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Working with Words: Amie Batalibasi / Film

Guest post by Amie Batalibasi

Amie Batalibasi is an award-winning writer and filmmaker and the recipient of this year's prestigious Merata Mita Fellowship from the Sundance Institute. She's now working on the screenplay for her debut feature film, Blackbird, on the history of Australia's sugar slaves. We spoke with Amie about Sundance, stories from the Solomon…

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Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships 2017: Introducing the Fellows (round two) / Books, reading & writing

Today, we welcome a fresh cohort of Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellows to the building. Find out about the projects and writers of our second intake for 2017.

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Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships 2017: Introducing the Fellows (round one) / Books, reading & writing

Our Hot Desk Fellowships are back. Find out who's been selected, and take a peek at the projects the first intake will be working on.

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The Next Big Thing

Poetry Edition / Poetry

With Saaro Umar, Autumn Royal, Chloe Wilson and 1 other

Poetry, more than most other forms of writing, takes on a different life when lifted from the page by the voice of a reader. That’s when many of the things that make poetry poetry – the rhythms and silences – can come to the fore.

At the Moat in May, hear from local poets who use voice, as well as words…

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Emerging Writers’ Festival Programme Launch: Everything’s … Fine / New & emerging writers

With Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, Julie Koh, Khalid Warsame and 2 others

It’s a tough time to be an emerging writer. Cuts to the arts and growing hostility in this uncertain, ‘post-truth’ world are enough to make anyone want to give up writing and become an accountant.

But, more than ever, we need our storytellers. Join us for the launch of the 2017 Emerging Writers’ Festival programme. Hot off the press, it’s…

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The Next Big Thing

The Lit Mag Edition / Journals & magazines

With Laura Stortenbeker, Anna Kingston, Ellen O'Brien and 1 other

It’s no secret that literary magazines are a great place to discover exciting, experimental new writing. At best, they offer that magical combination of a writer’s more intrepid ideas, an editor’s guiding hand and an open-minded readership.

In this edition of the Next Big Thing, hear readings of great new work – hand-picked by the editors of local lit rags…

Anything and everything in New & emerging writers from across our archives.

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Debut Novel Comes Gradually / New & emerging writers

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Working with Words: Karen Andrews / Creativity

By Jo Case

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‘Writing Sex Online is Great’: Sam George-Allen / Sex & relationships

Guest post by Sam George-Allen

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Emerging Writers’ Festival Launch: Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars / New & emerging writers

With Michaela McGuire, Brodie Lancaster, Rajith Savanadasa and 2 others

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Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships 2017: Introducing the Fellows (round one) / Books, reading & writing

Portrait of Jeremy Chambers

Jeremy Chambers / New & emerging writers

He has also undertaken studies with the Australian Centre for Psychoanalysis. He has worked as a furniture removalist, a newspaper distributor and a hardware salesman and trained as an amateur boxer. He lives in Melbourne. His first book is Vintage & Gleaning.

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New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Upstarts Vs the Old Guard / Editing, publishing & book design

With Paul Chadwick, Phoebe Montague, Andrew Dodd and 1 other

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Debut Mondays

June: Jane Rawson, Mel Campbell, Lucy Neave and Laura Woollett / New & emerging writers

With Jane Rawson, Mel Campbell, and Lucy Neave

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The Dry: An extract / Crime & pulp

Guest post by Jane Harper

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Tips from the Editors: Dos, Don’ts and Cautionary Tales / New & emerging writers

By Jo Case

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Joel Magarey on the Prism of Darkness / New & emerging writers

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Does Radio Have a Storytelling Edge Over Music and Writing Alone? / Media

By Jo Case

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Debut Mondays

Debut Mondays / New & emerging writers

With Denise Leith, Michael Sala, and Eric Knight

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Debut Mondays

October: Edwina Preston, Zane Lovitt, Jessie Cole and Robyn Dennison / New & emerging writers

With Zane Lovitt, Edwina Preston, Jessie Cole and 1 other

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The Next Big Thing

May: Elizabeth Kuiper, Pierz Newton-John, Angela Meyer and Emily Bitto / New & emerging writers

With Pierz Newton-John, Emily Bitto, Elizabeth Kuiper and 1 other

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The Next Big Thing

July: Luke Ryan, Sean Watson, Anna George and Tom Trumble / New & emerging writers

With Tom Trumble, Sean Watson, Anna George and 1 other

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Unpublished Manuscript Award at the Emerging Writers’ Festival Launch / New & emerging writers

With Graeme Simsion and Sam Twyford-Moore

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Workaholics Anonymous: Inside a Meeting / History, politics & current affairs

By Jo Case

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