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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EWF X Sinister Wisdom: Body of Land

Plunge into the EWF edition of Sinister Wisdom’s forthcoming issue: Body of Land. An edition arising from the persisting need for cultural diversity in lesbian/queer narratives. In interrogating how the intersection of queer and racial identity informs notions of belonging, Body of Land hopes to show the multiplicity of lesbian and queer histories. Body of Land is set for publication in 2025, with submissions opening in September. 

Read Body of Land: EWF Edition:
Cottagecore as an Expression of Queer Yearning
by Bridget Harilaou
Floating Between Worlds by Courtney Jaye
Girl Watching by Phoebe Lupton


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Thursday 5 September – Sunday 15 September

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Pelaya Arapakis

Pelaya Arapakis is a cultural worker, musician and writer based in Naarm.

Bridget Harilaou

Bridget Ying Harilaou is a mixed-race, agender freelance writer living on Wurundjeri land. They write extensively about politics and race. You can find more of their work in Archer Magazine Issue #17, The Age and SBS Voices or on Instagram @bridget.ying

Courtney Jaye

Courtney Jaye is a writer of Ngarrindjeri and Malaysian descent. She grew up all around Australia and is currently living on Kaurna country. She had her first memoir published in Roots: Home Is Where The Heart Is, placed in the Top 30 for the SBS Emerging Writers Competition 2020, was one of the 2024 recipient of the InReview x ArtsSA First Nations arts writing mentorship and has written for Kill Your Darlings and InReview.

Phoebe Lupton

Phoebe Lupton is an Anglo-Celtic/Sinhalese writer, arts worker and access consultant, based in Canberra/Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands.

Darla Tejada

Darla Tejada is a long time reader and emerging writer based in Naarm. She is currently undertaking graduate studies in English and her favourite activities include reading obscure queer fiction and taking long aimless walks. You can read her works in publications like Archer, More than Melanin and KYD.