Editors - can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. In this ninety minute truce, editors put down their red pens and writers shelve their laptops to discuss professional co-dependence. Includes tips for writers on dealing with hyper-caffeinated deadline junkies, and for editors, massaging awful prose into publishable work without damaging tender egos.

Michael Farrell, one of Australia's most interesting experimental poets, reads from his newly published collection, A Raiders Guide, joined by fellow Melbourne poet, Sam Langer. Come & join this breakfast reading with a coffee, croissant & some radical language innovation. Presented by Critical Animals and the NYWF.

Two women rise at dawn to observe the secret life of two very different cities: Newcastle and New Delhi. Intimate moments are recorded in text, super-glued to the ground and left for the daytime world to piece together. Take part in a personal yet global narrative. www.alanahunt.net/DawnCUT.html.

Had enough of discussing/comparing/analysing/consuming writing? Shed that critic for a day to let your inner wordsmith roam wild with this spontaneous free-writing workshop. Using a series of prompted fast-flow, process-writing activities you'll soon be rambling like you've never rambled before!

Calling all writers, musos, stand-up comics and bag pipe kings. Got something new and hot to share with the rest of the world? The Matinee Open Mic sessions are your chance to show us what you're made of. Be bold. Be daring. Grab that mic and do what you will.

Calling all writers, musos, stand-up comics and bag pipe kings. Got something new and hot to share with the rest of the world? The Matinee Open Mic sessions are your chance to show us what you're made of. Be bold. Be daring. Grab that mic and do what you will.

Calling all writers, musos, stand-up comics and bag pipe kings. Got something new and hot to share with the rest of the world? The Matinee Open Mic sessions are your chance to show us what you're made of. Be bold. Be daring. Grab that mic and do what you will.

Calling all writers, musos, stand-up comics and bag pipe kings. Got something new and hot to share with the rest of the world? The Matinee Open Mic sessions are your chance to show us what you're made of. Be bold. Be daring. Grab that mic and do what you will.

See yourself in print! Join Voiceworks, Vibewire, Farrago and Youth Central to create an entire print & online magazine at the festival. It's collaboration in the extreme with just 5 days to write, edit, illustrate, layout, publish and distribute. This intro session outlines the process and will have you out there generating content in no time.

So, you say you want to be a writer/editor? We’ve got three words: present perfect continuous. Learn the basics of your own language PLUS proofreaders marks. Help the Voiceworks Editorial Committee edit work for the NYWF 08 mini-magazine Nanoworks. And watch as innocently wonkish debates over semi-colons escalate into brutal carnage.

Spoken word scenestars converge and combust in a two-part national showcase highlighting the brightest and the boldest of the Australian SW set. Part one features a lively lineup of favourites old and new and the launch of the NYWF 10th Anniversary Spoken Word Compilation.

Tune in and chill out with this all-time-favourite-poem share session. Bring your most coveted piece of verse to read and discuss with a circle of enthused wordsmiths. What influences you today and why? What are we reading for inspiration? From Donne to Dickinson, Doctor Dre to Doctor Seuss, all work welcome.

Amy Hill, JJ De Ceglie, Ben Dynan and Aaron Mannion bring new works to share and be shared by one and all. Come hear some new material and offer your bodies as sounding boards. If you have new writing or performance material you'd like to try out, email amy.nywf@gmail.com.

Rhythm with an attitude, poets in the mood ... If you love your poetry with guts and gusto, don't miss this collection from some of the hottest and most intriguing poets around. 

Enter Civic Park on Sunday for the world's longest picnic. Ok, there have been longer, but where else will you find sunshine, rugs, endless tea and hours of great entertainment? Featuring the One Horse Town launch, Teen Angst Time Capsule, Raw and the Open Brunch Spoken Word Sessions.

If you're under 18, listen up - this is your official introduction to the festival! Come find out what's going down with the program and the workshop series, and get hooked up with a mentor to be your partner in literati crime. Email amy.nywf@gmail.com for more.