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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23 June, 2016

Q&A with Wendy Chen

'In terms of fiction, I’ve always enjoyed speculative fiction and how it can utilise the most imaginative aspects of storytelling. Recently, though, I’ve been exploring and come to really appreciate non-fiction and realistic stories as well – I...


21 June, 2016

Haydn Trowell: translation and creativity

"In literary translation in particular, what's important isn't just what is said, but also how it's said, and the effects of how it's said, so it's often justified to diverge from the literal meaning in order to convey these things, which requires an...