Robyn Doreian is an Australian magazine journalist, educator, and the former editor of Australian metal monthly Hot Metal, and British rock bibles Kerrang! and Metal Hammer. Her plethora of band interviews includes Kurt Cobain, Keith Richards, Patti Smith, Slipknot, Metallica, Megadeth, Tool, Cradle of Filth, Ice-T, Patti Smith, Tori Amos and Amyl and The Sniffers. She is passionate about interviewing and writing about music — heavy metal is her devotion. As the first female editor of Kerrang!, the UK/world’s biggest rock weekly, and also the first female editor of British monthly, Metal Hammer, she remains a pioneer in her field.
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Sunday 8 September, 12PM
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Thursday 12 September
On Slowness
Led by writer Tiia Kelly, this workshop will suggest ways to apply slowness as a framework for thinking about your work, the writing process, and the wider industry.
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Thursday 5 September, 7PM
Opening Night: LIB[ERA]TION
To mark the opening EWF24, Guest Curator Mackenzie Lee asks: What does an Era of Liberation look like, and how is writing both a tool and an act of liberation, for the self and the collective?

Friday 6 September, 6:30PM
Chapter One: Unblocking Creativity
The first of four Chapters, this workshop is all about establishing a writing practice.
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