The Wheeler Centre
@wheelercentre.bsky.social
Australia's first dedicated centre for Books, Writing and Ideas.
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...
Meet the full cohort now: www.wheelercentre.com/the-next-cha...
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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...
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
Survey closes Friday 28 November 2025, 5pm AEDT.
Winners drawn on or before Monday 1 December 2025.
wheelercentre.typeform.com/to/Hti72bMC
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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
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...
www.wheelercentre.com/news-stories...
August 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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...
www.wheelercentre.com/news-stories...
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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...
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...
Charting the Future: First Nations Knowledges and Artificial Intelligence
www.wheelercentre.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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...
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
Entries close at 5.00pm AEST on Friday 29 August 2025. Find out more: tinyurl.com/livevpla
July 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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
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.
July 17, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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.
Selling fast tinyurl.com/jasonstanely
Leading expert on fascism Jason Stanley examines the global crisis of Authoritarianism with The Wheeler Centre.
Selling fast tinyurl.com/jasonstanely
July 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Special Announcement – 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
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...
Emerging writers with manuscripts in progress can apply here: tinyurl.com/Thenextchapt...
July 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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...
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...
tinyurl.com/Thenextchapt...
July 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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...
tinyurl.com/Thenextchapt...
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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...
🕙 Saturday 19 July, 1 – 2:30 PM
📍 In-person at @wheelercentre.bsky.social
writersvictoria.org.au/calendars/ev...
July 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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...
🕙 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...
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...
July 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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...
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
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
June 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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
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...
#write
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...
#write
June 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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...
#write
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...
#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...
beat.com.au/from-pulitze...
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...
beat.com.au
June 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Explore the new bold additions to our Winter Program at The Wheeler Centre! Read more from Beat Magazine now:
beat.com.au/from-pulitze...
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...
www.wheelercentre.com/news-stories...
June 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
[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...
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
Feed that reading obsession and indulge with these events from some of your favourite authors.
Comment with your new book obsessions below. #laurenroberts #bookrecs
May 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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
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
Feed that reading obsession and indulge with these events from some of your favourite authors.
Comment with your new book obsessions below. #knightcore #bookrecs
May 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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
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
Feed that reading obsession and indulge with these events from some of your favourite authors.
Comment with your new book obsessions below. #knightcore #bookrecs
May 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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
Feed that reading obsession and indulge with these events from some of your favourite authors.
Comment with your new book obsessions below. #knightcore #bookrecs
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📕 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
🗓 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
May 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
📕 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
🗓 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...
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...
April 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
[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...
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...
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That was such an amazing event! Thanks so much @wheelercentre.bsky.social and Stella Prize. 🥳 Congratulations to the shortlisted authors. #StellaPrize2025
April 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
That was such an amazing event! Thanks so much @wheelercentre.bsky.social and Stella Prize. 🥳 Congratulations to the shortlisted authors. #StellaPrize2025
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@australiainstitute.org.au and @wheelercentre.bsky.social talking about big ideas! @emmashortis.bsky. #patmcgorry #maiyazize
April 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
@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
Book tickets now: tinyurl.com/backtobackba...
#auspol #australianelection #politics #wheelercentre
April 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
📣 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
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
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
April 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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
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
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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...
@wheelercentre.bsky.social in Melbourne.
Enter DIGITAL241 at the checkout for a 2 for 1 special on tickets. www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...
April 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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...
@wheelercentre.bsky.social in Melbourne.
Enter DIGITAL241 at the checkout for a 2 for 1 special on tickets. www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...