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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Pitch to Press: 10 Years of Grattan Street Press

Comprising of the most exciting, emerging student publishers, The University of Melbourne’s Grattan Street Press celebrates its 10 years with an inaugural, in-person Pitch to the Press at EWF in 2026. Book in for a five-minute slot to present your pitch (one-or-two-paragraph excerpts of your writing) to their panel. It’s essentially literary speed dating -could you be the perfect match for GSP, and vice versa? Whether you have something in the development stage or you’re working on the final draft, Grattan Street Press are up for it. Arrive early for a panel conversation reflecting on GSP’s last decade dedicated to the most early-career emerging writers.

Attend the panel for free and purchase a Pitch-It add on to see if you could be a perfect match for Grattan Street Press (and vice versa)!


Accessibility

Auslan Interpretation may be available on request, Wheelchair Accessible, Accessible Toilet, Hearing Loop, Quiet Space.

Thursday 17 September, 6:30-8:30PM

Pay-what-you-wish/Free

Book tickets

$25.00 (Pitch spot)


The Wheeler Centre, Performance Space (Level 2, ground level)
176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000

Featuring...

Katherine Day

Katherine Day is a Senior Lecturer in publishing studies at the University of Melbourne and a former trade editor for some of Australia’s most respected publishing houses, including Penguin Random House, Allen & Unwin, Thames and Hudson and the University of Queensland Press. She has been a mentor for Writers Victoria and runs workshops specialising in navigating and negotiation publishing contracts.

Hollen Singleton

Hollen Singleton is a writer and editor. They are a teacher at the University of Melbourne in the Masters of Publishing and Communications and the former editor of Going Down Swinging. Their first novel, Moss House, is coming out in 2027 with Affirm Press.