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 I’m just going to say this: Holy shit, I love this festival. On the 2012 program so… [Read more…]
September 14, 2011
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 Australia is, giving them ideas and inspiration about using the internet for the powers of good. The conference is to be… [Read more…]
September 5, 2011
This year I’ve been getting increasingly obsessed with the idea of storytelling. It seems kind of obvious that I would think about the idea seeing as I call myself a writer. But, honestly, with the type of writing that I spend most of my time doing (blogging, tender writing, marketing copy, sponsorship proposals), storytelling is… [Read more…]
July 12, 2011
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 myself still thinking about two months later. People The EWF team was definitely a highlight. It was a… [Read more…]
June 14, 2011
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 an arts festival you spend every waking moment with the same group people for a concentrated period of time and… [Read more…]
May 23, 2011
It’s festival week. A month of massive weekends (in which, as discussed previously, I am used to sleeping) in the lead-up is probably not the most strategic manoeuver in terms of personal energy conservation/stockpiling but there’s nothing I can do about that now. Luckily, I’m really excited about the festival which is pretty energising. I… [Read more…]
May 16, 2011
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 for comment (on this blog). EWF is great because it’s a festival for writers rather than authors’ groupies. If you… [Read more…]
March 18, 2011
Interesting, chatty article about the strengths, weaknesses and hopes for the future of new media compared to old media. Very refreshing to read a balanced view rather than “digital media is undermining real news!” or “old media should just die already!” An argument from a Slate editor to do away with anonymous commenting online. What… [Read more…]
December 14, 2010
A few years ago, I wrote a story that ended up being called Dragon Dust. I thought of the ending first, as I often do, then filled in the beginning and middle later. The idea came suddenly and was written quickly. I don’t often do that. It was set in an imaginary world, nothing too… [Read more…]
November 22, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I went to Sydney for a day trip. The impetus was the Emerging Writers Festival Roadshow that I posted about a little while ago. The first session was a panel of writers with books out who were asked to talk about the seven things they wish they had known before… [Read more…]
April 4, 2012
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