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

John Morrissey

John Morrissey is a Kalkadoon writer living in Melbourne. His debut collection of stories, Firelight, was published in 2023.

Friday 13 September

Scream Scenes

Dress up in your phantasmic finest for an evening of spine-tingling tales, from writers and ghouls alike.