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.
Dress to impress and step into the EWF boudoir – metaphorically – to hear artists read a selection of romance and erotica. 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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Wheelchair, Accessible Toilets, Quiet Room
Studio Take Care Accessibility Details
The ground floor is accessed via steps at the front of the building but can also be accessed via two back doors at the rear of the building where a portable ramp is available. The backdoor is accessed via a concrete laneway, through the rear courtyard. The laneway is entirely smooth except for a cobblestone driveway connecting the street to the lane. The back doorway is 84cm wide and the bi-folding backdoor way is 2 meters wide.
The ground floor has a wheelchair accessible bathroom that is 1.9m x 3.3m in size with a doorway of 86cm wide and includes a Caroma Care 800 toilet with backrest, sink height of 80cm and two grab rails. The doorways to the Big Room are 80cm wide. The doorway to a smaller Quiet Room is 79cm wide. The doorway to the Art Room is 76cm wide.
Friday 6 September, 8PM
Studio Take Care
1 Pitt St, Brunswick VIC 3056
Thea grew-up in rural Australia, developing her love of reading and writing from a young age. As a young adult, she left for the city, where she had her first brush with kink and fell in love with a world that balanced devotion and discipline.
She currently enjoys life in Sydney with her cat.
Gabrielle has a PhD in Creative Writing. This year she has put out her fourth collection of poetry through Collective Effort Press. Venus Without Furs. This is a feminist rewriting of Venus in Furs. She has been published in numerous anthologies including The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry. She has performed her poetry at La Mama, The Bowery in New York and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has also performed her work at The Evil Woman conference in Vienna and Prague.
Genevieve Novak is a writer from Naarm/Melbourne. She writes contemporary fiction, columns for The Age, and just-okay author biographies. She loves croissants. She hates being called Gen. Her novels, No Hard Feelings (2022) and Crushing (2023) are published by HarperCollins.
Orlando Silver (he/they) is a nonbinary transmasc writer exploring queer embodiment and desire. He is the author of the plays “Soft Daddy” (2024) and “Escape Velocity” (2003). He has two self published books, “Soft Fruit” (2022) and “Relent” (2023), both of which explore trans masc erotica. He is the editor of the kink anthology “I Write the Body” (published by Kith Books). His new anthology “Take it Outside” is due for publication in November 2024. Orlando lives and works on Dharug and Gundungurra countries.
Samuel Te Kani is a queer Ngapuhi writer from New Zealand. He writes critically about art and cinema. His first short story collection Please, Call Me Jesus (2021) is mostly erotic sci fi. He recently pivoted to film, attending a Netflix funded directors intensive in 2023, mentored by Dame Jane Campion. He intends to make sexy/horrendous films from here on out. He is currently working on a novel.
Join these body-curious artists for a night of performances, devoted to sensorial writing and self-discovery and expression through the body.
To mark the opening EWF24, Guest Curator Mackenzie Lee asks: What does an Era of Liberation look like, and how is writing both a tool and an act of liberation, for the self and the collective?
Join us, unplugged, at Fairfield Amphitheatre to hear readings that celebrate these motifs and more, while the foxes take flight overhead. A Spring staple, with a literary twist!
Join us for an evening of multimodal performances and visual treats as writers and artists come together to revel in the light, after dark.
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