Congratulations to the WINNERS of the Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers 2025!
Fiction: persephone. by Abigail Koh
Nonfiction: A Tolerance for the Middle by Georgina Lewis
Poetry: The Kingdom of Small Things by Jiayi Fang
Stay tuned to read their pieces on the Express Media website.
There will also be cake, good vibes and a stunning line-up of performances.
Tickets on a sliding scale from $5: events.humanitix.com/express-medi...
See you there!
Event poster by Sharyn Sale
RAFFLE PRIZES! We've organised a little raffle as part of our end-of-year party & fundraiser this Saturday at IPCS 😊
Prizes donated by: @wheelercentre.bsky.social, Melbourne Writers Festival, Australian Poetry, @overlandjournal.bsky.social, Sticky Institute, New International Bookshop.
Express Media End-of-Year Party All proceeds to PARA (Palestine Australia Relief Fund) Readings from Adalya Nash Hussein Silas Moir Eve Tramacchi O'Keeffe Micaela Sahhar Xiaole Zhan Performance from Lotus Threads (Panda Wong & Hannah Wu) Institute of Postcolonial Studies 78-80 Curzon St, North Melbourne 6th December Doors 5:30pm
Join Express Media on December 6 at IPCS in North Melbourne to celebrate youth literature, herald the arrival of summer, and raise money for Palestinian aid!
Tickets on a sliding scale from $5. All proceeds going to Palestine Australia Relief and Action.
events.humanitix.com/express-medi...
What's in a line break? Join us next Tuesday December 2 as Toolkits: Poetry facilitator Lou Garcia-Dolnik and poet Anne-Marie Te Whiu sit down in conversation.
Free + livestreaming on YouTube from 6pm AEDT:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGv...
What's in a line break? Join us next Tuesday December 2 as Toolkits: Poetry facilitator Lou Garcia-Dolnik and poet Anne-Marie Te Whiu sit down in conversation.
Free + livestreaming on YouTube from 6pm AEDT:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGv...
'Does elsewhere exist or is its elusiveness the very point? Is this life enough?'
This week, Shu-Ling Chua invites us into interdisciplinary meditations, as part of the EWF25 exhibition 'EWF X Textile Message'!
✨ Read here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/blog/2025/te...
Announcing the shortlistees for the Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers 2025! The prize recognises excellence in secondary school aged students across fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Congratulations to these young stars.
Read more: expressmedia.org.au/news/hachett...
Readings from:
Adalya Nash Hussein
Silas Moir
Micaela Sahhar
Eve Tramacchi O'Keeffei
Xiaole Zhan
Performance from:
Lotus Threads (Panda Wong & Hannah Wu)
Doors at 5:30 — readings from 6:30 — party into the evening
Poster by Voiceworks EdCommer Sharyn Sale
Express Media End-of-Year Party All proceeds to PARA (Palestine Australia Relief Fund) Readings from Adalya Nash Hussein Silas Moir Eve Tramacchi O'Keeffe Micaela Sahhar Xiaole Zhan Performance from Lotus Threads (Panda Wong & Hannah Wu) Institute of Postcolonial Studies 78-80 Curzon St, North Melbourne 6th December Doors 5:30pm
Join Express Media on December 6 at IPCS in North Melbourne to celebrate youth literature, herald the arrival of summer, and raise money for Palestinian aid!
Tickets on a sliding scale from $5. All proceeds going to Palestine Australia Relief and Action.
events.humanitix.com/express-medi...
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.
wheelercentre.typeform.com/to/Hti72bMC
Let's get digital! Join us next Wednesday November 19 as Toolkits: Digital Storytelling facilitator Aries Gacutan and writer Anita Solak join forces to discuss all things digital literature.
Free + livestreaming on YouTube from 6pm AEDT:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKbr...
Let's get digital! Join us next Wednesday November 19 as Toolkits: Digital Storytelling facilitator Aries Gacutan and writer Anita Solak join forces to discuss all things digital literature.
Free + livestreaming on YouTube from 6pm AEDT:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKbr...
Calling comics artists! Join us this Wednesday as Toolkits: Graphic Narratives facilitator Bailey Sharp and graphic novelist Tommi Parrish discuss drawing intimacy and making a career indie comics.
Free + livestreaming on YouTube from 6pm AEDT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5d_...
Additional congratulations to —
Second place: ‘second adolescence’ by Saanjana Kapoor
Third place: ‘January’ by Eden Crain
Shortlisted/Commended: ‘Exit Sign’ by Nimrada Silva, ‘The River Watches Me’ by Parvati Dines
Congratulations to the winner of the Sudden Writing Prize for 2025, Ledya Khamou! 🥳
The prize is a collaboration between Express/Voiceworks and the Australasian Association of Writing Programs.
Read the winning piece 'Food Baby' here:
expressmedia.org.au/news/sudden-...
Introducing the wonderful Toolkits: Poetry 2025 cohort! These young writers are immersing themselves in the forms and potentials of poetry across a 12-week course facilitated by Lou Garcia-Dolnik.
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Introducing the super cool Toolkits: Digital Storytelling 2025 cohort! Together, these young writers are busy exploring and experimenting in a series of 12-week workshops, facilitated by Aries Gacutan.
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
Introducing the epic Toolkits: Graphic Narratives 2025 cohort! Together, they're busy learning and sketching in a series of 12-week workshops, facilitated by Bailey Sharp.
Read all about them: www.expressmedia.org.au/news/meet-th...
A close-up shot of a child writing on paper, with the Story Hunter logo and the text 'Historical Fiction Workshops' added.
Children in school uniforms participating in a Story Hunter Historical Fiction Masterclass this year, with text outlining the workshops as follows: 3 November Historical Fiction, Cameron Park - Join us at Sugar Valley Library Museum for a hands-on, informative day where our next generation of writers will have the opportunity to make their stories shine.
Children in school uniforms participating in a Story Hunter Historical Fiction Masterclass this year, with text outlining the workshops as follows: 21 November Historical Fiction Newcastle - Join us at Newcastle Museum for an all-day historical fiction deep dive, focusing on artefacts and photographs from the 'Fire and Earth' exhibit that relate to the Hunter's industrial and mining history.
Don't miss our last combined Story Hunter workshops for 2025!
These workshops are designed for high-potential and gifted students, providing a space to work alongside other young writers from schools in our region, guided by the team at Story Hunter.
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The 2025 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers closes this weekend!
— Developmental award for secondary-school aged students
— Three categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
— This year's mentor is children's author Ashleigh Barton
Info: expressmedia.org.au/hachette-aus...
⏰ Entries closing soon!
Writers Victoria is pleased to partner with Nillumbik Shire Council again to present the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing 2026. This prestigious biennial national prize allows contemporary Australian writers to win cash prizes and profile their work.
ICYMI: Voiceworks #135 'Bend' is OUT NOW!
The first issue from editor Joel Keith and designer Alex Stevenson, bursting with new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, comics from young Australians.
~ Print: $20
~ Digital + wallpapers: $8
Cover art by Dhishni de Silva 🏹
expressmedia.org.au/store/p/voic...
Express Media is excited to announce Eli McLean as our new General Manager / CEO 🎉
www.expressmedia.org.au/news/announc...
We're extending Toolkits applications until September 18!
Writers and artists aged 16 to 30 are invited to join Express Media's 12-week online program with streams in poetry, digital storytelling and graphic narratives.
More info: www.expressmedia.org.au/toolkits
The University of Melbourne English and Theatre Studies Statement on the closure of Meanjin. 12 September 2025 Melbourne University's English and Theatre Studies Programme calls on the University of Melbourne to act on its educational mission and find a way to support Meanjin, one of Australia’s most precious cultural institutions. For generations Meanjin has offered established and emerging writers a home for testing talent, fostering debate, and exploring ideas. But Meanjin needs no defence. It speaks for itself. It speaks for its former publisher as well: that Meanjin is the only publication cited—twice—on MUP’s “About Us” page is evidence enough that it carries much of the literary prestige to which the press can lay claim. The decision of Melbourne University Publishing’s Board to close Meanjin involved no consultation with those of us at the University of Melbourne most invested in its past and its future. The only rationale offered by the Board—that the decision was taken “on purely financial grounds”—is, as others have noted, both inexplicable and an act of "cultural vandalism.” It is also a betrayal of the University’s role as an educator, enricher and supporter of cultural life. Meanjin has a value that cannot and should not be measured in financial terms.
A way forward can and must be found that allows Meanjin to continue its important work, in consultation with the University’s most affected communities, disciplines, and concentrations of expertise—including creative writing, literature and theatre studies, publishing and editing. We call on the University of Melbourne’s leadership and the board of Melbourne University Publishing to work together to preserve Meanjin’s future on grounds that take into account its ongoing cultural value, whether in Naarm or Meanjin. Dr Sarah Balkin, A/Prof Justin Clemens, Prof Deirdre Coleman, Dr Sara Fernandes Crouch, Dr Michael Falk, Dr Lindsay Goss, Dr Margaret Harvey, Dr Joe Hughes, Dr Ryan Johnson, Dr Jessica Marian, Prof David McInnis, Dr Beth McLean, Dr Marc Mierowsky, Dr Lynda Ng, Prof Peter Otto, Dr Elliot Patsoura, Prof Paul Rae, Dr Miranda Stanyon, Dr Mairi Stirling Hill, Prof Stephanie Trigg, Prof Clara Tuite, Prof Denise Varney
The University of Melbourne English and Theatre Studies Statement on the closure of Meanjin.
12 September 2025
Our facilitators this season are fabulous: Lou Garcia-Dolnik (poetry), Aries Gacutan (digital storytelling) and Bailey Sharp (graphic narratives). Tell your friends!
www.expressmedia.org.au/news/toolkit...
We're extending Toolkits applications until September 18!
Writers and artists aged 16 to 30 are invited to join Express Media's 12-week online program with streams in poetry, digital storytelling and graphic narratives.
More info: www.expressmedia.org.au/toolkits
Applications for Toolkits close this Sunday :-)
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