Anne van AlkemadeWordsmith

Melbourne's Emerging Writers Festival

Hi guys
The following is an email newsletter I receive from these guys. They’re looking for volunteers to help out for next month’s event. Reward for this will be tickets to various events.

If you’re interested, please read on.

Volunteer for the 2008 Emerging Writer’s Festival


The 2008 Emerging Writers’ Festival is looking for volunteers to help out with this year’s festival, 10th – 11th May at the Melbourne Town Hall and Federation Square.

We need volunteers to help out for a range of things over the whole weekend. Generally this will entail helping out on the door, room hosting and providing a general helping hand. As well there will be the highly popular showbag stuffing

We expect people to be able to commit two half days and one briefing session prior to the festival. We also need people to help out for Scrabble- an event that sees Paul Kelly’s lyrics used to inspire emerging Melbourne wordsmiths with the challenge of sampling from the lyrics and creating something new. If you haven’t already, check out the program at www.emergingwritersfestival.org.au

All volunteers will receive passes to festival events and the experience of working on one of the most important events in the literary arts calendar!

Time Commitment:
Please email volunteer coordinator Emily Hollosy at fair@emergingwritersfestival.org.au with your name, contact number, and the following details:
  • Availability for a meeting to be held for volunteers on Tuesday 6th May at 6pm at Ross House in Flinders Lane. Including showbag stuffing on Tuesday 6th May at 7pm

    Availability over the weekend (Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 May)
  • Saturday morning
  • Saturday afternoon
  • Sunday morning
  • Sunday afternoon
  • Interest in volunteering at Scrabble on Saturday night (preferably with experience in events or production)

apologies if you feel this is spamming the bubble; it’s not my intention.

  • Damian

    Damian, 3 months ago

    Sounds wonderful :)
    Shame I’m in the wrong state and a backwater town…!

  • Anne van Alkemade

    Anne van AlkemadeWordsmith, 3 months ago

    LOL. And unfortunately I’m a little afraid of crowds so I don’t tend to go to these things. bit of a bummer.

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