Emerging Writer's Festival is just around the corner, a festival to discover new stories, new voices, and new worlds. Below are a constellation of the incredible events that promise connection, the natural world and even storytelling under the stars.
Hibernal: under the moon
Celebrate the Winter Solstice with an evening of storytelling. Settle yourself around the fire as you listen to an array of performers whisper myths and legends into the flames.
When: 7pm, Thursday 22 June
Where: Collingwood Yards
Tickets: here
Digital Ecologies
Nature and technology, we crave them both but often sacrifice one for the other. Listen in on a discussion on how we can embrace both in our everyday lives.
When: 11am, Thursday 15 June
Where: Online, Via Youtube
Tickets: here
EWF X AMWP: Spillways
Speaking more than one language doesn’t split the self, it expands it.
This is an evening of literary performances spoken in Urdu, Hindi, French, Russian, Arabic, Mandarin, English and Spanish. Bring your tissues.
When: 7pm, Wednesday 21 June
Where: Immigration Museum
Tickets: here
The Sun, The Moon, The Stars
Discover the magic and wonders of our solar system as First Nations writers tell stories of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.
When: 7pm, Thursday 15 June
Where: Arts Centre Melbourne
Tickets: here
Closing Night: Celestial Bodies
Dance among the constellations in your most other-worldly outfits to say farewell to EWF for 2023 in the most EXTRA-terestial way with a dreamy line-up of well-loved writers, artists and inter-galactic DJs.
When: 8pm, Saturday 24 June
Where: Immigration Museum
Tickets: here
