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.

EWF celebrates the history and creativity of the world’s oldest living culture.

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Artist

Clint Lingard

Emerging Writer Murri Man originally from regional Queensland (FNQ) but living on/off in Melbourne since 2021. Poems, short stories, song lyrics, academic writings

Appearing In

Thursday 15 June, 7pm

The Sun, The Moon, The Stars

This group of emerging and established First Nations writers have summoned up their writing magic to share stories of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars

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Thursday 22 June, 8:30am

Morning Pages: Personal Archives

Allow Sharlene Allsopp to guide you through some early morning writing prompts and techniques to breathe new life into nostalgia- soaked memories, either inherited or lived.

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Saturday 17 June, 4pm

Faber Anthology Launch

Get on down to The Moat for the launch of the Faber Writing Anthology, hosted by novelists and tutors Miles Allinson and Emily Bitto.

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Wednesday 21 June, 8:30am

Morning Pages: Diaries

Join Caitlin McGregor as they highlight habits and tricks for diary fossicking.

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Wednesday 21 June, 9pm

Distraction & it’s (Dis)contents

In an attention economy where textual engagement is constantly subject to the news cycle, the fragment, virality and the scroll, what is it to be distracted, and what makes it compelling?

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