This event is currently sold out. Tickets may be available at the door, subject to capacity. What makes a good life? What makes a good death? And how do we make the most of the time we have? Ahead of ...

Diem is the Wheeler Centre’s Program Producer. She has worked at the Emerging Writers’ Festival, Writers Victoria, and the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria. She holds a ...

Kimba’s skill set is broad, having worked across a myriad of creative and deeply human pursuits, but her calling lies in meeting grieving families just as they are, and offering a safe container for ...

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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.

The richness of Linda’s Tongan heritage has shaped her musical talent since birth. Traditional Tongan music and dance filled Linda’s childhood home, enhanced by her family’s ties to the close-knit ...

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, ...

The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs) were inaugurated by the Victorian Government in 1985 to honour literary achievement by Australian writers. Administered by The Wheeler Centre on behalf ...

The E. W. Cole Lecture Series honours the memory of a man who helped shape Melbourne as a City of Literature and ideas. E. W. Cole, of Cole’s Book Arcade, was a dynamic bookseller, activist, and ...

Andrew Denton is a writer, performer and television producer. He was formerly a celebrity, but is now in remission. He counts Rupert Murdoch, Paul Keating and Germaine Greer amongst his favourite ...

More info Senior Program and Special Projects ProducerXanthea O’Connor ...

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.