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Season Three is here. Browse our calendar of events, and book now ›

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Stories about striving, sweating, cheating and betting, in the latest edition of Notes – Win ›

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Les Hinton discusses Murdoch and the modern mainstream media on the Fifth Estate  podcast ›

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Divergent YA superstar Veronica Roth in conversation with Amie Kaufman. 10 September. Bookings now open ›

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Dog Days: Bob Murphy and Martin Flanagan ›

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Comedian, actress and writer Nina Oyama on indecipherable teenage diaries, generating ideas late at night and magic potatoes ›

Highlights

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Podcast episodeCover image for of The Long Game: Women in Sport Today

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The Long Game: Women in Sport Today  /  Sport

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Jini Maxwell: MWF Picks to Affirm Your Faith in the Power of Writing  /  Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Jini Maxwell

 
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Dog Days: Bob Murphy and Martin Flanagan  /  Sport

 
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The Fifth Estate

Les Hinton  /  Internet, journalism, media & publishing

 
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Jeff Goodell: The Water Will Come  /  Energy, environment & climate

News
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Working with Words: Alex McKinnon  /  Work

Guest post by Alex McKinnon

Universal mind

Explorations of the brain, technology and the universe

 
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David Eagleman: The Creative Brain  /  Science & technology

With David Eagleman and Natasha Mitchell

 
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Question Time: Technology and the Brain  /  Psychology & mental health

With Madeleine Morris, Michael Arnold, and Olivia Carter

 
Podcast episodeCover image for of Forget About It!: The Science and Psychology of Memory

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Forget About It!: The Science and Psychology of Memory  /  Psychology & mental health

 
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Does the universe have a memory? Alan Duffy  /  Science & technology

With Alan Duffy

 
Promo image for Cory Doctorow and Alan Brough: What is the best way to destroy the internet before it destroys us?

Cory Doctorow and Alan Brough: What is the best way to destroy the internet before it destroys us?  /  Internet, journalism, media & publishing

With Cory Doctorow and Alan Brough

 
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The Interrobang

Upulie Divisekera: How does the world end?  /  Science & technology

Running thoughts

From our upcoming presenters

Portrait of Gerald Murnane

I think you can probably see that I’m sane, but I say and believe things that insane people believe.

Gerald Murnane on intuition and intimation

Portrait of Sara Ahmed

Deviation is hard. Deviation is made hard.

Sara Ahmed on refusal and complaint

Portrait of Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Google offers digital truth serum. The words we type there are more honest than the pictures we present on Facebook or Instagram.

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on curated online selves 

Latest news

Updates from the Wheeler Centre and adjacents

Jini Maxwell: MWF Picks to Affirm Your Faith in the Power of Writing  /  Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Jini Maxwell

Working with Words: Alex McKinnon  /  Work

Guest post by Alex McKinnon

Working with Words: Maryam Azam  /  Work

Guest post by Maryam Azam

Working with Words: Alistair Baldwin  /  Work

Guest post by Alistair Baldwin

Dive into our podcasts with these gateway episodes

 
Podcast episodeCover image for of Robert Webb: How Not to Be a Boy

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Robert Webb: How Not to Be a Boy  /  Biography & memoir

 
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Jenny Zhang  /  Books, reading & writing

 
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Better Off Dead

1 The invasion of death  /  Life & death

 
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Making Waves: The Changing Shape of Australian Feminism  /  Sexual & gender politics

 
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Dog Days: Bob Murphy and Martin Flanagan  /  Sport

 
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The Messenger

1 Aziz, Not a Boat Number  /  Migration

Words on Fire: Carly Findlay

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Listen to Housekeeping – an audio mini-series about voting, beyond the ballot box

 
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Housekeeping #1: Sizzle  /  Australia

 
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Housekeeping #2: ID  /  Government

 
Podcast episodeCover image for of Housekeeping #3: No-Shows

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Housekeeping #3: No-Shows  /  Australian politics

 
Podcast episodeCover image for of Housekeeping #4: Scrutiny

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Housekeeping #4: Scrutiny  /  Government

 
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Housekeeping #5: Locked Out  /  Crime

Some of our favourite notes

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Reading into Dementia  /  Young & old

Guest post by Melanie Joosten

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The Case for Cartoons  /  Comedy & humour

Guest post by Oslo Davis

Note
Promo image for Live the Lie: how narrative is used in crowdfunding

Live the Lie: how narrative is used in crowdfunding  /  Internet, journalism, media & publishing

Guest post by Oscar Schwartz

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Beyond Bars: two perspectives  /  Social justice

By Sophie Quick

Note
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Heat Waves: Something Good is Gonna Happen  /  Music

Guest post by Sam George-Allen

Note
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Putting Quarters in a Broken Machine: on the merit of literary prizes in Australia  /  Awards & prizes

Guest post by Omar Sakr

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I’m Only Sleeping: Stories from the edge of wakefulness  /  Radio & podcasts

Guest post by Bec Fary

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Jumping Off Mountains  /  Biography & memoir

Guest post by Cheryl Strayed

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Deny, Deny, Deny  /  Race & multiculturalism

Guest post by Santilla Chingaipe

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Miranda July’s Internet Interventions  /  Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Connor Tomas O'Brien

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Promo image for Radio is Dead: Long live radio documentaries and features

Radio is Dead: Long live radio documentaries and features  /  Radio & podcasts

Guest post by Kyla Brettle

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The Tern  /  Fiction

Guest post by Tony Birch

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Loudest Libraries  /  Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Stuart Kells

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Members Only: on politicians who write fiction  /  Fiction

By Sophie Quick

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Dear Lexdyslic Reader: why I love Roald Dahl  /  Literacy

Guest post by Jackie French

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Memories of an Island  /  Climate change & weather

Guest post by Xiaolu Guo

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Do Not Ask for Whom the Pinball Chimes  /  Life & death

Guest post by David Astle

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What’s the difference between a religion and a cult?  /  Faith, religion & spirituality

Guest post by Andrew Singleton

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