The Wheeler Centre
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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.
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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...
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...
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
[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
[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...
📣 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
🎉🎉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.
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.
March 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🎉🎉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.
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.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆Prize for Fiction: Highway 13, Fiona McFarlane
Congratulations to Fiona McFarlane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Fiction for your work ‘Highway 13’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆Prize for Fiction: Highway 13, Fiona McFarlane
Congratulations to Fiona McFarlane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Fiction for your work ‘Highway 13’. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆Prize for Fiction: Highway 13, Fiona McFarlane
Congratulations to Fiona McFarlane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Fiction for your work ‘Highway 13’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆Prize for Fiction: Highway 13, Fiona McFarlane
Congratulations to Fiona McFarlane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Fiction for your work ‘Highway 13’. #wheelercentre #vplas
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Non-fiction: anything can happen, Susan Hampton
Congratulations to Susan Hampton on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Non-Fiction for ‘anything can happen’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Non-fiction: anything can happen, Susan Hampton
Congratulations to Susan Hampton on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Non-Fiction for ‘anything can happen’. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Non-fiction: anything can happen, Susan Hampton
Congratulations to Susan Hampton on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Non-Fiction for ‘anything can happen’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Non-fiction: anything can happen, Susan Hampton
Congratulations to Susan Hampton on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Non-Fiction for ‘anything can happen’. #wheelercentre #vplas
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 John Clarke Prize for Humour Writing: I’d Rather Not, Robert Skinner
Congratulations to Robert Skinner on being awarded the first VPLA John Clarke Prize for Humour Writing with the utterly hilarious memoir ‘I’d Rather Not’.
🏆 John Clarke Prize for Humour Writing: I’d Rather Not, Robert Skinner
Congratulations to Robert Skinner on being awarded the first VPLA John Clarke Prize for Humour Writing with the utterly hilarious memoir ‘I’d Rather Not’.
March 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 John Clarke Prize for Humour Writing: I’d Rather Not, Robert Skinner
Congratulations to Robert Skinner on being awarded the first VPLA John Clarke Prize for Humour Writing with the utterly hilarious memoir ‘I’d Rather Not’.
🏆 John Clarke Prize for Humour Writing: I’d Rather Not, Robert Skinner
Congratulations to Robert Skinner on being awarded the first VPLA John Clarke Prize for Humour Writing with the utterly hilarious memoir ‘I’d Rather Not’.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Indigenous Writing: Black Witness, Amy McQuire
Congratulations to Amy McQuire on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Indigenous Writing for the powerful journalistic work ‘Black Witness’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Indigenous Writing: Black Witness, Amy McQuire
Congratulations to Amy McQuire on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Indigenous Writing for the powerful journalistic work ‘Black Witness’. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Indigenous Writing: Black Witness, Amy McQuire
Congratulations to Amy McQuire on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Indigenous Writing for the powerful journalistic work ‘Black Witness’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Indigenous Writing: Black Witness, Amy McQuire
Congratulations to Amy McQuire on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Indigenous Writing for the powerful journalistic work ‘Black Witness’. #wheelercentre #vplas
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Poetry: Gawimarra: Gathering, Jeanine Leane
Congratulations to Jeanine Leane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Poetry for your work Gawimarra: Gathering. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Poetry: Gawimarra: Gathering, Jeanine Leane
Congratulations to Jeanine Leane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Poetry for your work Gawimarra: Gathering. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Poetry: Gawimarra: Gathering, Jeanine Leane
Congratulations to Jeanine Leane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Poetry for your work Gawimarra: Gathering. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Poetry: Gawimarra: Gathering, Jeanine Leane
Congratulations to Jeanine Leane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Poetry for your work Gawimarra: Gathering. #wheelercentre #vplas
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Drama: 37, Nathan Maynard
Congratulations to Nathan Maynard on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Drama for the incredible work ‘37’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Drama: 37, Nathan Maynard
Congratulations to Nathan Maynard on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Drama for the incredible work ‘37’. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Drama: 37, Nathan Maynard
Congratulations to Nathan Maynard on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Drama for the incredible work ‘37’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Drama: 37, Nathan Maynard
Congratulations to Nathan Maynard on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Drama for the incredible work ‘37’. #wheelercentre #vplas
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Writing for Young Adults: Anomaly, Emma Lord
Congratulations to Emma Lord on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Writing for Young Adults with this strikingly original work ‘Anomaly.’ #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Writing for Young Adults: Anomaly, Emma Lord
Congratulations to Emma Lord on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Writing for Young Adults with this strikingly original work ‘Anomaly.’ #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Writing for Young Adults: Anomaly, Emma Lord
Congratulations to Emma Lord on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Writing for Young Adults with this strikingly original work ‘Anomaly.’ #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Writing for Young Adults: Anomaly, Emma Lord
Congratulations to Emma Lord on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Writing for Young Adults with this strikingly original work ‘Anomaly.’ #wheelercentre #vplas