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Vignettes: The EWF Podcast – Season 4

Vignettes, the Emerging Writers’ Festival Storytelling Podcast.

Welcome to Vignettes Season 4: Winter.

Join us for audio stories from some of our favourite writers across fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and everywhere in between. Each week, writers will read to you on a different theme, reflecting on the power of touch, the politics of work and more.

The Winter series begins with two episodes recorded live at EWF 2022, featuring readings from Renay Barker-Mulholland, Luke Patterson, Ursula Robinson-Shaw, Polly Sara, and Hayley Singer. Throughout the season, we hear from Elena Gomez, Khalid Warsame, Katerina Gibson, Maya Hodge, and more. 

Vignettes is produced by EWF Program Coordinator Greer Clemens, and audio produced by Joe Buchan, with theme music by Thu Care.

Vignettes is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations. We acknowledge that First Nations Peoples are the first storytellers of this land, and that their sovereignty has never been ceded. We pay respects to Elders past and present, and to the Elders of the lands that this podcast reaches.

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Listen back to previous seasons now:

Season 3: Spring
Season 2: Autumn
Season 1: Summer

Season 4 Trailer

Episode 1: Hibernate Part 1

In our first episode for Season 4, recorded live at EWF 2022, three writers read work reflecting on the theme Hibernate. Hear readings from Renay Barker-Mulholland, Ursula Robinson-Shaw, and Hayley Singer.

With Renay Barker-Mulholland, Ursula Robinson-Shaw, and Hayley Singer
Audio Production by Joe Buchan
Theme music by Thu Care
Episode artwork by Kim Lam

Episode 2: Hibernate Part 2

For episode 2, hear the second lot of readings that were performed live at EWF 2022, from Luke Patterson and Polly Sara, again on the theme of Hibernate.

With Luke Patterson and Polly Sara
Audio Production by Joe Buchan
Theme music by Thu Care
Episode artwork by Kim Lam

Episode 3: Fright

This week we’ll hear three pieces of short fiction, from Katerina Gibson, Khalid Warsame, and Grace Chan. The theme is Fright! Boo!

With Katerina Gibson, Khalid Warsame, and Grace Chan
Audio Production by Joe Buchan
Theme music by Thu Care
Episode artwork by Kim Lam

Episode 4: Work

On this week’s episode Hannah Debus and Elena Gomez read poetry and prose on the theme of Work. 

With Hannah Debus and Elena Gomez
Audio Production by Joe Buchan
Theme music by Thu Care
Episode artwork by Kim Lam

Notes:  

Elena Gomez’s work, Us and Our Animals, from which she is reading an excerpt, received funding through the Australia Council’s Create grant. 

Jennifer Down, who was originally scheduled to read this week, was unable to join us. 

Episode 5: Touch

For the last episode of the Winter season of Vignettes, Maya Hodge, Eric Jiang, and Zhi read prose and poetry on the theme of Touch.

With Maya Hodge, Eric Jiang, and Zhi
Audio Production
 by Joe Buchan
Theme music by Thu Care
Episode artwork by Kim Lam