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

Ronia Ibrahim

Ronia Ibrahim is a writer, artist and designer residing in Melbourne. Her work is interested in exploring modes of storytelling across poetry, non fiction and performance. She has had her work featured across Australia and New Zealand, including Overland, Cordite, Australian Poetry Journal, Starling, Bankstown Art Centre, Pantograph Punch and the Te Papa Chinese Languages Project. She was recently a 2024 Hot Desk Fellow at The Wheeler Centre, and is currently working on her debut poetry collection.

Tuesday 16 September, 1PM-2PM

(Anti) Literary

Writing circles can feel like exclusive clubs—hard to crack and harder to belong. Let’s unite in dissecting the rat race of performative wine-and-cheese readings, curated bios, and the tension between art and capitalism.