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

Drey Mendez

Drey is a latinx creative whose work has featured in literary magazines and exhibitions like Overland, EWF’19, Yo Soy, the Australian Multilingual Writers Project and Blak Dot Gallery (ISTHMUS, Dr Tania Canas).

Wednesday 11 September, 6:30PM

Coming of Age in the Wild West

What does it mean to write the place you have lived? How do you harness the streets you have walked, and reflect back the people around you with care and consideration? In this special discussion event, these western suburbs writers come together to talk about the place, and the responsibility of writing it.