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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Artist

Elizabeth Bourke

Elizabeth Bourke (she/her) is a young writer living on unceded Dharawal land. Her writing tangles nature, technology and queerness. Her work has been featured in Fremantle Press’ 2023 queer anthology ‘An Unexpected Party’, as well as Island, Voiceworks and Verandah. She was a finalist in The Age/Sydney Morning Herald 2023 Young Essayist Prize and highly commended for Express Media’s 2022 Catalyse Nonfiction Prize. She has appeared at the Emerging Writers’ Festival and National Young Writers’ Festival.

Wednesday 11 September

Digital Surrealisms

Is the world becoming unreal, or hyper-real? Sink into this series of audio surrealist works, from artists concerned with the obsolescence of memory, AI, and the relationship between creativity, and being chronically online.