27 June 2016
What is it like to be emerging writer in an age of a thousand cuts? Being an unknown writer is a slog and a labour of love at the best of times but this year, when grants to individual writers are being cut by 70%, the decision to devote yourself to writing a book is both intrepid and wildly optimistic.
While no one was taking the microphone and screaming out "what a time to be alive!" - the mood on opening night of the Emerging writers' festival in Melbourne last week was upbeat.