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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30 October, 2023

EWF’s Halloween Reads

The spooky season reaches its height tomorrow night!! If you’re looking for something to give you a fright, we asked around the EWF team for some spooky books and recent reads they think are alright. Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh Artistic Director &...


21 August, 2023

Josh King at EWF23 | Regional Scribe Reflection

Fringe leather jackets, olive oil, Marian apparitions, the perils of writing family. Is this a deranged shopping list?  These are just some of the things lingering in my mind after attending the Emerging Writers’ Festival. It’s fair to say t...