From 24 May to 3 June the Emerging Writers' Festival is on in Melbourne. The full program has just been released. It consists of workshops, panels, performances, networking events and the always stimulating Town Hall writers' conference over the weekend of 26 and 27 May. Please come along to the Late Night Book Club session … Continue reading Emerging Writers’ Festival 2012 program out now
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Typecasting and narrative voice at the 2011 Emerging Writers’ Festival
The Emerging Writers' Festival, in its usual form, has thus far been about tequila shots and one long drunken conversation about The Wall. Yesterday I went to some actual sessions. Here's a write-up of two of those. Typecast The first session I attended yesterday was all about 'typecasting'. Do the authors on the panel agree with … Continue reading Typecasting and narrative voice at the 2011 Emerging Writers’ Festival
Never surrender! (But do read the submission guidelines) – EWF 2010
So first of all, I had too many wines at the Emerging Writers' Festival artist party on Friday, so I didn't roll up until about 1pm yesterday. The Town Hall was PACKED with moleskine-carrying, tweeting, emerging writer-types of all ages. Pictured: Tiggy Johnson and I at the EWF artist par-tay. Before I go into the … Continue reading Never surrender! (But do read the submission guidelines) – EWF 2010
2010 Emerging Writers' Festival in full swing
With the beaming Lisa Dempster at its helm, the 2010 Emerging Writers' Festival, here in Melbourne, is in full swing. So far I've attended The First Word (the opening night), one of the Fifteen Minutes of Fame Sessions (which received a great write-up here by Thuy-Linh Nguyen), the Page Parlour, and last night's Wordstock performance - … Continue reading 2010 Emerging Writers' Festival in full swing
Embracing the medium: what makes a successful cultural blog?
The following article is a slightly amended version of the speech I gave during the Emerging Writers' Festival panel The Revolution Will Be Downloaded, May 2009. In my reading of cultural blogs (particularly literary blogs), and through a growing audience for LiteraryMinded, I have found that some recurring elements exist in blogs which could be deemed successful. My measure of … Continue reading Embracing the medium: what makes a successful cultural blog?
Big fat round-up post + May haiku comp winners
Hey gang. Are you cool? Be cool. Only got about a quarter of the response to this month's haiku comp - doh! The them was 'the richness of the internet'. Thinking I might have to do it only every two months, or perhaps the topic was hard? Nonetheless, there were a few good'uns. The winner … Continue reading Big fat round-up post + May haiku comp winners
Emerging Writers' Festival photo journal
Chris Currie, myself, Krissy Kneen Please view my Emerging Writers' Festival 2009 photo journal in a public album on Facebook, complete with commentary and links to books and authors (from the 15 Minutes of Fame sessions). I will be posting my talk on cultural blogging from The Revolution Will be Downloaded panel sometime soon.
Liveblogging @ the Emerging Writers' Festival Page Parlour
I am invincible. I have survived 11 days of the Emerging Writers' Festival, from which I am currently liveblogging, on its final day. Around me are indie publishers, zinesters, perusers, cupcakes, hot chips, Lisa Demster (hello!), Sean Whelan's cool skeleton badge, and a spiderweb roof. A man just explained of my liveblogging to his wife as … Continue reading Liveblogging @ the Emerging Writers' Festival Page Parlour
Emerging Writers' Festival 2009 is on!
Friday was the opening night of the Emerging Writers' Festival, called The First Word. There were performances by Josephine Rowe (spellbinding, as usual), Maxine Clarke (powerful) and The List Operators (hilarious), plus more. There was a 'Call to Arms' by comic book writer Shane McCarthy - in which he basically said: if you're a writer, you're a … Continue reading Emerging Writers' Festival 2009 is on!
Annette Viesseux's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #5
Welcome to my desk. If it looks suspiciously like an office desk, that's because it is one. Hardly glamorous, but certainly functional. This is part of the office the Emerging Writers' Festival occupies in Arts House in North Melbourne until we move to our new home at the Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas. Most of … Continue reading Annette Viesseux's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #5
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