Tamala Shelton is a Bundjalung (northern New South Wales) and Lama Lama (far north Queensland) First Nations actor, audiobook narrator, writer and spoken word artist based in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). She has worked in film, television and theatre for over twelve years and recently began her journey as a spoken word performer.
Appearing In
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Sunday 15 September, 7PM
Closing Night: BANQUET
Gather beneath stained glass for the final event of EWF24: an etheral spring banquet.
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Saturday 14 September, 4PM
Journal Crawl
You’ve heard of, and likely have ventured on a pub crawl, but how about a lit mag crawl? EWF presents our first ever journal crawl.
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Friday 6 September, 7:30PM
Make It Up Club: EWF Edition
Enjoy an evening of readings from debut authors and performances that play on the threshold of music and literature.
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Saturday 7 September, 11:00AM
Pitch Perfect
Find out the must-haves for delivering a great pitch and the pitfalls to avoid. This session will provide the guidance of a publishing industry leader to help whip your pitch into perfect shape.
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Saturday 7 September, 2PM
Texting Images: BLINDSIDE & EWF Ekphrastic Readings
BLINDSIDE & EWF present the Ekphrastic Writing Program. This initiative invites four emerging writers to produce an ekphrastic response to an exhibition from Blindside ARI’s 20-year exhibition archive, culminating in a night of celebratory readings, where writers will share the works created, in front of the very artworks they have responded to.
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