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.
Take a virtual sound walk through regional and rural Victoria on our interactive sonic map. Click the pins to hear artist reflections on writing place, place as character, writing the country and landscape, small towns in the so-called-Australian literary canon and more.
Presented in partnership with State Library Victoria
My name is Michael Chan, I’m 37 years old and live in Geelong.
My name is Renay, I am a proud First Nations woman from Birpai and Daingatti mobs, currently living on unceeded Wathaurong land. I am disabled, with both physical and psycho-social illnesses, and I am a staunch intersectional feminist.
Will is a gay, non binary writer working/studying in Melbourne and currently living in Geelong. They have had their work published in Farrago, Mascara Literary Review, Archer, Querelle, Verandah, and elsewhere.
Josephine Winter is an author and journalist living on Dja Dja Wurrung country in regional Victoria. She works full time as a language and literacy specialist, and is the Australian correspondent for Pagan news site The Wild Hunt.
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.
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.
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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