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.
Navigating the media and publishing industries as a freelancer can be confusing and isolating. What are your rights? How do you go about advocating for yourself or organising with other freelancers? How do you turn your work into a business? Our panelists discuss their experiences and what they have learned along the way.
Presented in partnership with MEAA
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Vivienne Pearson writes feature stories for newspapers and magazines as well as creative content for business and organisations. Her byline has appeared in SMH, TSP, ABC, SBS and other publications with longer-than-three-letter-acronym names.
Jinghua Qian is a writer, poet, critic, and with Liz Crash, co-creator of Underfoot, a series of virtual multimedia tours uncovering the secret histories of Footscray. Eir work has appeared in The Saturday Paper, The Guardian, Melbourne Writers’ Festival, and 3CR Community Radio.
Jeanette Severs is a career journalist who exited the newsroom in 1999 & pivoted into business as a freelance journo, editor & technical writer, in rural Victoria.
In this workshop, learn what it means to write about food and the body and how they each intertwine with memory and story.
This workshop, led by award-winning short story writer Alice Bishop, will delve into what makes short stories compelling and what separates them from other forms of writing.
Come and nourish your creative appetite with some simple poetry-writing exercises. Grab a pen, a cup of coffee and create a poem with Harry Reid.
Some of the boldest writing has come out of Young Adult fiction. As a YA author, how do you channel your voice and create authentic teen characters? Join award-winning author Cath Moore to learn how to write for some of the most discerning and passio...
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