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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Artist

Astrid Edwards

Astrid Edwards is an interviewer, teacher and advocate. She coordinates the Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT University, and she is the Chair of the Melbourne Writers Festival. Most importantly, Astrid is a bibliophile. She hosts two bookish podcasts, The Garret: Writers on Writing and Anonymous Was A Woman (alongside Jamila Rizvi). Astrid is a contributor to Growing Up Disabled in Australia (edited by Carly Findlay) and serves on the Victorian Disability Advisory Council.

Saturday 19 June, 12.30-1.30pm AEST

Access this session with a National Writers’ Conference pass 

The Atrium (Zoom)