Emerging Writers' Festival at Mona - Museum of Old and New Art

Australia’s Emerging Writers’ Festival will travel to Tasmania for a three-day program of events celebrating the written word and offering professional development opportunities for writers from across Australia.

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This unique roadshow opens on Thursday 31 October with a Digital Writers Conference, an event that aims to bring writers from around the country together to discuss and share their work with audiences online. Discussions will cover new opportunities in the medium, the changing social media landscape and adapting content to an online channel. Panellists throughout the day will include Bethanie Blanchard (Crikey, The Guardian), Kate McKenzie (Emerging Writers' Fesitval), Matthew Lamb (Island magazine), Benjamin Laird (web producer at Overland), Jennifer Mills (novelist), Connor Tomas O’Brien (Tomely.com), Zora Sanders (Meanjin), Jacinda Woodhead (Overland) and more.