Independent Producer and founder/CEO of Schizy Inc, Australia’s most established disability led arts organisation for creatives with complex mental health. Multi-sector artist, writer and performer. Workshop facilitator and public speaker. Recipient of Victorian Government Disability Award Volunteer and Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council Human Rights Award. Profiled on ‘Women Who lead’ campaign for International Women’s History Month (US) and recipient of inaugural Creative Victoria Independent Producers Initiative.
Appearing In

Thursday 12 September, 11AM
State of Emergence
In this panel discussion, writers will touch on their respective experiences in the publishing industry: from pitching articles to writing residencies, the publishing process to getting paid for their work.
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Monday 9 September, 9AM
Sinister Wisdom: Panel
Join this panel from Sinister Wisdom, the world’s longest-running lesbian literary magazine coming to Australia.

Friday 6 September, 4PM
Erasure & the Burning Haibun: Poetry Workshop
The Burning Haibun is a poetic form that burns away at the landscape of memory to find a distilled truth within. By considering erasure in its political context, this workshop will explore the power of the Burning Haibun and what it can reveal.

Thursday 5 September, 7PM
Opening Night: LIB[ERA]TION
To mark the opening EWF24, Guest Curator Mackenzie Lee asks: What does an Era of Liberation look like, and how is writing both a tool and an act of liberation, for the self and the collective?

Thursday 8 August, 6PM
Texting Images: BLINDSIDE & EWF Ekphrastic Workshop
As part of Blindside and the Emerging Writers Festival’s 2024 Ekphrastic Writing Program, Naarm-based poet and critic Dr Autumn Royal will reveal the history of ekphrasis to illuminate the relationship between literary and visual realms.
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