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A live stream of this event will also be available on this page (scroll down) from 10.30am AEST, Friday 13 June. Top Scribe 2025 celebrates works by 2024 VCE Literature students from across Victoria, ...
Celebrating the winner of 2024’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, Rachel Morton discusses her highly anticipated novel The Sun Was Electric Light. The Sun Was Electric ...
As part of The Wheeler Centre's Hot Desk Fellowship program, Chris Ames worked on his manuscript of short stories, I Made This Just for You. In this piece, 'Balloonfest '86', we see a fictional take ...
A family holiday. A tiny beach house. Scorching heat. And the secret behind Gramma’s mouthwatering meatballs. Greg Heffley is back – and trouble is brewing – in this special performance by Jeff Kinney ...
At our recent special event Black Duck Lunch with Bruce Pascoe and Lyn Harwood audience members enjoyed an inspiring in-conversation with Pascoe, Harwood and host Daniel James as they reflected on ...
George Megalogenis is joined by Sally Warhaft for the final Fifth Estate of 2024. With the Australian political landscape in a constant state of flux, the two-party system continued to splinter.
With a US election looming and four billion people heading to the polls in 2024, Yun Jiang and John Lyons discussed the threats and challenges to democracy around the world with host Emma Shortis.
National treasure Noni Hazlehurst details her life on stage and screen and takes us behind-the-scenes of a brilliant career. Noni Hazlehurst’s versatility as a performer knows no bounds. A household ...
Revisit this conversation between much touted authors Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner with host CS Pacat, in a lively discussion about the making of their latest book, Lady’s Knight. Gwen is tired of ...
Check out the latest events and opportunities from the wide range of writing and arts organisations that call The Wheeler Centre home, and explore the full list of Resident Organistations here. Join ...
Five of Singapore’s most exciting writers come to Melbourne as a part of their whirlwind tour across Australia. Shivram Gopinath (spoken word artist and poet), Amanda Chong (poet and playwright), ...
National treasure Noni Hazlehurst details her life on stage and screen and takes us behind-the-scenes of a brilliant career. At this Melbourne-exclusive event, Hazlehurst joins host Elizabeth McCarthy ...