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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Mia Thomson

Mia Thomson is an emerging writer of creative non-fiction and poetry, living and working on Wurundjeri Country. She is an Honours student in the Creative Writing program at The University of Melbourne where she is researching and writing about the sticky intersections between sex and plastic. Her work is generally interested in Queer theory, hybrid forms and fragmentation. Her writing has previously been published in Verge and Slush Mag.

Thursday 17 September, 6:00-7:00PM

Texting Images: Launch

Drawing inspiration from Dadaist philosophies towards visual art alongside Maya Deren’s argument for ‘amateurism’, the 2026 iteration of Texting Images invites participants to write in response to ‘found images’. Across two workshops, participants will develop new writing through discussion, reading, and collaborative feedback, culminating in a celebratory public reading where they will share the work created throughout the program.