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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Mx Sly

2024 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST

Mx. Sly (they/them) is a non-binary writer, performer, arts producer, and flight attendant. Originally from Tiohtià:ke (Montreal, Canada) and now based in Naarm, they pursue contentment through incessant meal planning, doing Yoga with Adriene, making love like a beast, and making out in Melbourne’s laneways. Their first memoir, TRANSLAND: Consent, Kink & Pleasure, is a finalist for a 2024 Lambda Literary Award in the Transgender Non-Fiction category. When Sly isn’t in the sky, they run the arts collective Tender Container, which is developing Canada’s first all–trans and non-binary performance anthology for Playwrights Canada Press.

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Saturday 14 September, 7PM

Body Curious

Join these body-curious artists for a night of performances, devoted to sensorial writing and self-discovery and expression through the body.

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Friday 6 September, 8PM

Do You Think I’m Sexy?

From sensual dreams, to awkward encounters, fan fiction to personal fantasies, this night will be a veritable feast of words and wonder.

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Saturday 14 September, 11AM

Poster Poems

Join poet Alison J Barton and Troppo Print Studio for a hands-on workshop all about different approaches to visual poetry. During the workshop, participants will have the chance to add to a collaborative poem, which will be turned into a paste up poster by Troppo Print Studio, to be unveiled at the end of the workshop. The workshop coincides with the ‘Future Foundations’ exhibition curated by Troppo Print Studio, which celebrates the past, present and future of printmaking and is currently showing at Counihan Gallery.

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Sunday 8 September, 3:15PM

Between Chapters

Hear from these celebrated writers, about the precarity, challenges and strengths of the mid-career phase.

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Friday 6 September, 4PM

Erasure & the Burning Haibun: Poetry Workshop 

The Burning Haibun is a poetic form that burns away at the landscape of memory to find a distilled truth within. By considering erasure in its political context, this workshop will explore the power of the Burning Haibun and what it can reveal. 

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