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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Roman Lytollis

Roman Lytollis is a Samoan and Palangi Writer, born in Te Whanganui a Tara | Wellington, Aotearoa | New Zealand. He has published art reviews in several art magazines and journals, including ArtNews Aotearoa and Marinade: Aotearoa Journal of Moana Art. His focus is on Pasifika and Indigenous art, often exploring themes of identity, colonisation and diaspora, grounded in a historical approach.

Tuesday 15 September, 5.30pm-6.30pm AEST

Indigeneity, Illustrated: Art Writing’s Next Generation

In this panel, Indigenous artists and art writers discuss the approaches they bring to writing about art: methods informed by culture, community, and storytelling rather than inherited critical structures.