Laura Elizabeth Woollett is the author of a short story collection, The Love of a Bad Man (2016), and three novels, Beautiful Revolutionary (2018), The Newcomer (2021), and West Girls (2023). Her work has been shortlisted and long-listed for awards, including the 2024 Stella Prize. Laura was the City of Melbourne’s 2020 Boyd Garret writer-in-residence, a 2020-22 Marten Bequest scholar for prose, and will be a 2025 writer-in-residence at the Keesing Studio in Paris.
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Saturday 14 September, 4PM
Journal Crawl
You’ve heard of, and likely have ventured on a pub crawl, but how about a lit mag crawl? EWF presents our first ever journal crawl.

Saturday 7 September, 3PM
Queer Zines
Join accomplished comics artist and writer Mia Nie for an inspiring Queer Zine Making Workshop. Experiment with visual language and expression, share stories, and form new connections in a fun, supportive environment. Learn new zine-making techniques, from content creation to layout design.

Saturday 7 September, 2:15PM
Research & Archive Use
Hear how these research virtuosos go about archive fossicking. Learn tips on how to keep track and organise your research, and questions to ask yourself throughout your investigations.

Wednesday 11 September
Digital Surrealisms
Is the world becoming unreal, or hyper-real? Sink into this series of audio surrealist works, from artists concerned with the obsolescence of memory, AI, and the relationship between creativity, and being chronically online.
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