Maki Morita is a Japanese-Australian writer and performance-maker on unceded Wurundjeri country. Recent projects include dance piece (live art, Labour Lexica exhibition, Linden New Art, 2022), Trash Pop Butterflies, Dance Dance Paradise (fortyfivedownstairs 2022, Theatre Works 2023), and Club Nite (dramaturg, Miscellania, 2022). They are a 2022 Wheeler Centre Playwright Hot Desk Fellow and have appeared in events including National Young Writers Festival, Feminist Book Week and Yardstick. Her writing has also appeared or is forthcoming in Mascara Literary Review, Cordite, Portside Review & more. Maki graduated with a Master of Theatre (writing) from the Victorian College of the Arts.
Appearing In
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Saturday 24 June, 8pm
Closing Night: Celestial Bodies
See the festival off with us in true extravagance, gala-style, and witness a dreamy line-up of well-loved writers, artists and inter-galactic DJS.
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Wednesday 21 June, 7pm
EWF X AMWP: Spillways
In this fluid display of literature, writers will perform in Urdu, Hindi, French, Russian, Arabic, Mandarin, English and Spanish to promise an evening of waterworks.
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Wednesday 14 June – Saturday 24 June
EWF X Crawlspace: ◚
This year, Crawlspace has commissioned 5 works of digital literature for an exclusive EWF issue on their platform.
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Friday 16 June, 5:30pm
Writers’ Toolbox: Finding your Audience
Four evenings of professional development sessions for aspiring and seasoned writers alike who wish to dig into the nuts and bolts of being a professional writer.
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Thursday 22 June, 8:30am
Morning Pages: Personal Archives
Allow Sharlene Allsopp to guide you through some early morning writing prompts and techniques to breathe new life into nostalgia- soaked memories, either inherited or lived.
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