Emily Brewin is a Melbourne author, copywriter and learning designer.
Her first novel, Hello, Goodbye, was published in 2017 and her second, Small Blessings, in 2019 — both with Allen & Unwin. Her first young adult novel is due for release with MidnightSun Publishing in April 2024.
Emily has been awarded an Australian Society of Authors Emerging Writers’ and Illustrators’ Mentorship for her fiction writing, and has been shortlisted for Hachette Australia’s Manuscript Development Program and Varuna’s Publisher Introduction Program. In 2018, she was awarded a Bundanon Trust artist residency as well as a Moreland Writers residency, to develop her third novel.
Emily’s short stories have appeared in anthologies, We’ll Stand in That Place: And Other Stories, Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology: Volume 10, and Into Your Arms: Nick Cave’s Songs Reimagined.
She has written for publications, The Age, ABC Education, news.com.au, Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, Archer, Feminartsy, The Victorian Writer, Mamamia, Shine, Metro and Screen Education magazines.
Emily runs copywriting business, Emily Brewin Copywriter, and teaches creative writing in schools and in the community. She is currently working on her fourth novel.
When she isn’t hunched over her computer, Emily enjoys cycling and letting loose with her wonderful children, family and friends.
