By Matthew Sims
A pair of performance-based writers will wow audiences at the Melbourne Planetarium as part of the Emerging Writers Festival.
In partnership with Scienceworks, the Writing the Stars event will be held on Thursday, June 23, with sessions at 7.30pm and 9pm.
Thabani Tshuma will be performing a special piece following a feature film screening in the Planetarium dome.
Mr Tshuma said he is fostering an infatuation with stars to prepare for the event, including watching episodes of Star Trek and other science fiction media.
“My latest obsession has been with the stars,” he said.
Mr Tshuma said he is working in performance and slam poetry, but his work is always evolving.
“I’m very jazz about it,” he said.
Mr Tshuma said he was looking forward to being involved in the festival for a third time.
“It’s always been such a wholesome place to get involved with,” Mr Tshuma said.
A group of three writers will also share their thoughts about what attracts them to write about the west.
Jinghua Qian, Harry Reid and Khalid Warsame will present as part of the Writing the West workshop at the Footscray library on Tuesday, June 21 from 6pm until 7pm.
The festival will also include the launch of a multi-disciplinary exhibition named Same River Twice.
Same River Twice is an outcome of Footscray Community Arts West Writers program and is presented in partnership with Footscray Community Arts.
The exhibition is running from Wednesday, June 15 to Sunday, July 3 at 45 Moreland Street in Footscray, while the launch will be held on Tuesday, June 21 from 7.30pm.
Details: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/event/writing-the-stars/, emergingwritersfestival.org.au/event/writing-your-world/, emergingwritersfestival.org.au/event/writing-the-west/ or emergingwritersfestival.org.au/event/same-river-twice/
