The Emerging Writers’ Festival acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we live, learn and work, and pays respect to their Elders past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

 

EWF celebrates the history and contemporary creativity of the world’s oldest living culture.

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EWF X, Online & Performance

EWF X The Intro Room: Sex Work in Space

A special storytelling event to look at the loss and creation of digital and IRL sex worker spaces, culture and community – and an evening to honour the stories of those with lived experience of working from the margins. 

Join these amazing sex worker writers from across so-called Australia as they share their stories of losing and creating sex worker spaces and navigating between hyper-visibility and invisibility. Stay snuggled under your doona for a first-row ticket to this one –  it’s a no-pants-required party!

This event will be AUSLAN interpreted and live captioned


How to attend this event

EWF X The Intro Room: Sex Work in Space is a live event, hosted via Zoom.

To ensure the event stays private, ticket holders will be emailed a Zoom link and password 30 minutes prior to the event start time. Please check your email (including that pesky junk email folder).

Ticket bookings will cease 1 hour before the event starts.

You can download Zoom for free here.


Monday 21 June, 7-8pm AEST

$10 / NOTAFLOF*

*No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds

To pre-book a NOTAFLOF ticket, please email us at least 24 hours prior to the event.

Online, via Zoom

Featuring...

Ozzie BBC

Ozzie BBC is a current sex worker who has been involved in the sex work industry for over 14 yrs.

Queenie Bon Bon

Queenie Bon Bon is a writer, performance artist and sex worker living and working in Narrm/melbourne. Their work focuses on the body.

Despo Debby

* DESPO DEBBY – sex worker performer, artist, musician & activist – Despo Debby is a Blak non-binary queer who’s whore life has spread the realm from porn, stripping, peepshows and camming to full service sexwork; interstate touring, private in calls, parlour work and Street based sexwork in St kilda.

Karma Ho

Karma is a queer, Asian, autistic artist and sex worker living on Gadigal land. They use photography, visual arts, zines, and performance to explore the the various intersections of their identity.

Hole Money

Hole Money, also known by her working name, Darcy, is a sex worker living and working in Eora. For the past 5 years Darcy’s career has spanned many forms of sex work including, online, stripping, massage and full service sex work.

Gala Vanting

Gala Vanting is a writer, sex worker and advocate living and working as a migrant settler on Gadigal land. Her work has woven through the brothel, the boardroom, screen, stage, and page, public health and sex education. She aims to create compassionate and justice-driven dialogue about gender and power, sexuality, technology, media and culture, and is an advocate for the human rights of sex workers.