The National Young Writers' Festival is Australia's premier event for emerging writers, publishers, performers and trouble-makers. Several thousand of the country's most challenging and original young minds will descend upon Newcastle for a five day creative bender. Far from the seas of white hair, book signings and celebrity author worship you might expect, the NYWF is a DIY, hands-on conversation between equals.
In 2008, we turn 10! Join us to celebrate with bogan stubby-holder poetry, radical new forms of decentred publishing, hyper-nerdy discussion of plot & character development, passionate debates the cultural and political futures of the country, and some of the best parties you've stumbled across in a long while. Full program released very, very soon!
The NYWF takes place as part of the This Is Not Art (TiNA) festival, which adds independent musicians, journalists, artists, performers, activists, nerds and lovers-of-ginger-beer to the mix. It's a combination of cutting-edge performances, panels, collaborations, experiments, workshops and parties. It's unique. It's free. You should come and be part of it.
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Elly Michelle Clough - Marketing  Elly was born in tent nearly 26 years ago, and some times wishes she could go back. Between then and now she has completed a theatre degree in Toowoomba, worked for an MP in Clayfield, managed a... >> read more |
Engage Media is Hiring! Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Wednesday Aug 20th, 2008 EngageMedia is seeking four new people to join their growing organisation. They're an amazing online video, training, networking and software development project focussed on social justice and environmental issues in the Asia-Pacific region, not to mention friends of TiNA and the NYWF. They are currently looking for people to fill several positions: |
Gigantic pink teddy bears and a Multi-media Interactive Arts Festival Author(s): Sonya Gee | Posted: Tuesday Aug 19th, 2008 Shopfront and Hurstville City Council promise a six-foot pink teddy bear this weekend at (lost toy story), an interactive multi-media arts festival that is all about lost toys, hopes and fears through sculpture, installations, performances, poetry and hugs at 12 different locations. |
POSITION VACANT-PAID P/T-THIS IS NOT ART FESTIVAL CO-ORDINATOR 2008/09 Author(s): Ella Holcombe | Posted: Monday Aug 11th, 2008 POSITION VACANT-PAID P/T-THIS IS NOT ART FESTIVAL CO-ORDINATOR 2008/09 |
WA: Cottonmouth collective presents First Page - a brand new publication Author(s): Sonya Gee | Posted: Monday Aug 11th, 2008 Western Australian champions of performaed spoken word, poetry, sound art and new media and spawn of the NYWF of 2007, the Cottonmouth collective is hosting the launch of a shiny new publication from First Page. |
Be part of the This Is Not Art Festival Author(s): Ella Holcombe | Posted: Monday Aug 11th, 2008 This Is Not Art thrives on the love, skills and talents of its dedicated volunteers - why don't you join the team? |
TEXT CAMP reader Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Wednesday Aug 6th, 2008 Download the TEXT CAMP reader below for some challenging and stimulating contemporary arts writing. Thirteen emerging arts writers, including NYWF / TiNA artists Mitch Moriaty, Alana Hunt, Holly Childs and Jessica Friedmann, have made a fantastic range of creative and critical responses to the 2008 Next Wave Festival. Check it! >> read more |
Not Quite Art Blog Author(s): Sonya Gee | Posted: Monday Aug 4th, 2008 Though he may have founded the This is Not Art Festival, of which the NYWF is part, has been the artistic director of Melbourne's Next Wave art festival, written and produced for ABC radio and most recently has been published in the Griffith Review, Newcastle native Marcus Westbury isn't shy to point out that he got kicked out of his Communications degree... |
Overload Poetry Festival - Launch and 1st Showcase Author(s): Sonya Gee | Posted: Tuesday Jul 29th, 2008 Time to wrap up warm and fill your pockets with no-doz, the Overload Poetry |
un Magazine 2.2 call for proposals Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Monday Jul 28th, 2008 un Magazine, Melbourne’s leading independent magazine for contemporary art, is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for issue 2.2, which will be published in mid-November 2008. |
Buzzcuts 2008 - calling all budding reviewers Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Monday Jul 28th, 2008 See yourself as a budding arts critic? Express media is offering reviewers between the age of 18 and 25 the chance to see the Melbourne Fringe (24 September – 12 October) show of their choice, write reviews and see them published on the Buzzcuts website. The best reviews will be published weekly during the Fringe in Beat Magazine. Applications close Wednesday 13th August. Check the... >> read more |