The Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowships are wrapping up for 2025 and in this instalment of The Next Big Thing series, we’re showcasing writers from the third intake of fellows.
For this year's final edition of The Next Big Thing, writers awarded a 2025 Hot Desk Fellowship take the stage to share excerpts from their works-in-progress.
Grab a drink and settle in as host Pranati Narayan Visweswaran introduces Violet Kieu, Josephine Mead, Madelaine Nunn, Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh and Yasmin to the Moat for an evening of captivating readings – from poetry to horror to experimental non-fiction – along with insights into their creative practice.
The Hot Desk Fellowships are supported by the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, the Readings Foundation and the Just Pretending theatre group.
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Monday 24 November
6.30 - 7.30pm
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$19.50
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Featuring
Violet Kieu
Violet is a Vietnamese-Australian writer and Fertility Specialist in Melbourne. She has won a Boroondara Literature Award, and been shortlisted for the Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Award for Narrative Non-Fiction ...
Josephine Mead
Josephine has exhibited and been published widely, both nationally and internationally and has undertaken residency programs in Mexico, Portugal, Turkey, Greece and Germany. She was Chair of Artistic Directors for ...
Madelaine Nunn
Madelaine Nunn is an AWGIE winning writer, actor and producer working across theatre, film and radio since graduating from the VCA in 2015. Madelaine is the founder of Mad Nun Productions, co-founder of Three ...
Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh
Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh is a writer and arts working living and creating on unceded Wurundjeri land. Ruby was the Artistic Director and co-ceo of Emerging Writers’ Festival from 2020-2025 and is a co-founder of Yo ...
Yasmin
Yasmin, a Lebanese poet based in Naarm, intricately weaves the threads of Arab identity and culture into her poetry.
Pranati Narayan Visweswaran
Artist, creative worker, and culture junkie, Pranati is a staunch supporter of the arts. They have worked with emerging, independent BIPOC artists, and are the founder of local initiative South by South East Asian (SXSEA ...