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.
Wednesday 11 September, 6:30PM
Part of our Chapters series. This penultimate chapter will equip you with advice and wisdom about sustaining enthusiasm, building resilience, and how to keep writing long-term, even through the inevitable lows and highs.
Friday 13 September, 5:30PM
Join us, unplugged, at Fairfield Amphitheatre to hear readings that celebrate these motifs and more, while the foxes take flight overhead. A Spring staple, with a literary twist!
Monday 9 September, 11:15AM
Arts writing is often the best way to start out as a writer – to have your writing published, work with editors, meet likeminded people and make a bit of a cash. But it can be hard to know what pocket to start out in and how to sustain.
Saturday 14 September, 11AM
Experience the creative potential of e-literature via this digital poetry workshop. You’ll be guided through real-time HTML, CSS and JavaScript edits—no previous experience required.
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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