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A weekend of fearless conversation
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Worlds Away
An Evening of Fantastical Storytelling

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Worlds Away: An Evening of Fantastical Storytelling

Lisa Fuller, Amie Kaufman, Lili Wilkinson, Jes Layton

Bookings open

17 Feb

Introducing Teddy in Warragul

DANDROGYNY

Bookings open

18 Feb

Copywrong to Copywriter

Tait Ischia

Bookings open

24 Feb

Underground Lovers: Encounters with Fungi

Alison Pouliot

Bookings open

27 Feb

Best of Australian Poems 2022

Judith Beveridge, Peter Boyle, Bonny Cassidy, Maya Hodge, Jeanine Leane, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Ellen van Neerven, Harry Reid, Samah Sabawi, Panda Wong, Sista Zai Zanda

Bookings open

28 Feb

State of the (Writing) Nation: Jennifer Down

Jennifer Down, Mykaela Saunders, Melanie Cheng, Andy Jackson, Christos Tsiolkas

Bookings open

1 Mar

2023 Stella Prize Longlist Announcement

Astrid Edwards, Alice Pung, Beejay Silcox, Jeff Sparrow, Alison Whittaker

Bookings open

2 Mar

M/OTHER

Life Drawing with Frankie van Kan

Frankie van Kan

Bookings open

3 Mar
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Return to Country: Repatriation and Resilience

6 Feb 2023

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Sophie Cunningham: This Devastating Fever

31 Jan 2023

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Hot Desk Extract: Hope to Die

24 Jan 2023

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Andrew Sean Greer: Less is Lost

24 Jan 2023

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Programming a weekend of fearless conversation

19 Jan 2023

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Hot Desk Extract: Impossible Figures

17 Jan 2023
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Andrew Sean Greer: Less Is Lost
January 22, 2023
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