Dress up in your most other-worldly garb and step into a starry, cosmic world of sounds, stories and visuals. 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. Come for your last literary fix, this time, dedicated to constellations and planets. Then, stay for the drinks, and an ablaze dance floor to farewell EWF for 2023.









Performance & Special Event
Closing Night: Celestial Bodies
Accessibility
Auslan, Wheelchair, accessible toilets
Nearest Public Parking: 15 William Street, Melbourne Car Park | Secure Parking
Saturday 24 June, 8pm
Immigration Museum
Long Room, 400 Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Elle A.K
Elle A.K is a Māori poet × grey witch, hailing from elemental fire concerned with transmuting experiences into words pertaining to the sensual, the divine & holy pleasures.
Genevieve Callaghan
Genevieve Callaghan is a writer and performer based on Wurundjeri Country, in Naarm.
Holly Isemonger
Holly Isemonger is a poet from Gerringong, NSW.
Simone Jordan
Simone Amelia Jordan is an award-winning writer, host and journalist.
Maki Morita
Maki Morita is a Japanese-Australian writer and performance-maker on unceded Wurundjeri country.
Sammaneh Pourshafighi
Sammaneh Pourshafighi is a Queer genderfluid Muslim from Iran who grew up on the problematic paradise of the Gold Coast.
Chunxiao Qu
Chunxiao Qu is a Chinese-born artist and poet who lives and works in Melbourne (Wurundjeri Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung Country).
DJ Raindamages
Jenna Rain Warwick is a Luritja artist, curator and music selector.
Achut Thuc
Achut is a South-Sudanese emerging writer.
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Wednesday 14 June, 7pm
Opening Night: Truth Telling
Come set the stage for the landmark 20th Emerging Writers’ Festival!

Thursday 22 June, 7:30pm
HIBERNAL: under the moon
What better way to celebrate the winter solstice than listening to powerful tales around a fire? Rug up to commune beneath the moon on the longest night of the year for a night of aural storytelling.

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.

Tuesday 16 May
Program Launch: New Growth
Celebrate 20 years of Emerging Writers’ Festival, as the 2023 program is revealed.
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