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"A very wise person suggested I think of the manuscript as a kind of building or home renovation project."We checked in with Sally Abbott about her forthcoming novel 'Closing Down.'

We spoke with Fiona Wright, author of Small Acts of Disappearance (shortlisted for this year’s Stella Prize), ahead of Between The Covers on March 23.

"I wanted to explore how small concessions to prejudice can lead to an oppression that never acknowledges its own existence." We had a chat with Justina Ashman, who won the 2015 Monash Prize for her story The Space Between.

This year, EWF helped six Creative Producers to develop and implement events during the Festival. Each of them worked on different events, from closed forums to suburb-wide programs and one-night bangers. In the lead up to the closing of applications...

Geoff Orton is the founder of Writers Bloc (http://thewritersbloc.net/), previous director of the Younger Young Writers’ Program at the National Young Writers’ Festival and a high school teacher. At EWF15 Geoff hosted the Unlikely Paths panel at...

Jane Howard is an arts journalist, critic, and researcher who has worked throughout Australia and the UK. In 2015 she was Kill Your Darlings’ theatre and performing arts columnist, her work has appeared in publications including ABC Arts Online, Re...