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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Artist

Alex Partington

Alex Partington is an emerging poet born and living on Wurundjeri land. She is interested in queer+femme rage, madness, loss and lust, poetry as desire, unprecious poetry and earnestness. She loves the work of Chen Chen, Maggie Nelson, June Jordan, Tommy Pico and Danez Smith. Alex earns a living in justice research and advocacy and is (often) mad at the government. In her spare time, she likes to update the groupchat on the current state of the moon, collect hobbies she can’t afford, and evade her 2004 Camry Susan’s attempts to kill her.

Saturday 13 September, 11AM-12PM

‘Where Do You Get Your Ideas?’

Three poets explore the fickle beast of inspiration across research, personal history, passion, and spontaneous insight, as well as the ‘slow burn’ of ideas that may take years to fully form.