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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‘The Truth Faerie’ – Caitie Gutierrez

‘The Truth Faerie’ is blackout poetry worked out of an open letter addressed to me by a white supremacist cult leader, the work of their partner who has been priming survivors of abuse online and through zines, and a statement from their survivors. This work is dedicated to all survivors working tirelessly to dismantle fascist movements. Abusers don’t admit to abuse. Cults don’t admit they’re cults. Femme gossip dismantles fascism. Femme gossip saves lives.

Read the transcript here