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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Conference

Literary Futures

Meet some of the booksellers, editors and other literary changemakers who are working to build a better literary future. These new industry legends are here to initiate reform and champion the stories that are too often excluded from traditional publishing. Come to reflect on where our literary landscape is now, and where we need to go next. Sometimes you need to build the future you want to see yourself – but often, you’ll find there are already people doing the work who want to help you too.

Hosted by Tresa LeClerc


How to attend this event

‘Literary Futures’ is part of the National Writers’ Conference, a one-day online gathering of emerging writers on Zoom.

You can buy a Conference Pass to enjoy a full day of industry insights or buy a single ticket below to come along to this single session. Check out the full Conference program here.

To ensure the event stays private, ticket holders will be emailed a Zoom link and password on the day of the event. Please check your email (including that pesky junk email folder). Ticket bookings will cease 1 hour before the Conference starts.

You can download Zoom for free here.


Saturday 19 June, 4.15-5.15pm AEST

$20 Full / $15 Concession

The Atrium (Zoom)

Featuring...

Andrew Brooks

Andrew Brooks is a writer, artist, and teacher who lives on unceded Wangal land. He is a lecturer in media at UNSW. He is one-half of the critical art collective Snack Syndicate and part of the Rosa Press collective.

Dan Hogan

Dan Hogan is a working class writer and public school teacher who grew up in San Remo, NSW (Awabakal and Darkinjung Country).

Tresa LeClerc

Dr Tresa LeClerc is a casual academic at RMIT University and The University of Melbourne. Her research explores the ethics of writing the lives of Others.

Grace Lucas-Pennington

Grace is a Bundjalung/European poet and editor living on Yuggera land. She grew up mostly between Bundjalung country on the NSW north coast and the greater Logan/Brisbane area. Grace is currently the Senior Editor for State Library of Queensland’s black&write! Indigenous Writing and Project and on the Board of Byron Bay Writers Festival. She was awarded the 2020 Nakata Brophy prize for poetry.

Jing Xuan Teo & Marina Sano

Born & raised in Singapore, Xuan is a writer, editor and pop-culture enthusiast. Marina grew up in Singapore, and moved to Melbourne for uni.