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

Max Easton

Max Easton is a writer from Sydney. He is the creator of Barely Human, a zine and podcast series exploring underground music’s ties to counterculture and subculture. He is the author of two novels published by Giramondo: The Magpie Wing (longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award), and its follow-up Paradise Estate, released in 2023. He is currently working on his third novel.