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The Next Big Thing

Hot Desk Edition #2 / New & emerging writers

With Koraly Dimitriadis, Mia Slater, Lou Heinrich and 4 others

In this edition of the Next Big Thing, hear works-in-progress from our second company of Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellows of 2017. Christopher Bryant, Koraly Dimitriadis, Elizabeth Flux, Lou Heinrich, Jordi Kerr, Tim McGuire and Mia Slater will share from the projects they’ve worked on over the past ten weeks inside the Wheeler Centre.

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Books and Ideas at Montalto

Melanie Cheng / Australian stories

With Melanie Cheng and Sian Prior

The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript has an impressive track record for unearthing major literary talent. The winner of the 2016 Award, Melanie Cheng, joined an outstanding alumni, including Graeme Simsion (The Rosie Project), Maxine Beneba Clarke (Foreign Soil) and Jane Harper (The Dry).

Cheng’s winning work, Australia Day, is…

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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 three) / Books, reading & writing

Get to know the writers and projects from our third round of 2017 Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships.

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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.

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

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The Next Big Thing

April: Spotlight on New South Wales / New & emerging writers

With Robyn Cadwallader, Oliver Mol, Joel Meares and 1 other

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Shortlist Announced: 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript / New & emerging writers

By Jon Tjhia

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

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Debut Mondays / New & emerging writers

With Anna Goldsworthy, Brendan Gullifer, Caroline Lee and 1 other

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Debut Mondays

November: Lily Chan, Sarah Martin, Catherine Deveny and Katia Pase / New & emerging writers

With Katia Pase, Catherine Deveny, Lily Chan and 1 other

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Work/life Imbalance by Lara Fergus / New & emerging writers

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The Next Big Thing

March: Spotlight on Victoria / New & emerging writers

With Abigail Ulman, Anne Buist, Ilka Tampke and 1 other

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Debut Mondays

Featuring Vivienne Kelly, Joel Magarey, Steven O’Connor, Emmett Stinson / New & emerging writers

With Joel Magarey, Vivienne Kelly, and Steven O'Connor

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

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Debut Mondays

Debut Mondays / New & emerging writers

With Ainslee Meredith, Maya Ward, Tony Birch and 1 other

Portrait of Gretchen Shirm

Gretchen Shirm / New & emerging writers

Gretchen Shirm was born in Kiama in 1979 and moved to the north coast of NSW as a teenager. She has also lived in Holland and Ireland and currently lives in Sydney where she works as a lawyer. Gretchen received the 2009 DJ O'Hearn Fellowship for Emergent Writers for Having Cried Wolf, which will be published in September 2010 by Affirm Press. She holds a Master of Creative Writing from the University of Sydney. Her fiction has been published in various journals.

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Working with Words: Rebecca Lim / Creativity

By Jo Case

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The Next Big Thing

Melbourne Writers Festival Edition / New & emerging writers

With Laura Elizabeth Woollett, Miles Allinson, Maria Katsonis and 1 other

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How to host a murder / Crime

With Martin McKenzie-Murray and Gideon Haigh

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Debut Mondays

Debut Mondays / New & emerging writers

With Maryrose Cuskelly, Jeremy Chambers, Andee Jones and 1 other

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Debut Mondays

Debut Mondays / New & emerging writers

With Melanie Joosten, Raphael Brous, Eli Glasman and 1 other

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Debut Mondays

February: Graeme Simsion, Balli Kaur Jaswal, Kate Richards and Peter Dawncy / New & emerging writers

With Graeme Simsion, Kate Richards, Peter Dawncy and 1 other

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Stories of Silenced Women: The Stella Prize at Digital Writers Festival / Awards & prizes

By Jo Case

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