Discover and celebrate exciting new writers at the annual Emerging Writers' Festival edition of The Next Big Thing. Celebrate new works and fresh writing talent in this special Emerging Writers’ ...

Award-winning journalist Heather Ewart hits the Back Roads to Ballarat to journey through her great Australian road trips. Over a career spanning four decades, Heather Ewart has been senior political ...

Having just clocked up 40 years as a presenter on Melbourne’s RRR, it’s easy to say that Denise Hylands is a huge music fan. Radio is a passion for which she loves to curate music weekly for her ...

Grab a bite with The Wheeler Centre as we serve up Lunch Orders: half hour conversations that can be livestreamed into any classroom or library and watched back later on-demand. For the final Lunch ...

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.

Helen Garner discusses the operatic adaptation of her classic novella The Children’s Bach with librettist Glenn Perry and composer Andrew Schultz. Helen Garner’s beloved 1984 novella The Children’s ...

Sally Goldner is an educator, speaker, MC and occasional performer. Her involvement in Victoria’s queer community has spanned more than twenty years. She has worked as executive director and treasurer ...

Enoch Mailangi is the creator/writer of five-part comedy series for ABC iview, All My Friends Are Racist and has just wrapped their debut short film with Noble Savage Pictures. Enoch is also an alumni ...

IMPORTANT: Due to lengthy delays in granting an Australian visa to speaker Masha Gessen, they will no longer be able to participate in The Future of Democracy. The event will proceed with John Lyons ...

Casey Briggs is a journalist with ABC News, covering far north Queensland for television, radio and online. He was an editor of the University of Adelaide’s student paper On Dit and the training ...

Karys McEwen is a school librarian in Melbourne. She is an avid reader of young adult fiction, and is particularly passionate about the role of libraries and literature in the wellbeing of young ...