Sam Elkin is a writer, community lawyer and author of Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga. He co-hosts the Triple R radio show Queer View Mirror and is the 2024 City of Melbourne Boyd Garret writer in residence.
Photo credit: Marlo W
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.
Sam Elkin is a writer, community lawyer and author of Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga. He co-hosts the Triple R radio show Queer View Mirror and is the 2024 City of Melbourne Boyd Garret writer in residence.
Photo credit: Marlo W
Saturday 14 September, 11AM
Come along to this literary speed-friending session for an opportunity to meet other emerging writers who identify as queer or gender diverse.
Monday 9 September, 9AM
Join this panel from Sinister Wisdom, the world’s longest-running lesbian literary magazine coming to Australia.
Tuesday 10 September, 8PM
Join us for an evening of multimodal performances and visual treats as writers and artists come together to revel in the light, after dark.
Thursday 12 September
Words and sounds are the mediums we turn to, to channel these transformative events. Join us Melbourne Museum to hear stories and tributes to experiences that rooted these artists to the earth or led them to transcend it.
Thursday 1 August, 6:30PM
Celebrate the launch of the 2024 Emerging Writers’ Festival, as well as our debut as a springtime affair.
Australia’s premier festival for new
and emerging writers.
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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