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11 Sep 2017

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.

20 Oct 2017

Upcoming event

Booked out

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The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript has an impressive track record for unearthing major literary talent.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…

23 Jun 2017

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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…

18 Sep 2017

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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.

10 Jul 2017

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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.

16 Apr 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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4 Mar 2016

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Working with Words: Jennifer Down / Work

18 Apr 2011

Past event

Debut Mondays

Debut Mondays / New & emerging writers

With Mara Coson, Leah Swann, Elisabeth Holdsworth and 1 other

4 May 2012

Past event

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Emerging Writers’ Festival Program Launch / New & emerging writers

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

7 Oct 2013

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

By Jo Case

11 Oct 2014

Past event

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New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Future Careers in Journalism / Media

With Bec Zajac, Connor Tomas O'Brien, Helen Sykes and 1 other

30 May 2016

Past event

The Next Big Thing

Young Adult Fiction / New & emerging writers

With Alison Whittaker, Marlee Jane Ward, Emily Gale and 1 other

6 Jan 2012

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The New Year: Emerging Writers Festival / New & emerging writers

Guest post by Lisa Dempster

30 Jun 2014

Past event

The Next Big Thing

Hot Desk Edition / New & emerging writers

16 Jul 2012

Past event

Debut Mondays

Debut Mondays / New & emerging writers

With Andrew Grimes, Peter Twohig, Nicki Reed and 1 other

24 Aug 2015

Past event

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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

21 Jun 2010

Past event

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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

15 Apr 2015

Past event

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Emerging Writers’ Festival Launch: Accepted or Rejected / New & emerging writers

With Sam Twyford-Moore, Chris Somerville, Amy Middleton and 2 others

25 Oct 2010

Past event

Debut Mondays

Debut Mondays: Lara Fergus, Anna Krien, Lisa Lang and Kirstyn McDermott / New & emerging writers

With Anna Krien, Lara Fergus, Lisa Lang and 1 other

1 Jun 2012

Past event

The Emerging Writer / New & emerging writers

With Karen Pickering

20 Oct 2017

Upcoming event

Booked out

Books and Ideas at Montalto

Melanie Cheng / Australian stories

With Melanie Cheng and Sian Prior

8 Sep 2011

Further With the Moneyed Crowd / New & emerging writers

By Alex Landragin

By Lisa Dempster

Crowdfunding is a new form of fundraising - a way of raising money to fund a private venture, allowing individuals or organisations to conceptualise, fund and run their own projects. For the literary industry, that might mean a writer raising money to assist in the research phase of their work, or a publisher creating capital to print or distribute their titles.

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9 Jul 2012

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