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...
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Weโre 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.
wheelercentre.typeform.com/to/Hti72bMC
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]
www.wheelercentre.com/news-stories...
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 Premierโs Literary Awards are officially open! ๐
โ Entries close at 5.00pm AESTย 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.
17.07.2025 05:20 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Special Announcement โ Jason Stanley on Fascism (2 Oct)
Leading expert on fascism Jason Stanley examines the global crisis of Authoritarianism with The Wheeler Centre.
Selling fast tinyurl.com/jasonstanely
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!
tinyurl.com/Thenextchapt...
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.
๐ Saturday 19 July, 1 โ 2:30 PM
๐ In-person at @wheelercentre.bsky.social
writersvictoria.org.au/calendars/ev...
Take your story to The Next Chapter ๐ Apply now to The Wheeler Centreโs 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.
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐: ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด (๐ฑ ๐๐๐น๐) ๐๐ถ๐๐ต @emergingwriters.bsky.social
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ (๐ญ๐ต ๐๐๐น๐) ๐๐ถ๐๐ต @writersvictoria.bsky.social
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/writingevents
Applications for The Next Chapter 2026 are now open! ๐
The Next Chapter program elevates Australian stories that arenโt being told and nurtures a new wave of writers to tell them.ย
Applications close at 5pm AEST on Friday 8 August 2025. Find out now: www.wheelercentre.com/the-next-cha...
#write
Explore the new bold additions to our Winter Program at The Wheeler Centre! Read more from Beat Magazine now:
beat.com.au/from-pulitze...
[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? Weโve 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? Weโve 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? Weโve 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
๐ Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Hot Mess Show
๐ 31 May
๐ Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre
๐ www.wheelercentre.com/events-tickets/season-2025/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-the-hot-mess-show
๐ 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. ๐ฅณ Congratulations to the shortlisted authors. #StellaPrize2025
08.04.2025 10:49 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
@australiainstitute.org.au and @wheelercentre.bsky.social talking about big ideas! @emmashortis.bsky. #patmcgorry #maiyazize
09.04.2025 08:52 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ฃ JUST ANNOUNCED ๐ฃ 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 ๐
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 โDigital Natives, Data Captives: Protecting Kids Onlineโ, 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...
๐Congratulations to all of tonight's winners ๐พ
19.03.2025 08:41 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐๐Congratulations to Wanda Gibson for securing the Victorian Prize for Literature for her work 'Three Dresses'. ๐๐
This marks another historic moment for this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, with this being the first time a work from the Childrenโs Literature category named winner.
