Prepare to swoon at the Meet Cute, a literary love-fest featuring a line-up of beloved YA authors and emerging teen writers. Put your feet up and let us woo you with a selection of short and very sweet stories from award-winning YA authors Sarah Ayoub, Alison Evans and Melissa Keil. They’re joined by three emerging teenage writers who capture the magic of the meet cute in stories crafted with the support of our special YA mentors. Enjoy a cute night out with your rom-com-loving bestie, your special someone, your secret crush or take yourself on a date at this evening of stories that will take your breath away. If you’re attending Meet Cute, stick around for a spooky storytelling session at Spring Fling’s Fright Night.
This event will be photographed and recorded for use by the Wheeler Centre.
The bookseller for this event is Readings.
Celebrating our return to the stage and the rejuvenation of the arts and culture communities, Spring Fling is a short series of big ideas offering a delectable picnic spread of events with leading thinkers, writers and creators from Australia and abroad.
Spring Fling is supported by the Melbourne City Revitalisation Fund, a Victorian Government and City of Melbourne partnership.
Wheelchair accessible
Accessible toilets available
Sarah Ayoub is a freelance journalist, academic and bestselling author of books for teens and children. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, Marie-Claire, ELLE, Sydney Review of Books and more ...
Alison Evans is the award-winning author of three young adult (YA) novels: Euphoria Kids (2020), Highway Bodies (2019) and Ida (2017). They are a contributor in the YA anthologies Kindred: 12 Queer #loveozya Stories (2019) and ...
Melissa Keil is a writer and children's book editor. She is the author of three YA novels: Life in Outer Space, The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl and The Secret Science of Magic. Her short story, Sundays, is featured in Begin, End, Begin, the #LoveOzYA anthology ...
Jes Layton invented writing, the airplane, and the internet. He was also the first person to reach the North Pole. Jes is an author and illustrator currently living and working on Wurundjeri Land. He is the current co-CEO/Executive Director of the Emerging Writers' Festival and ...
Jodi McAlister is an author and academic. In her author life, she writes romance. In 2022, she has published Here For The Right Reasons (for adults) and Libby Lawrence is Good at Pretending (for young adults). She is also the ...