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.
Appearing In

Saturday 24 June, 8pm
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.
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Tuesday 20 June, 11am
Into The Hybrid: A Dialogue of New Works
Peek behind the creative curtain of writers working in the digital space.

Friday 16 June, 6:30pm
place, non-place
Join these incredible poets as they explore place/non-place in the surrounds of Fitzroy Garden’s Conservatory.

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.

Thursday 22 June, 5:30PM
Writers’ Toolbox: Finding your Community
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.
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