The Wheeler Centre is Melbourne’s home for smart, passionate and entertaining public talks. We support writers, readers and thinkers. Through live and digital conversations, debates, readings, ...

A family holiday. A tiny beach house. Scorching heat. And the secret behind Gramma’s mouthwatering meatballs. Greg Heffley is back – and trouble is brewing – in this special performance by Jeff Kinney ...

Dr Kate Cuthbert is the Publishing Director at Books+Publishing, Australia’s news and information website for the book sector. Previously, she held senior roles at Pantera Press, Writers Victoria and ...

Stacey McEwan is the best-selling author of the Glacian Trilogy and the Alchemy series. Her books have been translated into multiple languages. Her high school English teacher once called her writing ...

Jemmason Power is a 28-year-old First Nations model (As We Are Agency, based in Brisbane), mother and full-time facilitator. Throughout her childhood and young adult life, Jemmason's identity was ...

Coral Reeve, the humankind, is a proud Gunditjmara woman, currently living on Wathawurrung Country. She often indulges in too many coffees and the click clack of the keyboard writing short stories and ...

Freddy (Emily) Weir is a writer, comedian, and Furby collector. They’ve been working as a copywriter for nearly a decade now, and their work has appeared on TV screens and billboards around Australia.

Soju Gang is a name that has grown to acclamation over the years as a multidisciplinary artist and personality, centring community and connection via the medium of music. Found notoriety in Naarm’s ...

Delsa Tuitea is an Australian-born Samoan playwright and producer. A graduate of La Trobe University where she completed her Bachelor of Arts Delsa is also an of Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) ...

Ella Rowe is a textured hair specialist and dry cutting artist with a passion for empowering clients through natural hair care. With years of hands-on experience and a deep understanding of curls, ...

Bayley Turner is a proud queer transfem writer and performer. Bayley’s poetry work has been performed as an immersive performance art experience ‘Eve St John’ in Melbourne Fringe (2018), and poetry ...

Dr Amy Thunig-McGregor (B.Arts; M.Teach; PhD) is a Gomeroi/Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay academic who parents and partners on beautiful Awabakal Country. A full-time Research ...