Gemma Nisbet is a writer and academic from Western Australia, living and working on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Western Australia, and teaches Literary Studies and Creative Writing at universities. Her work has appeared in publications including Australian Book Review, Axon, Life Writing, Text, Westerly and The West Australian, and her first book, The Things We Live With: Essays on Uncertainty (Upswell, 2023), was shortlisted for the 2024 WA Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer.
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Gemma Nisbet
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Saturday 7 September, 12PM
Building Worlds
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Saturday 7 September, 4:15PM
Changing Pace: Words Beyond the City
Launch into travel and experiential-based storytelling with three of EWF’s favourite emerging, regional-based writers. Discover what life beyond the city brings to their practices, and how attending writers’ festivals is shaping their careers.
Sunday 8 September, 1:15PM
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Marketing yourself is a new, crucial component of getting your work out there. In this micro-workshop, brush up on the basics of existing online as a writer.
Monday 9 September, 11:15AM
On Art
Arts writing is often the best way to start out as a writer – to have your writing published, work with editors, meet likeminded people and make a bit of a cash. But it can be hard to know what pocket to start out in and how to sustain.
Monday 9 September, 10AM
Keynote: Writing People
Hear from award-winning writer, Daniel Browning, on what it means to artfully render the essence of a person.
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