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17 Sep 2018

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Promo image for Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships 2018: Introducing the Fellows (round three)

Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships 2018: Introducing the Fellows (round three) / Books, reading & writing

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

30 Sep 2018

Upcoming event

Promo image for The Next Chapter 2018 Announcement: Benjamin Law and Sophie Black in conversation with the first recipients

The Next Chapter 2018 Announcement: Benjamin Law and Sophie Black in conversation with the first recipients / New & emerging writers

With Benjamin Law and Sophie Black

Presented by the Wheeler Centre and supported by the Aesop Foundation, The Next Chapter scheme is about giving new writers from all backgrounds the time and space to craft a voice and a career. It's about investing in a new generation of writers who will reflect the diversity of Australian identities and experiences.

Join Benjamin Law, one of the four Next Chapter…

29 Oct 2018

Upcoming event

Booked out

The Next Big Thing

Real Talk Edition / New & emerging writers

With Stella Charls, Justin Heazlewood, Paul Verhoeven and 2 others

A comical trip through the bureaucracy of local government. A memoir of adolescence lived alongside the heart-rending rollercoaster of a mother’s mental illness. A gap between an ex-policeman father and his artsy son, bridged by stories of colourful criminal hijinks.

In this edition of The Next Big Thing, we’ll hear excerpts from three darkly funny new books tackling the spaces…

24 Sep 2018

Past event

The Next Big Thing

Dangerous Minds Edition / New & emerging writers

With Stella Charls, Angela Meyer, Vincent Silk and 2 others

Angela Meyer’s haunting debut, A Superior Spectre, follows the treacherous experiments and desires of a dying man as he becomes entangled in a surreal plot that melds historical and speculative fiction. In the post-megastorm world of Vincent Silk’s first novel, Sisters of No Mercy, a group of rebels upset the establishment in their quest for survival. And in…

10 Sep 2018

Past event

The Next Big Thing

Hot Desk Edition #2 / Books, reading & writing

With Asiel Adan Sanchez, Stephen Pham, Jamie Marina Lau and 4 others

In this edition of the Next Big Thing, glimpse works-in-progress from our second intake of 2018 Hot Desk Fellows – fresh from ten weeks of work on their projects inside the Wheeler Centre.

Featuring new writing from Asiel Adan Sanchez, Jamie Marina Lau, Magan Magan, Melissa Manning, Stephen Pham and Christian Taylor.

Readings will be our bookseller at this event.

3 Sep 2018

Past event

Promo image for Rough Diamonds: The Award for an Unpublished Manuscript

Rough Diamonds: The Award for an Unpublished Manuscript / Books, reading & writing

With Toni Jordan, Christian White, Melanie Cheng and 1 other

In its 15-year history, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript has launched some big names in Australian writing, including Graeme Simsion (The Rosie Project), Maxine Beneba Clarke (Foreign Soil) and more.

The award is a big leg-up for unpublished authors. Previous winners have gone on to write bestselling books across a range of…

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