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.
"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."
"I think ambition and failure are more closely related than we tend to realise. You pretty much can’t have one without the other. When I look back at some of my (many) failures, they’ve occurred because of ambition, but then I’ve picked myself...
"It was there that I realised that the EWF was a very different festival to mainstream writers’ festivals, representing original, boundary-pushing writers who otherwise might not have a voice - in any language."
"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...
Omar Musa wants says hi to his fellow emerging writers and says he's excited to bounce ideas around at the 2016 Emerging Writers' Festival
Ellena Savage explains why being an EWF PenPal in investing in Australia's literary future
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