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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Artist

Lisa Moule

Lisa’s first novel THE MOTHER OF ALL CALAMITIES was published March 2026, with Allen and Unwin.
In 2023 Lisa won second prize in (ASSF), Emerging Writers’ Short Story Prize. She was shortlisted for the Peter Carey Award with Newton’s Cradle and shortlisted for Stringybark Short Story Award for Highly Flammable. In 2022, she won second prize in the Furphy Literary award for The Game she was a finalist in Newcastle Short Story Award with The Roundabout. In 2020 she published her first short story Estelle for the anthology Ordinary People .
She currently co-hosts 3CR’s Published or Not.

Appearing In

Thursday 17 September, 8:00-9:00PM

Priceless Advice

Advice is often dished out when it’s simply not asked for. In fact, advice that charades as being in your “best interest”, often turns out to be, frankly, bad advice. Witness seven writers let loose about the times they’ve received bogus advice, and how it’s sometimes been the inspiration to succeed, just out of spite.

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