Emily was mentored by the late, celebrated Australian poet Dorothy Porter between 2004 and 2005, and made her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in 2012 with her one-woman spoken word show Love in the Key of Britpop. She has performed her poetry on the BBC 6 Music breakfast show, as well as at spoken word events in the UK and Australia. Emily previously wrote, produced and performed in plays for her former company the Union Players in the Melbourne Fringe Festival: Friday Night at the Union in 2005; Satisfaction in 2006; and The Agreement in 2007.