This event is currently sold out. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email ticketing@wheelercentre.com. Six compelling debut voices in Australian fiction join us for a genre-loving ...

Journalist, columnist and author Thomas Friedman has been one of the world’s most influential media figures for over a decade. In his twice-weekly New York Times column he’s written widely on issues ...

Be inspired by a collection of our finest poets who have distilled the indelible events, challenges and triumphs of the past year into thought-provoking works for Best of Australian Poems 2024. Edited ...

Revered Australian writer Robert Dessaix casts his self-reflective eye over a writing life brimming with adventure and wisdom. Robert Dessaix has spent his life devoted to ideas, writing himself into ...

'Take three dresses ... one to wash, one to wear and one spare.' When Wanda Gibson was a little girl, her mum would tell her this as they packed to go on holidays. Wanda grew up on Hope Vale Mission ...

Step behind the scenes with journalist and legal reporter Lucia Osborne-Crowley for a rare insight into the blockbuster trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. Lucia Osborne-Crowley was one of only four court ...

Your definitive guide to Australia’s best writing.

The Wheeler Centre exists to support writers, readers and thinkers. Through live and digital conversations, debates, readings, performances and discussions, it deepens public engagement with the most ...

Paul Keating was prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996. Keating became prime minister in December 1991 and led the ALP to an historic fifth term of Government in March 1993. As prime minister, ...

Ambelin Kwaymullina is an Aboriginal writer, illustrator and law academic who comes from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. She is author/illustrator of numerous picture ...

A season of curiosity unleashed. Spring Fling returns for 2024 with wild abandon. This year, we’ve curated a lineup of change-makers, rule-breakers and singular storytellers to challenge your ...

The Next Big Thing takes place every month at the Moat and is a cherished Melbourne institution. It's the place to be if you want to hear great emerging writers read from new and adventurous work.