Maki Morita is a Japanese-Australian writer and performance-maker on unceded Wurundjeri country. Recent projects include dance piece (live art, Labour Lexica exhibition, Linden New Art, 2022), Trash Pop Butterflies, Dance Dance Paradise (fortyfivedownstairs 2022, Theatre Works 2023), and Club Nite (dramaturg, Miscellania, 2022). They are a 2022 Wheeler Centre Playwright Hot Desk Fellow and have appeared in events including National Young Writers Festival, Feminist Book Week and Yardstick. Her writing has also appeared or is forthcoming in Mascara Literary Review, Cordite, Portside Review & more. Maki graduated with a Master of Theatre (writing) from the Victorian College of the Arts.
Artist
Maki Morita
Closing Night: Celestial Bodies
See the festival off with us in true extravagance, gala-style, and witness a dreamy line-up of well-loved writers, artists and inter-galactic DJS.
You might also like...
Victoria Hannan: Structure and Boundaries
How does a good story become a great novel? Victoria Hannan, author of Kokomo and Marshmallow, will explore the role of structure in bringing stories to life.
Wayward Trance
Six artists use illustration to zoom in on details, both remembered and imagined, marking geologies, mysticisms, repetitions and fragility.
Scream Scenes
It’s fright night, so prepare for an evening of spooky and silly stories backdropped by matching cinema projections
Writers’ Toolbox: Finding your Audience
Four evenings of professional development sessions for aspiring and seasoned writers alike who wish to dig into the nuts and bolts of being a professional writer.
Subscribe to our email newsletter: