EWF Creative Producer: Maddy Cleeve Gerkens
"At this point in my life I know two things for sure: 1. I am at my best when working on creative projects. 2. I have an unfettered love for writers’ festivals."
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.
"At this point in my life I know two things for sure: 1. I am at my best when working on creative projects. 2. I have an unfettered love for writers’ festivals."
"I feel more connected with my fellow Melbourne artists and creators than ever before. Getting the chance to work on projects and seeing them start to come to fruition (after weeks of work and prep) is just something so rewarding."
"Working on my little corner of the EWF program has allowed me to think about how to engage diverse audiences with all the tremendous, terrifically terrific work Australian writers are doing right now, right at this very moment, right under our very...
This year, EWF helped six Creative Producers to develop and implement events during the Festival. Each of them worked on different events, from closed forums to suburb-wide programs and one-night bangers. In the lead up to the closing of applications...
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