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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Plotting the Path

Where does a creative journey start? Is it better to outline every detail, or dive in and discover it as you go?


Join three writers as they explore the different approaches to starting a project. With insights on the rewards and pitfalls of planning versus improvisation,  this discussion offers practical wisdom and fresh perspectives to help you get started, and keep going. 

This event is in partnership with Moonee Valley Library Service.

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Thursday 11 September, 6PM-7PM

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Sam Merrifeld Library
762 Mt Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, 3039

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Sean Fallon

Sean Fallon is a novelist based in Melbourne. He has published two novels: the queer rom-com Bobby vs. the Duke and its sequel, The People vs. The King. He currently writes for Film Inquiry, a movie and TV criticism website, and Hard Times and The Hard Drive, comedy news sites that satirise music, pop culture, […]

Kayla Morton

Kayla Morton is a writer based in Melbourne (Naarm). It was in 2021—after a childhood filled with reading and yearning to create stories that felt true to herself—that Kayla decided to act on her dream of becoming an author. THOSE WHO BURN THE BRIGHTEST (May, 2025) is her first published novel. Her second forthcoming novel, […]

Samuel Robert

Samuel Robert is an emerging writer, exploring cultural criticism, personal essays, and behaviourism, all with a dash of humour.

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