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Amy Manners

Press Service International

Amy is a Press Services International Columnist from Adelaide. She has a BA in Creative Writing and Screen & Media, and now works as a freelance photographer, videographer and writer. She was runner-up in the 2018 Basil Sellars Award. Her previous articles can be viewed here: http://www.pressserviceinternational.org/amy-manners.html

  • Remember Me

    I type in the code. Beep, beep, beep: Access Granted. Electric doors slide slowly open and I see him sitting at a table. I see him before he sees me. White hair, pin-striped blue shirt, chipped front tooth. And my heart swells with affection.

  • Seeking refuge

    On World Refugee Day…I see a poster plastered to a concrete slab, dirtied from the exhaust fumes of passing traffic. Over screeching busses and revving cars hang words that can’t be silenced: true Australians say Welcome. And I think how today…

  • Once upon a royal wedding

    Let’s face it: we’re swooning over them. He’s the big-hearted Prince with a social conscious, and she’s the American actress with an activist soul.

  • Fashion Revolution Week

    ‘To change the system, we must change the culture it thrives on. We must begin with ourselves. Individual actions on a collective scale. This revolution starts with thinking differently…’

  • Year of our Lord

    Two thousand and eighteen years ago something happened that would change the trajectory of history forever.

  • Lest we forget

    The sun sets over the Western Front. Triplane engines rumble over fields where poppies will burst into red bloom in the summer. But it’s autumn now, and the muddy fields are red with blood instead.

  • Christian evangelists claim to have brought dead back to life through prayer

    A team of Christian evangelists claimed responsible for bringing back the life of 13 dead people. Their story is documented in a 2013 film with actual interviews of people claiming to have seen hell.

  • Majority of Americans believe Jesus, attending church should remain part of Christmas celebration

    A survey has revealed that most Americans still believe in the importance of Jesus and attending Church for Christmas.

  • Catholic students allowed to present gay rights project

    A Canadian school has allowed their Grade 6 students to present a social justice fair project with subjects about homosexual rights.

  • Most populous Muslim nation welcomes Christian leader as man of 'action'; 'integrity'

    Jakarta, which is known as the world\'s most populous Muslim nation, welcomes Christian leader Basuki Purnama as governor.