Meet Gene Smith. He's the Associate Director of the Melbourne Writers Festival and a student in RMIT's Master of Publishing and Writing. 

Gene joins us to talk about his career in the writers' festival industry, what the role of associate director looks like, and what we can expect from the 2020 Melbourne Writers Festival, which will be delivered online.

This episode was recorded remotely during May 2020 and in the midst of Level 3 restrictions, which we have just re-entered in Melbourne. There may be variations of audio quality.

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