The Emerging Writers’ Festival work, learn and play largely on the land of the Kulin nation, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.

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4 April, 2017

Why we need playwrights

"If we want a more inclusive, raw, relevant, vast and innovative theatre ecology in Australia, then it is programs like this that can be an integral step to creating that space."


25 October, 2016

Is being a good editor a skill or a .gif?

In this DWF session, Introduction to Editing, writer and former Voiceworks editor Elizabeth Flux will take you from blank page to final product, discussing commissioning, communication strategies, and the integral task of balancing the writer/editor...