Featuring insightful panels, inspiring workshops and inviting social events, this year’s Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) runs 10–18 September, offering a range of literary activities outside of the expected …
Take a dip into local lit at Fitzroy Pool
Writers bewitched by their local pool gather at the iconic 'aqua profonda' Fitzroy Pool. Soak in an evening of poetic musings related to the ritual of lap-swimming, and the vital role that public pools play in the writer’s imagination.
Pool entry is discounted for attendees before or after the reading.
When: Friday 11 September, 5.30pm–6.30pm
Where: Fitzroy Pool
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So you want to self-publish a novel?
Join award-nominated, self-published author J.S.Harman as he shares everything he’s learned about independent publishing since releasing DARK SANDS, an Aurealis Award finalist. Expect anecdotes, learnings, reflections and practical checklists, and hear about everything from ISBNs to sourcing an editor.
When: Saturday 12 September, 10.30am–12.30pm
Where: Hoppers Crossing Library
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Enter a live listening room with Deco Radio
Step into a peaceful sonic world, featuring new work from local writers.
Deco Radio is a publishing platform which brings writers' work to life sonically. Combining in alchemic storytelling, the platform traverses literary and sonic forms of expression – play with form is inherent to these collaborations.
When: Sunday 13 September, 6.30pm–7.30pm
Where: Studio Take Care, Brunswick
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The worst writing advice you’ve ever heard … on purpose?
Featuring Lisa Moule, author of The Mother of All Calamities, alongside other local and international writers, lament on the worst writing and creative advice you have ever received and persevered through. A hilarious evening of writerly camaraderie!
When: Thursday 17 September, 8pm–9pm
Where: Jolt Arts, Northcote
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Sometimes poetry is what’s not on the page …
Join debut author, Munira Tabassum Ahmed, for a poetic workshop exploring the negative space of creative work. Let yourself experiment with erasure and white space on the page; a silence symmetrical to voice.
When: Monday 14 September, 6.30pm–7.30pm
Where: Balam Balam Place, Brunswick
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Storytelling in the kitchen at Shop Bao Ngoc
At Shop Bao Ngọc, the kitchen is a research lab, archiving new and old ways to say I love you.
EWF takes this philosophy, and lets you indulge in a cozy evening of creative readings from new writers, paired with food offerings inspired by the bodies of water that have blessed them. Small salty oceans of broth, steam rising as if a shoreline at dawn, what does the distance of water ask us to remember?
When: Thursday 17 September, 8.30pm–9.30pm
Where: Shop Bao Ngoc, Brunswick
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For the full festival program and tickets, visit the EWF website.
Accessibility enquiries can be made via [email protected].
