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

Sreedhevi Iyer

Sreedhevi Iyer is the author of ‘The Tiniest House of Time’ and ‘Jungle Without Water’. She is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee in the US, has been shortlisted for the SPN Book of the Year Award 2021 in Australia, and the Penang Monthly Book Award and The Star-Popular Readers’ Choice Award in Malaysia. Her work has been published in the US, the UK, Sweden, Italy, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. She currently lives and works in Melbourne.

Wednesday 17 September, 4PM-7PM (AEST)

Writing Against Silencing: PEN Melbourne Workshop

By inviting workshop participants to write against the attempted silencing of emerging writers, we will consider what it means to create in danger, under censorship, and the importance of free creative expression.