Discover the art of theatre-making in a one-day masterclass with leading Australian playwrights. Take a deep dive into the craft, process and industry of theatre-making in this special masterclass ...

A darkly comic small-town mystery. An historical epic of women and war. A corporate gothic novel. A satire about the cult of beauty. A gritty queer thriller set in Melbourne’s underbelly. Are you ...

TikTok phenom and YA romantasy author, Lauren Roberts discusses the high stakes, fantasy world of her bestselling Powerless series. Join New York Times bestselling author Lauren Roberts in her ...

Celebrating the winner of 2024’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, Rachel Morton discusses her highly anticipated novel The Sun Was Electric Light. The Sun Was Electric ...

As part of The Wheeler Centre's Hot Desk Fellowship program, Chris Ames worked on his manuscript of short stories, I Made This Just for You. In this piece, 'Balloonfest '86', we see a fictional take ...

At our recent special event Black Duck Lunch with Bruce Pascoe and Lyn Harwood audience members enjoyed an inspiring in-conversation with Pascoe, Harwood and host Daniel James as they reflected on ...

Join journalist and recipient of the 2024 Press Freedom Award, Cheng Lei, as she shares the harrowing story of her wrongful imprisonment in China – and how she survived it. In 2020, Cheng Lei was ...

The First Nations Classics series ranges across genres, including memoir, novels, short stories and poetry. Showcasing a number of Unaipon Award winners, the series is inspired by the richness and ...

George Megalogenis is joined by Sally Warhaft for the final Fifth Estate of 2024. With the Australian political landscape in a constant state of flux, the two-party system continued to splinter.

Expert thinkers come together to discuss the realities of religious, cultural and racial discrimination in contemporary Australia and explore pathways towards greater tolerance and social cohesion.

With a US election looming and four billion people heading to the polls in 2024, Yun Jiang and John Lyons discussed the threats and challenges to democracy around the world with host Emma Shortis.