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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Jamie Tram

Jamie Tram is an award-winning critic and editor. Her work has appeared in ABC News, Guardian, and Spectrum. She is the former Small Screens Editor of The Big Issue Australia and a past Hot Desk Fellow. She is a co-writer of the animated short film Graveyard Shift, which premiered at Melbourne Queer Film Festival in 2022. She is the Program Coordinator for the Brunswick Underground Film Festival.

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Thursday 17 September, 6:30-7:30PM

Arbiters or Arbitrary?

Letterboxers at film premiers, stan twitter influencing music charts, TikTok dictating theatre seats— everyone is a critic now. But the critics themselves have differing thoughts. Where does the future, or even the present of criticism stand? Join a panel of music, theatre and film critics to investigate the lay-of-the-critic land.

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