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

Su-May Tan

Su-May Tan was born and raised in Malaysia but is currently living on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne. Her debut short story collection Lake Malibu and Other Stories was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards 2022. Her debut novel, Katie goes to KL was published by Penguin SEA and released in Australia in March 2024. Su-May is interested in the modern Asian diaspora and often writes on themes of migration and cultural connection. When she is not writing, she works as a copywriter at an international humanitarian organisation

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Saturday 13 September, 2PM-3PM

From the Chrysalis

Surrounded by living symbols of metamorphosis, writers share from their own cocoons — tender, raw, and reverent.

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