Presented in partnership with Williamstown Literary Festival.
Free registration for this event is available here.
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.
In partnership with Williamstown Literary Festival, four exceptional writers from the West will share selections from their most recent work, live at Williamstown’s beautiful Town Hall.
Presented in partnership with Williamstown Literary Festival.
Free registration for this event is available here.
Wheelchair, service animal, hearing loop, onsite parking bay
Sunday 18 June, 4:30pm
Williamstown Town Hall
104 Ferguson St, Williamstown VIC 3016
Kgshak Akec is a South-Sudanese writer, performing artist, and a lover of words.
Elise is the Executive Officer of the Williamstown Literary Festival.
Sam Elkin is a writer, arts producer and radio maker living in Naarm.
Gareth Morgan is the author of Dear Eileen, and When A Punk Becomes A Spunk, and co-director of Sick Leave.
Lia Dewey Morgan is a poet and writer living on stolen land in Narrm. She grapples with the continuity and chaos present in contemporary living, using poetry as a toolkit to pry open our muddled moment. Her first book, ‘Bath Songs’, was published with local press nomorepoetry.
Thursday 22 June, 10:30am
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 […]
Thursday 22 June, 5:30PM
Four evenings of professional development sessions for aspiring and seasoned writers alike who wish to dig into the nuts and bolts of being a professional writer.
Monday 19 June, 2pm
Transform your intimate erotic prose into a spoken declaration of desire with Dinner Party Press and Emerging Writers’ Festival.
Thursday 22 June, 8:30am
Allow Sharlene Allsopp to guide you through some early morning writing prompts and techniques to breathe new life into nostalgia- soaked memories, either inherited or lived.
Australia’s premier festival for new
and emerging writers.
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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