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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State of Emergence

To be an artist with disability is to be in a seemingly constant stage of emergence. In this panel discussion, writers will touch on their respective experiences in the publishing industry: from pitching articles to writing residencies, the publishing process to getting paid for their work.

Together, they will interrogate the boundaries they have faced as disabled writers in each step of the writing and publishing process across a variety of forms including non-fiction, poetry and fiction.

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Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible, hearing loop, quiet space, accessible toilets, Auslan interpreted on request

Thursday 12 September, 11AM

The Wheeler Centre
Performance Space Level 2, 176 Lt Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 3000, VIC

Featuring...

Renay Barker-Mulholland

Renay is a self-described Blak of all trades. Proudly disabled, Biripi / Dunghutti woman, Renay is a visual artist, writer, disability and gender justice advocate.

Heidi Everett

Multi-sector artist, writer and performer.

Olivia Muscat

Olivia Muscat has written for ABC Everyday, Arts Hub, Kill Your darlings and The Saturday Paper, among others, and for several notable anthologies. She is currently writing for theatre, recently completing a development through Darebin Arts Speakeasy, and her show ‘Is Anyone Even Watching’ has been awarded a place in the Arts House Develops program and a spot in the 2025 season. She was awarded fellowships by The Wheeler Centre and Varuna to work on her middle grade novel, which was shortlisted for the Text Prize 2024, and her first picture book is set for publication with Scribble in 2025.

Natalie Williams

Natalie Williams is a contemporary fiction writer and filmmaker from Naarm, Melbourne.

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