
Melbourne City of Literature

Emerging Writers’ Festival: Program Launch 2025
The Wheeler Centre
Event Date:
7 August 2025 06:30 PM to 7 August 2025 07:30 PM
Author / Presenters:
Ella Rowe, Andrew Sutherland, Bayley Turner, Coral Reeve
Event Venue:
The Wheeler Centre
Event Organiser:
The Wheeler Centre
Join Emerging Writers’ Festival as they celebrate the official launch of their 22nd year.
In 2025, Emerging Writers' Festival turns a new page. With reimagined event formats and a program bursting with cross-disciplinary projects, community connection and bold creative energy, the Festival continues its mission to platform fresh voices and provide inspirational ground for writers of all ages and stages of their career. At this special launch event, the Emerging Writers’ Festival team will provide a tour of their 2025 program highlights, core offerings and deep cuts – including transformative workshops, immersive conversations, powerful readings and time to simply write, be and share with fellow storytellers. Then, artists Ella Rowe, Andrew Sutherland, Bayley Turner and Festival Guest Curator Coral Reeve will share new work responding to this year’s evocative artwork. Make a toast and riffle through your personal copy of the program as the countdown begins for the Festival’s return on Thursday 11 September.Subscribe to events
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