, teacher.
He has just published his first novel, Painting the Light (Broadcast Books)
His non fiction book about the life of a teacher, Playground Duty, has become required reading for anyone interested in the profession.
His published plays include Alice Dreaming (Cambridge University Press); Luck of the Draw, Close to the Bone, Milo, Kenny's Coming Home and Us or Them (Currency Press).
Other plays are found at AustralianPlays.org
He has appeared in many Australian films and television shows including the cult hit movie, Dead End Drive In, Looking for Alibrandi, Bodyline, The Shiralee, The Farm, Aftershocks and, most recently,
Mr Inbetween. ...more

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	Playground Duty 3.61 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Painting the Light 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Painting the Light 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice Dreaming liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luck of the Draw liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Us or Them (Current Theatre Series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Close To The Bone 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kenny's Coming Home 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingaroy by Martin Buzacott, Ned Manning (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neuro-Linguistic Programming by Paul Tosey, Jane Mathison, Ned Manning (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars