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Academic and author Tom Lee on farming, 1984 and the joy of writing in busy places ›
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Jack Reacher author Lee Child. Wednesday 21 November. Second session now open for bookings ›

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Sara Ahmed on complaint ›

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Monica Karo, Ryan Prehn and Emily Munro-Harrison perform readings of their work ›

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Dive into an extract from 2018 Hot Desk Fellow Amanda Anastasi's 2042 ›

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Celebrate Melbourne's decade as a City of Literature ›

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Chloe Hooper: The Arsonist  /  Australian stories

With Chloe Hooper and Anna Krien

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Hot Desk Extract: 2042  /  New & emerging writers

Guest post by Amanda Anastasi

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Working with Words: Tom Lee  /  Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Tom Lee

 
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Books and Ideas at Montalto

Steven Carroll  /  Fiction

 
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Acting Out: Art that Changes the World  /  Performing arts & pop culture

With Mama Alto, Steve Lambert, and Jax Jacki Brown

Season Four

Explore highlights from our just-announced slate of events

Running thoughts

From our upcoming presenters

Portrait of Gabrielle Chan

More than anything, the ideas that unite the crossbench represent my main street.

Gabrielle Chan on the divide between Canberra and country voters

Portrait of Joseph Stiglitz

The belief in the American dream is reinforced by anecdotes, by dramatic examples of individuals who have made it from the bottom to the top – but what matters most are an individual's life chances.

Joseph Stiglitz on inequality in America

Portrait of Shaun Micallef

[Playing myself] would be too tedious for any audience.

Shaun Micallef on why he always plays a character

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Hot Desk Extract: 2042  /  New & emerging writers

Guest post by Amanda Anastasi

Working with Words: Tom Lee  /  Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Tom Lee

Hot Desk Extract: Turbulence  /  Poetry

Guest post by Thuy On

Working with Words: Joseph Chetcuti  /  Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Joseph Chetcuti

Dive into our podcasts with these gateway episodes

 
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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

 
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Housekeeping #3: No-Shows  /  Australian politics

 
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Housekeeping #4: Scrutiny  /  Government

 
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Housekeeping #5: Locked Out  /  Crime

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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

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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

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Heat Waves: Something Good is Gonna Happen  /  Music

Guest post by Sam George-Allen

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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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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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