This year, to celebrate their 30th anniversary, Melbourne Writers' Festival is celebrating '30 Under 30', an initiative that seeks to promote 30 of Melbourne's writers, editors, bloggers, illustrators and songwriters aged 30 and under.
I am both thrilled and grateful to be one of these 30.
As part of this fantastic campaign, the 30 under 30 will be featuring in events throughout the 2015 Melbourne Writers' Festival between 20 and 30 August, but will also - with your support - be attending additional literary and writers' festivals elsewhere in Australia and overseas. It's a fantastic opportunity for all of us to showcase our work as young Australian writers, and to continue to develop our skills and careers.
In order to visit literary festivals in places as far and wide as Edinburgh, Poland, Singapore and Ubud, we're asking for your support through MWF's 30 Under 30 Pozible Campaign. Donations over $2 are tax deductable, and there are some wonderful rewards to be had, including double passes to MWF, exclusive party invitations, personalised thank yous and official acknowledgement of your support on the MWF website.
More informations can be found HERE.
The 30 Under 30 are...
ADOLFO ARANJUEZ • METRO EDITOR • WRITER
CAMERON BAKER • ZINE MAKER • 100 STORY BUILDING
DANIELLE BINKS • YA WRITER • REVIEWER • ALPHA READER
BROEDE CARMODY • JOURNALIST • EDITOR
ROBERT F. COLEMAN • WRITER • EDITOR
ANDRE DAO • FICTION & NON-FICTION WRITER • RIGHT NOW INC
ALIA GABRES • POET • STORYTELLER
MINNA GILLIGAN • ILLUSTRATOR • BLOGGER
DECLAN GREENE • PLAYWRIGHT • SISTERS GRIMM
REBECCA HARKINS-CROSS • WRITER • JOURNALIST • ART CRITIC
ERIK JENSEN • AUTHOR • EDITOR • THE SATURDAY PAPER
HANNAH KENT • NOVELIST • PUBLISHER
TRENT KUSTERS • GAMES DESIGNER • WRITER • FREEPLAY
BRODIE LANCASTER • EDITOR • WRITER • ROOKIE • THE GOOD COPY
MICHAELA MCGUIRE • AUTHOR • COLUMNIST • WOMEN OF LETTERS
AMY MIDDLETON • WRITER • EDITOR • ARCHER MAG
ALLYSE NEAR • NOVELIST
ALEXANDRA NEILL • COMIC • BLOGGER • NATIONAL YOUNG WRITERS' FESTIVAL
KIRA PURU • SONGWRITER
BHAKTHI PUVANENTHIRAN • DEPUTY ARTS EDITOR • THE AGE
LUKE RYAN • COMEDIAN • WRITER • MEMOIRIST
ELLENA SAVAGE • WRITER • EDITOR • CRITIC • THE LIFTED BROW
VERONICA SULLIVAN • WRITER • EDITOR • KILL YOUR DARLINGS
GILLIAN TERZIS • WRITER • HISTORY • POLITICS • CULTURE
BILLIE TUMARKIN • WRITER • BIRDEE
LOURIS VAN DE GEER • PLAYWRIGHT • DRAMATURG
STEPHANIE VAN SCHILT • EDITOR • COLUMNIST • THE REREADERS
SAM WALLMAN • CARTOONIST • COMICS JOURNALIST
LAURA WOOLLETT • NOVELIST
JESSICA YU • EDITOR • SHORT STORIES • POET • BETA NARRATIVES