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

Lucy Van

Lucy Van writes poetry and criticism. Her poetry collection, The Open (Cordite 2021), was listed for the Stella prize and Mary Gilmore award, and highly commended by the Anne Elder award. Her essay, ‘Agent of the Year’ (Liminal Review of Books) won the the non-fiction prize in the Woollahra Digital Literary Awards (2024). With Anne Maxwell, her new book is Australian Women’s Historical Photography: Other Times, Other Views (Anthem 2024). She is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne, where she teaches literary studies.

Pre-festival event

Texting Images: BLINDSIDE & EWF Ekphrastic Workshop

Join poet and critic Lucy Van for a workshop on ekphrasis as part of Blindside and Emerging Writers’ Festival 2025 ‘Texting Images’ writing program.