Sissy Austin and Dakota Feirer share readings on the theme Land Back, for our first episode of Vignettes Season 3: Spring. Sissy Austin is a Gunditjmara, Keerray Wurrung, Peek Wurrung and Djab Wurrung woman, and a community advocate for grassroots change. Sheis a grounded 27-year-old Aboriginal woman and she believes strongly in the power of Aboriginal voices and stories creating grassroots change in communities. Sissy has a history of advocacy, campaigning, community organising and navigating the intensity of Aboriginal politics and she is consistently advocating for self-determination to be the driving principle in all that she does. Sissy also has a personal blog called ‘Silent No More’ and has written articles for various outlets. For this episode, Sissy reads a piece about the destruction of a sacred tree on Djab Wurrung country – you can find the original piece published in the Guardian here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/27/the-destruction-of-a-sacred-tree-on-djab-wurrung-country-has-broken-our-hearts Dakota Feirer is a Bundjalung man living upon Dharawal and Yuin Lands. As a young poet, Dakota has performed for live audiences including Yours and Owls Festival and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Dakota’s body of work consists of poems, stories and reflections that critically engage with intergenerational trauma, gender, spirit and healing; all of which informed the methodology of his recent thesis which explored Indigenous cultural sovereignty in the 21st century. Dakota is carving out a path as an independent researcher, educator and advocate for healing country and First Nations communities through art and storytelling. As mentioned in the episode, we encourage you to check out Pay the Rent at paytherent.net.au and the Dhadjowa foundation at https://dhadjowa.com.au This podcast was audio produced by Joe Buchan. Our theme music was created by Thu Care, and our artwork is by Molly Hunt. You can find out more about the team behind this podcast and the artists featured, as well as access a transcript of the episode, on the EWF website – at emergingwritersfestival.org.au

Emerging Writers' Festival Podcast

Episode 1 - Land Back

Vignettes, the EWF storytelling podcast, is back for its third season: Spring. From November, we’ll be sharing brand new audio stories from emerging writers across the continent. With readings spanning genres, forms and themes, the podcast will feature personal essays, poetry and short stories on everything from mothering to the politics of food. We hope these episodes will provide you with new worlds to escape into and new ways to reflect on the world we’re living in. Find and subscribe to Vignettes: The EWF Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts, and find out more at https://emergingwritersfestival.org.au

Vignettes - Season 3: Spring, Episode 0 - Trailer

Listen in as Maddie Godfrey reads their poem 'When Does Your Body Feel Like It Belongs To You?'. This was created for the Emerging Writers' Festival 2021, as a part of the series 'Dis-belonging Bodies'.

#EWF21: Dis-belonging Bodies: When Does Your Body Feel Like It Belongs To You? by Maddie Godfrey

Life, death, healing, hydrating, water is all these things - symbolically and literally - and so much more. In this final episode of our Autumn Season of Vignettes, we have invited Natalie Cromb, Hineani Roberts, Nikki Viveca to share with us their thoughts on waves and whirlpools and waterways. Let's dive in...

Vignettes - Season 2: Autumn, Episode 5 - Water

Through season one, we loved bringing readings directly to you from some of our favourite writers. And we’re excited to do it again with Season Two. This time around, we’ll have five new episodes to carry you through leafy Autumn. For this episode, we invited Julia Rose Bak, Hajer Al-awsi and Dzenana Vucic to respond to the theme of Skin. We can’t wait for you to hear what these three incredible artists have in store for Mineral.

Vignettes - Season 2: Autumn, Episode 4 - Skin

Through season one, we loved bringing readings directly to you from some of our favourite writers. And we’re excited to do it again with Season Two. This time around, we’ll have five new episodes to carry you through leafy Autumn. For this episode, we invited Hana Pera Aoake, Maddison Miller and Iris Lee to respond to the theme of Mineral. We can’t wait for you to hear what these three incredible artists have in store for Mineral.

Vignettes - Season 2: Autumn, Episode 3 - Mineral

Through season one, we loved bringing readings directly to you from some of our favourite writers. And we’re excited to do it again with Season Two. This time around, we’ll have five new episodes to carry you through leafy Autumn. For this episode, we invited Lorna Munro, Harry Reid and Damien Becker to respond to the theme of Stick. We asked them to consider the sticking points of life - from stoking flames to building bridges, and we can’t wait for you to hear what they have in store.

Vignettes - Season 2: Autumn, Episode 2 - Stick

Vignettes, a podcast from the Emerging Writers’ Festival, is back for a second season! Throughout autumn, we’ll hear original readings from artists, responding to themes drawn from the world of nature. Over the next five weeks, we’ll feature emerging writers from all around the continent, working across genres and forms. Our five-part Autumn series begins with Fungi, dropping very soon. Find and subscribe to Vignettes: The EWF Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts, and find out more at emergingwritersfestival.org.au

Vignettes - Season 2: Autumn, Episode 0 - Trailer

Through season one, we loved bringing readings directly to you from some of our favourite writers. And we’re excited to do it again with Season Two. This time around, we’ll have five new episodes to carry you through leafy Autumn. This first episode of themed 'Fungi'. We’re so excited to share these reflections of connection, community and weaving with you – with Nardi Simpson and Aisha Trambas.

Vignettes - Season 2: Autumn, Episode 1 - Fungi

Welcome to the EWF19 Podcast! Hear from artists who feature throughout this year’s program as they ponder the many ways to have a writing career, how they take care of themselves while also taking care of their work, what they hope their art will set up for those coming after them and more. The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) is one of Australia’s most established and well-respected literary festivals. We exist to develop, nurture and promote Australia’s new writing talent, creating platforms for connecting writing communities and their audiences. Our theme music is the magical Huntly's 'Please' from their EP Songs in Your Name. Find them on Facebook as Huntly Music. This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations. We acknowledge that First Nations Peoples are the first storytellers of this land, and that their sovereignty has never been ceded. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and to the Elders of the lands this podcast reaches.

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