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Be the first to hear from emerging writers as they share what they’ve been working on during a ten-week fellowship at The Wheeler Centre.
Our popular Next Big Thing series is back again this September, and writers awarded a 2024 Hot Desk Fellowship will share excerpts from their works-in-progress.
Grab a drink and be inspired as host Diem Nguyen joins Chris Ames, Hugh Leitwell, Jessie Perrin, Shannon May Powell, Isobel Morphy-Walsh, Andrew Sutherland and Yogashree Thirunavukarasu in taking over the Moat for an evening of creativity, craft and candour.
Whether you’re into literary fiction, verse novels, plays or memoir, there’s something for every budding writer and critic at this edition of The Next Big Thing.
The Hot Desk Fellowships are supported by the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, the Readings Foundation and the Just Pretending theatre group.
The Next Big Thing
Want to meet tomorrow’s literary stars today? Let us introduce you. The Next Big Thing takes place every month at the Moat and is a cherished Melbourne institution. It’s the place to be if you want to hear great emerging writers read from new and adventurous work. Enjoy a delicious drink while sampling writing from tomorrow’s best and brightest literary stars.
Next Big Thing is generously supported by George and Rosa Morstyn.
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Monday 16 September
6.30pm - 7.30pm
Tickets
$19.00
Full
$15.00
Concession
$15.00
Under 30
$0.00
Pay What You Wish
Location
Accessibility
Accessible toilets available
Registered Assistance Animals welcome
Wheelchair accessible
For information regarding accessibility at The Moat, click here.
Please notify us of all access requirements when booking online so we can assist you with your visit. If you require further information, please contact ticketing@wheelercentre.com.
Featuring
Chris Ames
Chris Ames is an American writer and Australian resident. His work has appeared in Kill Your Darlings’ New Australian Fiction, The Big Issue Fiction Edition, The Believer, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, and elsewhere ...
Hugh Leitwell
Hugh Leitwell (né Coldwell-Ross) is a queer writer and communicator living and working in Naarm [Melbourne]. He is currently completing a Masters of Creative Writing, Editing and Publishing at the University of ...
Isobel Morphy-Walsh
Isobel Morphy-Walsh, a proud Nirim Baluk woman from the Taun Wurrung (Taungurung) people is at her core a weaver and a storyteller. She uses many different mediums and format to weave story into both performance ...
Jessie Perrin
Jessie Perrin lives in Naarm. She has a Master in Creative Writing and her work has appeared in various Australian publications. She currently teaches movement and 80s Aerobics dance classes.
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Shannon May Powell
Shannon May Powell is a poet and artist whose work poses gestures of longing towards new possibilities of gender, sexuality and trans-corporeal feminism. Their practice is grounded in the body and relationally activated ...
Andrew Sutherland
Andrew Sutherland (he/they) is a Queer Poz (PLHIV) writer and performance-maker currently based on unceded Wurundjeri land. His work draws upon Queer and intercultural ways of being, filtering autobiographical ...
Yogashree Thirunavukarasu
Yogashree Thirunavukarasu (she/her) is an actor, writer and spoken-word poet. She has worked in Malaysia, Singapore and has been based in Naarm/Melbourne since 2020. She performed her original spoken-word poetry ...
Diem Nguyen
Diem is the Wheeler Centre’s Program Coordinator. She has worked at the Emerging Writers’ Festival, Writers Victoria, and the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) ...