In 2025, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs) celebrates 40 years. Recognising the best in Australian writing across nine categories, this year's shortlist suite also includes the inaugural ...

Step behind the scenes with journalist and legal reporter Lucia Osborne-Crowley for a rare insight into the blockbuster trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. Lucia Osborne-Crowley was one of only four court ...

American Jewish journalist Peter Beinart reflects on the world around him – and his place within it – amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

anything can happen is a memoir from a prize-winning Australian author. Funny, heartbreaking, it has exactly the arc of a good story. Among a slice of social history of Sydney’s inner west, there’s a ...

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Julian Kingma started his photography career at The Herald newspaper in 1988, eventually becoming the Head Features Photographer for The Sunday Age for 10 years. Since going freelance he has worked ...

This event is currently sold out. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email ticketing@wheelercentre.com. Renowned author and intellectual Pankaj Mishra is joined by Antony ...

Your definitive guide to Australia’s best writing.

Louise Swinn is a journalist, editor, critic and writer, co-founder of Sleepers independent publishers, the Small Press Network, and the Stella Prize. Louise edited Choice Words (Allen & Unwin, 2019), ...

The Wheeler Centre exists to support writers, readers and thinkers. Through live and digital conversations, debates, readings, performances and discussions, it deepens public engagement with the most ...

A season of curiosity unleashed. Spring Fling returns for 2024 with wild abandon. This year, we’ve curated a lineup of change-makers, rule-breakers and singular storytellers to challenge your ...