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.
When does your body feel like it belongs to you?
Reflect on your sense of embodiment and what it means to own one’s body. You’re invited to submit one line responding to our question for a chance to have your answers arranged into a patchwork piece of writing. See collective thoughts transformed into musings and provocations by three talented writers.
Contributors will be credited unless they choose to remain anonymous.
‘When Does Your Body Feel Like it Belongs to You?’ by Maddie Godfrey
‘to shed, float’ by Lujayn Hourani
‘Creation Myth’ by Munira Tabassum Ahmed
Maddie Godfrey is a writer, educator, editor and emotional feminist who lives on Whadjuk Noongar land
Lujayn Hourani is a Palestinian writer, editor, and arts worker living on unceded Wurundjeri Country. They are a 2020 recipient of The Wheeler Centre’s Next Chapter Scheme, and are currently working on a book of experimental poetry. You can find their work in Meanjin, Overland, Australian Poetry, and Going Down Swinging, among others.
Munira Tabassum Ahmed is a young writer. She has produced work for the Australian Poetry Journal, SOFTBLOW, Runway Journal, The Lifted Brow, Cordite, and elsewhere.
Throughout EWF21, go on an amazing race to discover poetry across the city of Port Phillip. Head out on a treasure hunt to collect all five poems.
We’re celebrating some of our favourite comic artists by showcasing an eclectic selection of their creations. Browse our online gallery or head down to Sticky Institute during the festival to see their visual works.
What does your love sound like? Six writers dedicate silly little love songs to the people and objects of their affections. In these accompanying vignettes, they share stories of when music has made them lovesick, lovey-dovey or lovestruck.
Hear two poets read their reworkings of ‘My Country’ by Dorothea Mackellar to launch the new chapbook, Transforming My Country, from Australian Poetry.
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