The EWF Blog

Lauren has been studying a Masters of Arts and Cultural Management part-time while working in administration and events at the University of Melbourne full-time for the last 5 years. As a result, her creative life has tragically been reduced to c...

Diem Nguyen is a YA and romance reader, sometimes book podcaster (Bookish Friends), and Gender Studies honours student. She has worked at the Centre for Youth Literature.

Five celebrated Australian writers will headline the National Writers’ Conference on 22–23 June as part of the 2019 Emerging Writers’ Festival.

Jim Thomas lives in Melbourne, on Wurundjeri land. His writing has appeared in Voiceworks.

Kirby Fenwick is a writer, editor, audio producer and social media producer with a passion for the untold stories of women.

Congratulations to the 2019 Melbourne Recital Centre Writers’ Residency recipients: Kiara Lindsay, Xanthea O'Connor, Caitlin McGregor and mentor Adalya Nash Hussein.

Emerging Writers’ Festival is thrilled to announce the appointment of Alice Muhling as executive director.