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

Emilie Collyer

Emilie Collyer lives on unceded Wurundjeri land where she writes across forms. Her poetry collection Do you have anything less domestic? (Vagabond Press 2022) won the Five Islands Poetry Prize and in 2024 she was runner-up in the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize and shortlisted in the Newcastle Poetry Prize. Emilie is currently under commission with The Street Theatre (Canberra) and Red Stitch (Melbourne) where her play Super will premiere in 2025. She recently completed a PhD researching feminist creative practice at RMIT where she is now an Adjunct Industry Fellow.

Friday 12 September, 6:00PM-8:00PM

EWF X Textile Message: An Exhibition

Textile Message presents seven stories about favoured and not-so-favoured clothes and textile pieces, woven with memory and emotion.