The Emerging Writers’ Festival work, learn and play largely on the land of the Kulin nation, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.

EWF celebrates the history and creativity of the world’s oldest living culture.

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22 January, 2018

January 26

On January 26, the offices of the Emerging Writers’ Festival, Express Media, Melbourne Writers Festival and Writers Victoria will be open.


5 December, 2017

Rachel Ang: EWF x UWRF Exchange

This year, EWF sent comic artist and illustrator Rachel Ang to the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. We spoke to Rachel about her time in Ubud, battling Impostor Syndrome and doing a comics reading at a Pecha Kucha.