Emerging Writers' Festival looking for volunteers

Teresa Buchanan, one of our students, has passed on the Emerging Writers' Festival newsletter, and the festival committee are looking for volunteers. I've posted the email below (without a few bits like the unsubscribe directions). They have asked for this email to be passed on, so I hope they won't mind my sharing it here. Even if you can't volunteer, you might consider going. You can follow the link to their homepage to have a look at the program. The email link won't work in Blogger, so I've pasted it in.

Tracey

The Emerging Writers' Festival News Volunteer for the 2009 Emerging Writers' Festival! It’s just over two weeks until the Emerging Writers’ Festival kicks off and we're now looking for volunteers to support festival events. Volunteers are needed to help out with a range of panel events, forums, room hosting, and to staff the information desk during the Melbourne Town Hall program on the weekend of the 30th and 31st of May. All volunteers will receive passes to Melbourne Town Hall program, an invite to The First Word opening night event on 22nd May, and get to experience working on one of the most important events in the literary arts calendar! You    can    check    out   the   program   for   full  details online now Volunteers will need to commit to at least one day over the weekend, and a briefing session on Tuesday May 19th at 6 pm at Arts House Meat Market in North Melbourne. We’ll also need your help that evening to help us stuff our famous Showbags. Expressions of interest close Thursday 14th May. Please email the Volunteer Coordinator Jodie Kinnersley [info@emergingwritersfestival.org.au]  with your name, contact number, and the following details: Availability for the Volunteer Briefing (Tuesday 19th May) Availability over the Town Hall weekend (Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st May) If you have volunteered for the Emerging Writers’ Festival before. We are also looking for two volunteers to help out with The Page Parlour, our undiscovered press and (maga)zine event at Federation Square on Sunday 31st of May. If you’re interested in this, please let us know. The 2009 Emerging Writers’ Festival will be held from 22nd to the 31 May at the Melbourne Town Hall, State Library of Victoria, City Library, Federation Square and the Empress Hotel in Fitzroy North.

Our mailing address is: Emerging Writers' Festival P.O. Box 21251 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne, Victoria 8011 Copyright (C) 2009 Emerging Writers' Festival All rights reserved.