Your definitive guide to Australia’s best writing. The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated by the State government in 1985 to honour Australian writing. The Wheeler Centre is proud to ...

After the crushing result of the 2025 federal election, what does the future hold for the Liberal party? A panel of key Liberal figures share their insights.

From Andrea James (Sunshine Super Girl) comes The Black Woman of Gippsland – a story of Victoria’s dark past that is in dire need of revisiting, told as a thrilling modern mystery that unfolds with ...

Celebrate 100 editions of Quarterly Essay as special guests Sean Kelly, David Marr and Laura Tingle discuss the power, impact and legacy of the agenda-setting journal. Three of Australia’s most ...

Kim Scott has twice won Australia’s premier literary award, the Miles Franklin (for Benang and That Deadman Dance) among many other Australian literary prizes. His most recent novel is Taboo (Picador, ...

This event is currently sold out. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email [email protected]. An esteemed panel of experts come together to discuss why we must fight to ...

In 2025, The Next Chapter will select a group of ten writers and provide each of them with a stipend of $15,000, a handpicked mentor to work closely with them on bringing their writing to life and ...

The Wheeler Centre acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the Centre stands. We acknowledge and pay our respects to all ...

David Musgrave’s poetry and short stories have won or been shortlisted for several awards including the Newcastle, Somerset, Bruce Dawe, Broadway and Henry Lawson prizes. In 2005, he founded the ...

Three of Australia’s most remarkable writers delve into the all-consuming and inescapable case of Erin Patterson. From sprouting daily podcasts to inspiring sudden surges in amateur mycology, the ...

Bram Presser is a semi-reformed punk rocker, recovering academic, lapsed criminal lawyer and two-time cartoon character. For ten years he fronted the internationally-acclaimed punk band, Yidcore, ...

Peta Murray is a recovering playwright turned writer-performer and late-blooming academic. Best known for her plays Wallflowering and Salt, she has been awarded a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award ...