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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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The Next Big Thing

Lost and Found Edition / New & emerging writers

With Stella Charls, Tyson Yunkaporta, Kathryn Hind and 2 others

In October at The Next Big Thing, we’ll explore themes of escape and discovery; estrangement and re-connection. It’s the Lost and Found edition, and we’ll be hearing new work from some incredible writers.

Kathryn Hind’s debut novel, Hitch, is about a young woman’s perilous hitchhiking journey through the Australian desert. Katy Warner’s Everywhere Everything Everyone is a high-concept YA…

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Hot Desk Extract: Fox Dialogues: reports from the natural world / Poetry

Guest post by Nimity James

A selection of poems from Nimity James's collection, Fox Dialogues: reports from the natural world, exploring the seemingly deep need to have animals as a powerful, even mythical force in our lives.

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The Next Big Thing

Heartbeat Edition / New & emerging writers

With Nina Kenwood, R.W.R. McDonald, Yamiko Marama and 1 other

Our thumping hearts can’t be – won’t be – stilled at the Heartbeat Edition of Next Big Thing, when we hear from some great new writers whose work is concerned with racing pulses, high stakes, young love and coming of age.

Nina Kenwood’s YA novel It Sounded Better in My Head is a tender exploration of first love, friendship and…

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The Next Big Thing

Hot Desk Edition #2 / New & emerging writers

With Rebecca Giggs, Millie Baylis, Bella Green and 5 others

In this edition of the Next Big Thing, glimpse works-in-progress from our second intake of 2019 Hot Desk Fellows – fresh from ten weeks of work on their projects inside the Wheeler Centre.

Featuring new writing from Millie Baylis, Rebecca Giggs, Bella Green, Shannan Lim, Gareth Morgan, Whitney Munroe, Sumudu Samarawickrama and Yen-Rong Wong.

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Hot Desk Extract: The Psychology of Home / Fiction

Guest post by Josefina Huq

A short story from Josefina Huq's The Psychology of Home, a collection inspired by the phenomena of 'home'.

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

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The Next Big Thing

Suzanne McCourt, Spiri Tsintziras, Darrell Pitt and Robbie Coburn / New & emerging writers

With Darrell Pitt, Suzanne McCourt, Robbie Coburn and 1 other

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Debut Mondays

Debut Mondays / New & emerging writers

With Michael Richardson, Peggy Frew, and Eamon Evans

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Working with Words: Bri Lee / Books, reading & writing

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Debut Mondays

Debut Mondays / New & emerging writers

With George Ivanoff, Krystin Low, and Angela Smith

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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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Hot Desk Extract: From Below / Biography & memoir

Guest post by Leah Jing McIntosh

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Hot Desk Extract: The Shape of Sound / New & emerging writers

Guest post by Fiona Murphy

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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Emerging Writers’ Festival Program Launch / New & emerging writers

With Mel Campbell, Lisa Dempster, Oslo Davis and 2 others

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The Next Big Thing

Fight or Flight Edition / New & emerging writers

With Alice Bishop, Elizabeth Kuiper, Alex McClintock and 1 other

Debut Mondays: Andrew McDonald / New & emerging writers

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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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Hot Desk Extract: The Psychology of Home / Fiction

Guest post by Josefina Huq

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The Next Big Thing

Hot Desk Edition #1 / New & emerging writers

With Stella Charls, Vanessa Giron, Yvette Holt and 6 others

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

By Jo Case

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

By Jo Case

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Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships 2016: Introducing the Fellows / Books, reading & writing

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The Next Big Thing

2018 Emerging Writers’ Festival Edition / New & emerging writers

With Emma Marie Jones, Odette Kelada, Sumudu Samarawickrama and 1 other

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