Applications for 2026 Hot Desk Fellowships are now open via The Wheeler Centre's Opportunity Portal, and close at 5pm AEDT on Friday 20 February 2026. Find out more: www.wheelercentre.com/hot-desk-fel...

We’re delighted to announce the 2026 recipients of our landmark fellowship, The Next Chapter!

Meet the full cohort now: www.wheelercentre.com/the-next-cha...

We want your feedback! Shape the future of The Wheeler Centre in our anonymous annual survey. As a thank you, you could win 1 of 2 $300 Coles Myer vouchers.
Survey closes Friday 28 November 2025, 5pm AEDT.
Winners drawn on or before Monday 1 December 2025.

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Skinny-jean nostalgia meets modern millennial malaise in Patrick Lenton hilarious love letter to skin-tight denim: 'A Love Letter to the Millennial Skinny Jean Obsession' on Wheeler Centre [READ NOW]

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Charting the Future: First Nations Knowledges and Artificial Intelligence

See you at the NOW OR NEVER FESTIVAL in August

Hosting this important discussion at the @wheelercentre.bsky.social
on First Nations knowledges & AI with authors of the book The AI (R)evolution, Associate Prof Jessica Russ-Smith and Prof Michelle D. Lazarus

www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...

We're thrilled to announce that entries for the 2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards are officially open! 🎉

⁠Entries close at 5.00pm AEST on Friday 29 August 2025. Find out more: tinyurl.com/livevpla

Don't miss the Ukrainian-Australian Book Fest (3 Aug, Ukrainian Community Hall, Essendon). This inaugural festival will bring together authors, poets and storytellers from Australia, Ukraine and the diaspora to explore themes of identity, cultural memory, war, and resilience through literature.

Special Announcement – Jason Stanley on Fascism (2 Oct)

Leading expert on fascism Jason Stanley examines the global crisis of Authoritarianism with The Wheeler Centre.

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Take your story to The Next Chapter our landmark writing program. Ten writers will be selected and provided with a stipend of $15,000 and a handpicked mentor.

Emerging writers with manuscripts in progress can apply here: tinyurl.com/Thenextchapt...

Applications for The Next Chapter close in just under a month on 8 August 2025. Consider this your nudge to submit today!

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A portrait of Laura Jean McKay smiling brightly and standing in front of a packed bookshelf.

In this seminar for writers of all levels, @laurajeanmckay.bsky.social invites writers to embrace missteps & detours as essential to the creation of powerful works of fiction.

🕙 Saturday 19 July, 1 – 2:30 PM
📍 In-person at @wheelercentre.bsky.social

writersvictoria.org.au/calendars/ev...

Take your story to The Next Chapter 📚 Apply now to The Wheeler Centre’s landmark writing program.

In 2025, The Next Chapter will select a group of ten writers and provide each of them with a stipend of $15,000.

The Next Chapter FAQ: www.wheelercentre.com/the-next-cha...

Upcoming workshops and masterclasses for writers and thinkers in Naarm/Melbourne.
𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀: 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆) 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 @emergingwriters.bsky.social
𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗰𝗞𝗮𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 (𝟭𝟵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆) 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 @writersvictoria.bsky.social

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/writingevents

Applications for The Next Chapter 2026 are now open! 🎉

The Next Chapter program elevates Australian stories that aren’t being told and nurtures a new wave of writers to tell them. 

Applications close at 5pm AEST on Friday 8 August 2025. Find out now: www.wheelercentre.com/the-next-cha...

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From Pulitzer finalists to poetry slams: Wheeler Centre reveals bold 2025 winter lineup Melbourne’s home for smart, passionate and entertaining public talks has announced its winter season featuring powerful voices and fresh perspectives. The Wheeler Centre’s winter program dives into in...

Explore the new bold additions to our Winter Program at The Wheeler Centre! Read more from Beat Magazine now:

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[READ] Mid-Year Round-Up! The Wheeler Centre team has provided their 2025 mid-year round-up of everything they are loving - from books and podcasts to films and YouTube finds. Explore now to be inspired to find your next obsession now:

www.wheelercentre.com/news-stories...

Not sure what to see at The Wheeler Centre? We’ve matched some forthcoming events with the book niches of the moment.

Feed that reading obsession and indulge with these events from some of your favourite authors.

Comment with your new book obsessions below. #laurenroberts #bookrecs

Not sure what to see at The Wheeler Centre? We’ve matched some forthcoming events with the book niches of the moment.

Feed that reading obsession and indulge with these events from some of your favourite authors.

Comment with your new book obsessions below. #knightcore #bookrecs

Not sure what to see at The Wheeler Centre? We’ve matched some forthcoming events with the book niches of the moment.

Feed that reading obsession and indulge with these events from some of your favourite authors.

Comment with your new book obsessions below. #knightcore #bookrecs

📕 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Hot Mess Show
🗓 31 May
📍 Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre
🎟 www.wheelercentre.com/events-tickets/season-2025/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-the-hot-mess-show
🎁 Win at Tinytix.com.au
@wheelercentre.bsky.social @jeffkinney.bsky.social #DiaryOfAWimpyKid #JeffKinney

[READ] Megan Herbert Live Draws: Digital Natives, Data Captives: Protecting Kids Online.

Political cartoonist Megan Herbert reflects on her recent live drawing of Digital Natives, Data Captives in the [READ] section on website now: www.wheelercentre.com/news-stories...

That was such an amazing event! Thanks so much @wheelercentre.bsky.social and Stella Prize. 🥳 Congratulations to the shortlisted authors. #StellaPrize2025

@australiainstitute.org.au and @wheelercentre.bsky.social talking about big ideas! @emmashortis.bsky. #patmcgorry #maiyazize

📣 JUST ANNOUNCED 📣 Back to Back Barries: Live (Thurs 15 May). Join a special post-election recording of the Guardian's political podcast Back to Back Barries live at Fed Square.

Book tickets now: tinyurl.com/backtobackba...
#auspol #australianelection #politics #wheelercentre

Look out for an exciting event announcement on Tuesday 8 April 👀

Members pre-sale live on Monday 7 April. Become a Wheeler Centre member here: tinyurl.com/twcmember25

Or subscribe to our e-news to be the first to know when tickets are on sale: tinyurl.com/enewstwc

The next Live-Drawn Important Conversation is “Digital Natives, Data Captives: Protecting Kids Online”, TONIGHT Wed 2nd April, from 6.30-7.30pm at
@wheelercentre.bsky.social in Melbourne.

Enter DIGITAL241 at the checkout for a 2 for 1 special on tickets. www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...

Growing up, Wanda got old dresses for Xmas. Her book about it just won $125k The winners of this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards have been announced, with the list dominated by independent presses and First Nations writers.

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Debut picture book author wins $125,000 for autobiographical ‘visual feast’ Nukgal Wurra author and artist Wanda Gibson became the first person to win the Victorian premier’s literary award in both the children’s and overall categories for her book Three Dresses

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🎉Congratulations to all of tonight's winners 🍾

🎉🎉Congratulations to Wanda Gibson for securing the Victorian Prize for Literature for her work 'Three Dresses'. 🎉🎉
This marks another historic moment for this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, with this being the first time a work from the Children’s Literature category named winner.