Lay Maloney is a young storyteller of the Gumbaynggirr and Gunggandji nations and South Sea Islander heritage currently based on Wurundjeri Country in Naarm / Melbourne. They are the recipient for the black&write! Fellowship with the State Library of Queensland for their LGBTQIA+ YA manuscript titled Weaving Us Together. Lay is published in NANGAMAY dream MANA gather DJURALI grow – First Nations Australia LGBTQIA+ Poetry collection edited by Alison Whittaker & Steven Lindsay Ross.
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Wednesday 14 June, 7pm
Opening Night: Truth Telling
Come set the stage for the landmark 20th Emerging Writers’ Festival!
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Saturday 17 June, 3pm
The Grant Scheme of Things
A session all about grants and funding for writers – do they exist, how do you get one, and what do you do once you do have one?
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Friday 16 June, 8pm
what if we held hands in the queer archives
Five writers traverse the Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) and interact with the queer histories collected and preserved there.
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Saturday 17 June, 4pm
Faber Anthology Launch
Get on down to The Moat for the launch of the Faber Writing Anthology, hosted by novelists and tutors Miles Allinson and Emily Bitto.
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Friday 23 June, 7pm
EWF X Dinner Party Press: Short Smut
Step into the EWF boudoir – metaphorically –for an evening of short smut.
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