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Festival directing
Just another day at the office… I love it. I was unsure of how I would go – both in terms of performance and enjoyment, but those fears seem a bit ridiculous to me now. I love it, of course I love it....
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The travelling writers festival
Most writers festivals are location specific: the Brisbane Writers Festival, the Sunshine Coast Writers Festival, the Tropical Writers Festival, even the National Young Writers Festival. Not so the...
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This is one of the best, cheapest ways you can support writers
The Emerging Writers’ Festival which happens every winter in Melbourne is the best festival for writers I know of. And I’m not saying that because I’m one of the official schmoozers. I don’t do cash...
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Behind the scenes: Having a healthy festival
Usually at festivals, I want to do everything all the time. When there are tons of things on in a concentrated period you want to get the most out of them as you can, right? Especially if you’ve taken...
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“Ah, festival conversations.”
So said a friend who, like me, has had many festival and conference experiences. She’s in London and I was telling her all about the fantasticness of the Emerging Writers’ Festival. When you work on...
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More on why the Emerging Writers’ Festival is awesome
I’ve written about it before, but the ripples of #ewf11 just keep on lapping at the edges of my mind. And coming out in stupid metaphors that don’t make sense. Here are the things that I’m finding...
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Another call to action about a cool thing I love
My favourite writers’ festival, the Emerging Writers’ Festival, is after your donations to do a cool new thing — a mini-conference for the next round of writers who will remind the world how awesome...
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EWFdigital: What does an online writing festival look like?
Image: Initial whiteboarding of "what does an online festival look like?" Over the last few years EWFdigital has grown to be a significant part of the Emerging Writers’ Festival. Thanks to social media...
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Oh em gee
Yesterday, for the first time in a few weeks I took a look at the draft program for the Emerging Writers’ Festival. I don’t know how much we’re revealing about it before the program launch on 4 May, so...
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