Discover the next wave of standout voices in Australian writing at the first edition of The Next Big Thing for 2026. Over a drink at The Moat, five emerging writers traverse contemporary parenthood ...

Zadie Smith returns to Melbourne to explore how literature and imagination trace the unseen fractures of our existence, showcasing her unrivalled ability to think deeply and compassionately about the ...

Jacinda Ardern was elected prime minister of New Zealand in 2017 at the age of thirty-seven and became the country’s youngest prime minister in more than 150 years. In 2018, she gave birth to her ...

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Emily Bitto is a Melbourne-based writer of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. She has a Masters in Literary Studies and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne. Her debut novel, The ...

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 ...

The winner of both the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award Prize for Drama and a NSW Premier’s Literary Award in 2019, Kendall Feaver’s The Almighty Sometimes has opened at Melbourne Theatre Company.

Get your fix of honest and original media analysis from two insiders who’ve broken plenty of news and been broken by it, too. In this special live recording of We Used to be Journos, hosts Antoinette ...

As part of The Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowship program, Jamil worked on New Ancient Folktales, a collection of 11 original interconnected folktales. The collection explores how cultures of ...

As part of The Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowship program, Shashini Gamage worked on her debut autofiction novel The Fright of Real Feathers. The narrative reflects on a 40-year-old Sri ...