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

Meg McDermott

Meg McDermott is an emerging YA author with a deep love for stories in all their wondrous forms. Still a teenager at heart, she is drawn to the tender, transformative moments of coming of age, which often lie at the centre of her writing. Her debut novel The Big Things will be released in 2027 with MidnightSun Publishing. In 2017, she published a poetry collection Roses, Wine & 2 Minute Noodles. She holds a Bachelor of Communication/Laws. Meg lives on the NSW Central Coast with her three kids, a Spoodle and the surfer dude she met when she was seventeen.