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

Bernard Caleo

Bernard Caleo draws and performs. He edited and published the romance comics anthology Tango from 1997 to 2009, made the feature documentary Graphic Novels! Melbourne! with Daniel Hayward in 2012, and with Erica Wagner and Liz MacFarlane he runs Twelve Panels Press – they published Safdar Ahmed’s graphic novel Still Alive: Notes From Australia’s Immigration Detention System in 2021. Currently he is writing and drawing a PhD about Australian comics texts and the production of places.

Wednesday 17 September, 6PM-9PM

Comics Off the Page Live: Exhibition Launch and Performances

RMIT’s non/fictionLab have teamed up with Speaking to Pictures & Pink Ember Studio to challenge 14 creators (Gutter Stars comics collective) to play with their comic practices and experiment with voice, performance and 3D forms. See and hear new work by visionary creators.