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

Gavin Scott

Gavin is a trade union educator and, occasionally, an aspiring writer who lives in Melbourne on the lands of the Bunurong People. He has had his work published in Overland Literary Journal and New Matilda, and in 2018 he won the Questions Writing Prize for writers under 30.

Friday 11 September, 5.30-6.30PM

The Writer Aquatic

Soak in an evening of poetic musings related to the ritual of lap-swimming, and the vital role that public pools play in the writer’s imagination, and to their wellbeing. Go ahead and take a dusk dip before or after the reading, at a discounted price.