National Young Writer's Festival

What ethical considerations should you take into account when editing someone’s work? What questions should you ask yourself to make sure you edit a story responsibly? Join editors from Voiceworks​ and beyond for a roundtable discussion about working with other people’s words.Featuring: Maddie Godfrey, Bridget Caldwell, Dani Leever, Adalya Nash HusseinSHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFAdalya Nash HusseinFacebook - @adalyanashhusseinTwitter - @adalyanhDani Leeverhttps://www.quiet.ly/60297Twitter - @DaniLeeverMaddie Godfreyhttps://www.maddiegodfrey.comFacebook - @maddiegodfreypoetTwitter - @howtobeheldBridget CaldwellTwitter - @bridgetblouListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

It’s time to pit horror, sci-fi and fantasy against each other in this three-way genre fiction debate! At this event the teams will battle it out to prove once and for all what genre vampires truly belong in. Get ready for things to get heated (and probably a little ridiculous).SHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Desireé Dallagiacomo takes the stage – and our hearts – with some hard-hitting poetry.Desireé Dallagiacomo is a writer, performer, educator, and space creator an author of poetry book "Sink"In 2016, she founded The Heart of It, an intimate and intensive writing retreat in the high desert of New Mexico. It started as her passion project and has become something big and beautiful and great.Des started performing in poetry slams and open mics in 2009, and she has been a finalist at every major poetry slam in the United States.She is the co-host of a Southern Poetry podcast, Drawl.SHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFDesiree Dallagiacomohttps://www.desireedallagiacomo.comFacebook @desireedallagiacomo/Twitter @desdallagiacomoListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Have a laugh with Melissa McGlensey in this comedy set.Melissa is a writer with bylines on The Betoota Advocate, The Huffington Post, Today.com, Reductress and more, as well as a company member of the Melbourne-based improvised comedy troupes Soothplayers: Completely Improvised Shakespeare and the director of Completely Improvised Potter.SHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFMelissa McGlenseyhttps://www.melissamcglensey.comFacebook @mmcglenseyTwitter @OhHeyMelissListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

The myth. The legend. THE Nina Oyama graces us with this some great comedy.SHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFNina OyamaTwitter @ninaoyamaListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Criticism in inevitable at every stage of your career. It is arguably an integral mechanism of growth and improvement. This panel will discuss where the line between constructive criticism and being too harsh sits.Featuring: Vanessa Crofskey, Jess Cockerill, Chloe Sargeant, Mike Louis KennedySHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Newcastle’s biggest poetry night joins forces with NYWF to platform some of the best young writers from all around the country. These are the new voices leading the charge in contemporary Australian poetry and winning awards all over the joint.This minisode features the poetic stylings of Maddie Godfrey.If you like this episode of the NYWF podcast, then check out our other episodes and SUBSCRIBE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods.#NYWF #NYWF2019 #Festivals #Writing #Diversity #WritingCommunity#Fiction #NonFiction #Podcasts #Poetry #Comedy #CupletPoetrySHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFCuplet Poetryhttps://www.cupletpoetry.comFacebook - @cupletpoetryMaddie Godfrey https://www.maddiegodfrey.comTwitter - @howtobeheldFacebook - @maddiegodfreypoetListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Newcastle’s biggest poetry night joins forces with NYWF to platform some of the best young writers from all around the country. These are the new voices leading the charge in contemporary Australian poetry and winning awards all over the joint.This minisode features the poetic stylings of Rae White.If you like this episode of the NYWF podcast, then check out our other episodes and SUBSCRIBE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods.#NYWF #NYWF2019 #Festivals #Writing #Diversity #WritingCommunity#Fiction #NonFiction #Podcasts #Poetry #Comedy #CupletPoetrySHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFCuplet Poetryhttps://www.cupletpoetry.comFacebook - @cupletpoetryRade Whitehttps://raewhite.netTwitter - @wings_hummingFacebook - @wings.hummingListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Newcastle’s biggest poetry night joins forces with NYWF to platform some of the best young writers from all around the country. These are the new voices leading the charge in contemporary Australian poetry and winning awards all over the joint.This minisode features the poetic stylings of Manisha Anjali.If you like this episode of the NYWF podcast, then check out our other episodes and SUBSCRIBE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods.#NYWF #NYWF2019 #Festivals #Writing #Diversity #WritingCommunity#Fiction #NonFiction #Podcasts #Poetry #Comedy #CupletPoetrySHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFCuplet Poetryhttps://www.cupletpoetry.comFacebook - @cupletpoetryManisha Anjalihttps://manishaanjali.comTwitter - @manishaanjaliFacebook - @manishanajaliListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Newcastle’s biggest poetry night joins forces with NYWF to platform some of the best young writers from all around the country. These are the new voices leading the charge in contemporary Australian poetry and winning awards all over the joint.This minisode features the poetic stylings of Allison Gallagher.If you like this episode of the NYWF podcast, then check out our other episodes and SUBSCRIBE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods.#NYWF #NYWF2019 #Festivals #Writing #Diversity #WritingCommunity#Fiction #NonFiction #Podcasts #Poetry #Comedy #CupletPoetrySHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFCuplet Poetryhttps://www.cupletpoetry.comFacebook - @cupletpoetryAllison (Alex) Gallagher Twitter - @ALXGLLGHRFACEBOOK - @AlexGallagherListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Newcastle’s biggest poetry night joins forces with NYWF to platform some of the best young writers from all around the country. These are the new voices leading the charge in contemporary Australian poetry and winning awards all over the joint.This minisode features the poetic stylings of Kait Fenwick.If you like this episode of the NYWF podcast, then check out our other episodes and SUBSCRIBE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods.#NYWF #NYWF2019 #Festivals #Writing #Diversity #WritingCommunity#Fiction #NonFiction #Podcasts #Poetry #Comedy #CupletCarnivalSHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFCuplet Carnivalhttps://www.cupletpoetry.comFacebook - @cupletpoetryKait Fenwickhttps://kaitfenwick.wordpress.comTwitter - @kaitfenwickFacebook - @kaitfenwickpoetListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Newcastle’s biggest poetry night joins forces with NYWF to platform some of the best young writers from all around the country. These are the new voices leading the charge in contemporary Australian poetry and winning awards all over the joint.This minisode features the poetic stylings of Darlene Silva Soberano.If you like this episode of the NYWF podcast, then check out our other episodes and SUBSCRIBE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods.#NYWF #NYWF2019 #Festivals #Writing #Diversity #WritingCommunity#Fiction #Podcasts #Poetry #Comedy #CupletPoetrySHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFCuplet Carnivalhttps://www.cupletpoetry.comFacebook - @cupletpoetryDarlene Silva SoberanoTwitter - @DRLNSLVSBRNListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

"Eamonn Marra is a writer and comedian from Wellington, New Zealand. He has a Masters in Creative Writing from the IIML at Victoria University. He has been published in Sport, Turbine, Mimicry and his writing has featured on Radio New Zealand. He has performed in The NZ International Comedy Festival, the Auckland Writers Festival, LitCrawl and the NZ Fringe Festival. He is very efficient at doing his taxes."If you like this episode of the NYWF podcast, then check out our other episodes and SUBSCRIBE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods.#NYWF #NYWF2019 #Festivals #Writing #Diversity #EamonnMarra #YoungWriter #WritingCommunity#Fiction #NonFiction #Podcasts #Poetry #Comedy #NZSHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFEamonn Marrahttps://eamonnmarra.com/writingFacebook - @yourfriendeamonnmarraTwitter - @eamonnmarraListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

Crafting the perfect book or article can be difficult at the best of times, but what happens when people and events from your life make an appearance in your writing? At this event our panel will discuss how to make sure you don’t break hearts (or the law) when you write memoir.Featuring: Anthony Nocera, Nevo Zisin and Rachel KurzypIf you like this episode of the NYWF podcast, then check out our other episodes and SUBSCRIBE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your pods.#NYWF #NYWF2019 #Festivals #Writing #Diversity #WritingCommunity#Fiction #NonFiction #Podcasts #Poetry #Comedy SHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festivalhttps://youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook - @youngwritersfestivalTwitter / Instagram - @NYWFAnthony Nocerahttps://anthonynocera.comFacebook - @anthony.nocera.75Twitter - @anthonynocera21Nevo ZisinFacebook - @nevozisinTwitter - @FindingNevo1Rachel Kurzyphttps://rachelkurzyp.com.auFacebook - @rachelkurzypTwitter - @rachelkurzypListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler & @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelBAustralia Council for the Artshttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.auCreate NSWhttps://www.create.nsw.gov.au The Copyright Agency https://www.copyright.com.au

One of the unique parts of the NYWF are their Late night Readings where diverse, young writers get to share their words, their perspectives in what er format they like, on a range of fun and interesting topics. In this episode writers Pavan Dutta, Meleika Gesa, Roj Amedi, Laura Elvery and Cher Tan provide their answer to the question "Why I Write" through comedy, plays, poems, reflections and deeply emotional narratives. #NYWF19 #Newcastle #Writing #Diversity #Fiction #Poetry #Comedy #Podcasts #Non-Fiction SHOW NOTES: National Young Writer's Festivalwww.youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook / Twitter @NYWFPavan DuttaTwitter @PvnDuttaFacebook @pavanduttaMeleika Gesahttp://endlessyarning.comTwitter @yarningqueenRoj Amedihttp://rojamedi.comTwitter @Roj_AmeLaura Elveryhttps://lauraelvery.comTwitter @lauraelveryCher Tanhttp://jerkofalltrades.netTwitter @mxcreantListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler / @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelB

Four fiction writers discuss the potential for creating something entirely unique through experimentation. Traversing spaces between established and emerging genres and the intersections between form and content they discuss finding your own space in the flux.SHOWNOTES:National Young Writer's Festival www.youngwritersfestival.orgFacebook / Twitter @NYWFAngela Meyerhttps://literaryminded.com.auTwitter @LiteraryMindedJamie Marina LauInstagram @babyzzksMeleika Gesahttp://endlessyarning.comTwitter @endlessyarningListen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler)www.listenuppodcasting.com.auFacebook @kelbutler / @listenuppodcastingTwitter @KelB