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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Jaala Hallett

Jaala Hallett is a Dunghutti and Gumbaynggirr poet and arts producer. Every now and then, she manages to form stanzas to relay her observations of the intimacies of life, and considers relationships with people, place, body and communities, as well as her Aboriginal identity and culture.

Thursday 10 September – Friday 18 September

EWF X Hate Mail

Hate Mail is essentially the act of acting on your feelings. A hobby that is frowned upon and vocabulary that isn’t very ‘ladylike’. The zine, Hate Mail is dedicated to that burning feeling we often let linger, harnessing it and turning it into art.