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.

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Free, Late Night Literature, Online & Performance

Late Night Literature: The Bogong: System Breakdown

Take a journey to the perhaps not-so-distant future with a lineup of brilliant First Nations talent. As technology continues to disrupt systems, these artists contemplate the collision of human and machine lives and what it all means for culture and society.

Presented in partnership with Blak & Bright

Watch the event here or on YouTube 

Monday 21 June, 8.30-9.30pm AEST

Free

Watch the event here or on YouTube 

Online, via YouTube

Featuring...

Jannali Jones

Jannali is the author of ‘My Father’s Shadow’, a young adult thriller set in the Blue Mountains, winner of the 2015 Black&Write! fellowship.

Carissa Lee

Carissa Lee is a Noongar woman born on Wemba-Wemba Country, and is an actor, writer and PhD candidate.

Gary Lonesborough

Gary Lonesborough is a Yuin writer, who grew up on the Far South Coast of NSW as part of a large and proud Aboriginal family.

Maddi Miller

Maddison Miller is a Darug woman, archaeologist, creative, and researcher at the University of Melbourne. Maddi advocates for country and the importance of Aboriginal knowledge systems and perspectives in design, urban research, and practice.

Kalarni Murray

Kalarni is a proud First Nations Australian woman. She has spent most of her life creating and when asked to introduce herself she always says creator and story-teller.

Nardi Simpson

Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay writer, musician, composer and educator from North West NSW freshwater plains. A founding member of Indigenous folk duo Stiff Gins, Nardi has been performing nationally and internationally for 20 years. Her debut novel, Song of the Crocodile was a 2018 winner of a black&write! writing fellowship.