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17 Sep 2019

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Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships 2019: Introducing the Fellows (round three) / New & emerging writers

Meet the third intake of Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellows, and take a peek at the projects they'll be working on.

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Andrew Sean Greer: The Less We Know / Fiction

With Andrew Sean Greer and Benjamin Law

When his novel Less won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Andrew Sean Greer tweeted, he ‘had just persuaded a dog to let me put her into polka dot pajamas (not my dog)’. He literally didn’t believe the news.

Readers clearly feel otherwise. Less tells the story of Arthur Less – a writer fearing his own mediocrity and middle age…

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Iconic Duos: The Next Chapter Writers and Mentors / Books, reading & writing

With Michael Williams, Tony Birch, Evelyn Araluen and 4 others

As applications opened for The Next Chapter’s second year, Wheeler Centre Director Michael Williams spoke with writers and mentors from the inaugural intake at the Sydney Writers Festival.

At the event, Evelyn Araluen, Tony Birch, Nayuka Gorrie, Alison Whittaker, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and Michele Lee discussed collaboration, constructive criticism and meaningful mentoring.

The Next Chapter is a scheme dedicated to…

15 Jul 2019

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Hot Desk Extract: Cultural Nomad / Poetry

Guest post by Thabani Tshuma

A selection of poems from Thabani Tshuma's Cultural Nomad, a collection exploring contemporary culture and addressing intersectionality, addiction, spirituality, generational trauma and relationships.

8 Jul 2019

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Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships 2019: Introducing the Fellows (round two) / New & emerging writers

Meet the second intake of Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellows, and take a peek at the projects they'll be working on.

30 May 2019

Next Chapter

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Rebecca Lim: ‘Don’t be afraid to have your story out there' / Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Rebecca Lim

2018 Next Chapter mentor Rebecca Lim encourages anyone interested to apply for the scheme.

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6 May 2019

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Nick Earls: ‘It’s also good when mentoring includes the business side' / New & emerging writers

Guest post by Nick Earls

20 Apr 2011

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Literature & Australian-ness / Awards & prizes

By Alex Landragin

15 Apr 2019

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Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships 2019: Introducing the Fellows (round one) / New & emerging writers

14 Aug 2014

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Working with Words: Andrew Nette / Creativity

By Jo Case

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PM’s Literary Awards Winners in Conversation / Books, reading & writing

With Thuy On, Elizabeth Tynan, and Ryan O'Neill

22 May 2012

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Best Australian Book Design, 2012 / Graphic design

By Jo Case

22 Aug 2011

Irish Novelist May Not Win the Booker / Books, reading & writing

By Alex Landragin

An Irish author has, by dint of sheer chutzpah, managed a way to be nominated for a literary award before his book has been published. Two weekends ago, Julian Gough posted a plea for help on his website under the title, ‘Help save civilisation by reading a funny book’. Gough asked readers to read and review his forthcoming comic novel Jude in London for…

20 Jan 2014

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Our Reviews: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (Fiction) / Awards & prizes

By Jo Case

15 Oct 2014

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Infinite Love and Murderous Impulses: Richard Flanagan on The Narrow Road to the Deep North / Awards & prizes

By Jo Case

21 Jun 2011

Lord Mayor Creative Writing Awards Announced / Awards & prizes

By Alex Landragin

The Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards are being hosted by the Melbourne Library Service. There’s $1000 to be won in five categories, and an overall prize of $5000. Applications are due on Wednesday August 31.

10 Jun 2011

Friday Choice Cuts / Awards & prizes

By Alex Landragin

This week has been a veritable hotbed of controversy. Here’s our wrap.

Amina Arraf, a lesbian Syrian blogger, was abducted by Syrian authorities during the week, prompting howls of protest around the world - at least until it emerged that she may be the figment of someone’s imagination. If that’s the case, it would be a distasteful distraction from the life-and-death struggle many Syrians…

19 Jun 2013

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