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

Jessica Yu

Jessica Zhan Mei Yu is a writer from Melbourne. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne. In 2020 she was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Prize for Literature Award in the Unpublished Manuscript category. Her writing has been published in Best Australian Poems, Overland, Yen, The Sydney Morning Herald, The White Review and more. She has won various prizes and fellowships for her writing.

Appearing In

Thursday 24 June, 8.30-9.30am AEST

Free, bookings essential

Online, via Zoom

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