Check out the latest events and opportunities from the wide range of writing and arts organisations that call The Wheeler Centre home, and explore the full list of Resident Organistations here.
Emerging Writers' Festival
2024 Emerging Writers' Festival
The 2024 Emerging Writers' Festival is back! Running 5-15 September, this is your opportunity to meet other emerging writers, enhance your creative skills, and grow your network. Witness performances of the spooky and the sensual, learn how to break into the arts scene, and connect to your local community! In-person & digital tickets are available natiowide.
2024 National Writers' Conference
For a full weekend this September 7-8, join The Emerging Writers' Festival at The Wheeler Centre & nationwide online for the 2024 National Writers' Conference. The premiere conference for literary professionals, aficionados and practioners to network, expand your craft and absorb the current pulse of the continent’s publishing and arts industry.
PEN Melbourne
PEN’s Lunchtime Letter Writing Program
PEN Melbourne campaigns for persecuted writers around the world. Come to PEN’s lunchtime letter writing program. Your letter will help increase international pressure and attention on writers who are silenced simply for the peaceful practice of their right to freedom of expression. Join us and support a writer who is currently in prison. Light refreshments and equipment provided.
The City of Literature
20 Minute Cities
To celebrate ten years of the City of Literature Office we are returning to our first project 20 Minute Cities with our friends at Emerging Writers Festival. Join writers from Heidelberg, Jakarta, Kozhikode, Krakow, Ljubljana, Nottingham, Quebec City, Reykjavik, Tukums, Vilnius and Wroclaw as they walk you through their city, pointing out what their City of Literature great.
Writers Victoria
Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund
Round 12 of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund is now open for applications. Emerging, midcareer and established Australian writers and literary sector workers can apply for grants between $2,000 and $10,000 for travel-based career development. Applications close 15 September 2024.
Plotting, Structuring and Pacing when Writing for Children with Gabrielle Wang
How do you decide which is the best way to tell your story? Through discussion and various writing and drawing exercises you will explore ways of getting to the heart of your children’s early reader, first chapter or middle grade story.
In-person at The Wheeler Centre Sat 12 October, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
The Moat
Negroni Week
Join us for Negroni Week at The Moat! From September 17 to 21, enjoy this classic Italian cocktail for just $16! We’ll see you at the bar…
