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.
‘place, non-place’ refers to more usual ideas of place as well as spaces of transience, such as airports, film-theatres and malls, which can produce anonymity (as proposed by Marc Augé). The theme also addresses non-place in terms of the digital / virtual / other realities and imaginations. Join these incredible poets as they explore place/non-place in the surrounds of Fitzroy Garden’s Conservatory.
This event is presented in partnership with Australian Poetry.
Wheelchair, guided assistance by festival staff, street parking bay
Friday 16 June, 6:30pm
The Conservatory
Fitzroy Gardens, 298 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne VIC 3002
Asiel Adan Sanchez is a non-binary writer based in Naarm/Melbourne.
Wergaia and Wemba Wemba writer Susie Anderson’s poetry and non-fiction writing about art, artists, memory, place and love has been published widely.
Broede Carmody is a poet from Dhudhuroa country in northeast Victoria.
Gareth Morgan is the author of Dear Eileen, and When A Punk Becomes A Spunk, and co-director of Sick Leave.
Autumn Royal creates drama, poetry and criticism.
Six artists use illustration to zoom in on details, both remembered and imagined, marking geologies, mysticisms, repetitions and fragility.
The National Writers’ Conference is the place for emerging writers to develop their skills, hear from leaders in the field, and forge connections within the industry.
In this pre-recorded panel, three trans/queer writers discuss the complex connections between Truth, genre, and identity within their own work. Combining theory, genre-bending experimentation, and the mundane absurdity of their everyday lives, these writers consider the intersections of form and content along lines of race and gender, and talk about how these relationships effect their […]
Take a walk around Melbourne in the company of four storytellers using refrains of infrastructure, history, and memory to guide their routes.
Subscribe to our email newsletter: