Tony Maniaty Tony Maniaty i(A7130 works by) (a.k.a. Anthony Maniaty)
Born: Established: 1949 Brisbane, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Balibo Not Taboo Tony Maniaty , 2009 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 4 no. 9 2009; (p. 26-27)
1 First and Worst : Tony Maniaty Tony Maniaty , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 August 2009; (p. 3) The Age , 22 August 2009; (p. 3)
1 Tale of Balibo May for Ever Be Shrouded in Mystery Tony Maniaty , 2009 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 August 2009; (p. 14)
1 Rewind: 1975 : Tony Maniaty Tony Maniaty , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: SundayLife , 14 June 2009; (p. 30)
1 12 y separately published work icon Shooting Balibo : Blood and Memory in East Timor Tony Maniaty , Camberwell : Penguin , 2009 Z1598378 2009 single work autobiography

'In 1975, journalist Tony Maniaty flew to the Portuguese colony of East Timor looking for a war to film. He found it at a dusty outpost called Balibo. Maniaty and his ABC News crew were shelled and five other television newsmen who followed were murdered by Indonesian troops.

Maniaty reported the Balibo Five story, faced death threats and fled before the Indonesian forces invaded. The only foreign journalist left in the country was executed in cold blood. The generation-long nightmare of the East Timorese had begun.

In Shooting Balibo he teams up with the cast and crew of the feature film Balibo, retraces his days of danger, and dines with Jose Ramos-Horta as the independence fighter-turned-President recovers from an assassination attempt.

But Maniaty's real purpose is to visit Balibo for the first time since 1975. When he steps into the burned-out house where his colleagues were slaughtered thirty-three years ago, past and present collide before his eyes.' (From the publisher's website.)

1 Burnt-Out in Balibo Tony Maniaty , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , June vol. 4 no. 5 2009; (p. 8)
1 Afieroma stin Eleni Nika 2008 anthology poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , October no. 54 2008; (p. 9-20)
1 Miscellany Tony Maniaty , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 January 2008; (p. 10)

— Review of Roma the First : A Biography of Dame Roma Mitchell Susan Magarey , Kerrie Round , 2007 single work biography
1 Miscellany Tony Maniaty , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 May 2007; (p. 12)

— Review of The Argus : Life and Death of a Newspaper Jim Usher , 1999 anthology prose biography
2 Grey Confetti Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer vol. 86 no. 5 2006-2007; (p. 32-33)

— Appears in: Australian Author , August vol. 38 no. 2 2006; (p. 20-25)
Tony Maniaty comments on the trends he has witnessed in his thirteen years as a reviewer.
1 Well Built but Predictable Tale Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 November 2006; (p. 14)

— Review of Dovetail Road Graham Kershaw , 2006 single work novel ; Dark Roots Cate Kennedy , 2006 selected work short story ; The Secret Familiar : (Confessions of an Inquisitor's Spy) Catherine Jinks , 2006 single work novel
1 Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 October 2006; (p. 11)

— Review of Destroying Avalon Kate McCaffrey , 2006 single work novel ; The Concerto Inn Jo Gardiner , 2006 single work novel ; The Dark Part of Me Belinda Burns , 2006 single work novel
1 Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 September - 1 October 2006; (p. 15)

— Review of The Curer of Souls Lindsay Simpson , 2006 single work novel ; Inventing Beatrice Jill Golden , 2006 single work novel ; Border Street Suzanne Leal , 2006 single work novel
1 Miscellany Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 September 2006; (p. 13)

— Review of Remembering Amy : Amy Gillett, the Girl Who Never Gave Up Mike Safe , 2006 single work biography
1 Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 August 2006; (p. 15)

— Review of Careless Deborah Robertson , 2006 single work novel ; Making Waves : 10 Years of the Byron Bay Writers' Festival 2006 anthology short story prose essay poetry interview criticism autobiography biography ; The Birthmark Beth Montgomery , 2006 single work novel
1 Miscellany Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 August 2006; (p. 14)

— Review of Faith and Duty : The John Anderson Story : The Authorised Biography of an Australian Deputy Prime Minister Paul Anthony Gallagher , 2006 single work biography
1 Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 July 2006; (p. 8)

— Review of Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel ; Eagle on the Hill Maggie Shannon , 2006 single work novel
1 Miscellany Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 July 2006; (p. 14)

— Review of Slow River : A Journey Down the Murray Steve Strevens , 2006 single work autobiography
1 Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 June 2006; (p. 15)

— Review of Weeping Waters Anne Maria Nicholson , 2006 single work novel ; The Stone Angel Katherine Scholes , 2006 single work novel ; Making Tracks : UTS Writers' Anthology 2006 2006 anthology short story poetry
1 Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 May 2006; (p. 14)

— Review of Poinciana Jane Turner Goldsmith , 2006 single work novel ; Pearls Colin Falconer , 2006 single work novel ; On a Wing and a Prayer Peter Bensley , 2006 single work novel
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