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.
Sometimes all you want is to sip on a nice cup of tea and listen to a good story before bed. We invite you to put on your pyjamas and settle in for a cosy night of bedtime storytelling – with a twist. Escape the day with some of the best up-and-coming writers as they send you into a fantastical dreamscape with reimaginings of classic tales.
Hosted by Olivia Muscat
Presented in partnership with the City of Port Phillip
Watch this event here or on YouTube
Bryant Apolonio is a Filipino-Australian writer and lawyer. He grew up in Sydney and lives in Darwin. He won the Overland Fair Australia Prize for Fiction (2017) and the Liminal Prize for Fiction (2019).
Cheryl Ho is a Chinese-Singaporean Actor, Maker, and Director of Special Projects at Artwave Studio. Her practice includes performance, writing and facilitation. Her show, 落叶归根(Luò yè guī gēn) Getting Home won 4 awards at Melbourne Fringe 2020 (Best in Theatre, Best Emerging Writer, Best Emerging Producer and New Zealand Tour Ready award).
Jes Layton invented writing, the airplane, and the internet. He was also the first person to reach the North Pole. Jes is a writer with words and art found in Junkee, Kill Your Darlings, Voiceworks, EnbyLife, Archer and scattered elsewhere online.
Olivia Muscat writes about disability, the arts and random things that pop into her head. Her writing features in the anthologies Meet Me at the Intersection, Women of a Certain Rage, and Growing Up Disabled in Australia.
Merryana Salem is a proud Wonnarua and Lebanese–Australian critic, teacher, Communications graduate, and writer. You can find her around social media at @akajustmerry, and her other writings in Junkee, Kill Your Darlings and The Big Issue.
Melanie Saward is a proud descendant of the Bigambul and Wakka Wakka peoples.
In an evening of decidedly and deliciously queer erotica readings, these artists tease and taunt, tearing apart the concepts of writing about sex, romance and human connections.
Following Safe Spaces, Littlefoot & Co. are set to to shake up the stage with spoken word and performances that are straight fire.
Join us to celebrate the launch of Đất Nước Library with four different Naarm-based Vietnamese artists who will read and respond to texts from the collection.
Experimenting with form, a multi-talented, multi-disciplinary group of emerging artists gather to imagine the not-so-far-flung future of the planet in this special digital event.
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