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News from the City of Literature and further afield
Salman Rushdie has had to drop out of India's Jaipur festival due to threats of violence. But how real were those threats, and what's behind them? Australian/Indian publisher Kabita Dhara gives us her take.
We talk to Penguin publisher Ben Ball about the thinking behind the company's return to accepting unsolicited manuscripts - during the first week of every month, starting 1 February 2012.
On a day characterised by varying levels of Australian introspection, we compile our recommended Wheeler Centre viewing on the issue of national identity.
Melinda Tankard Who?
Jacinda Woodhead, Myke Bartlett, Lili Wilkinson and Louise Swinn ask: will today's genre be tomorrow's literature?
Alisons Goodman and Croggon explore the challenges of new worlds, languages and realities in fantasy writing.
Opium dens, illegal brothels and men with names as colourful as their pasts: we uncover Melbourne's criminal record.
Chinese dissident writer Liao Yiwu speaks with Alex Landragin about freedom, exile and books that transport him home.
Melbourne has a new kind of cultural institution, the Wheeler Centre. The Centre, and its website, are dedicated to the discussion and practice of writing and ideas.
Through a year-round programme of talks and lectures, readings and debates, and an evolving site featuring video and live blogging, we invite you to join the conversation.
176 Little Lonsdale Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
Telephone enquiries: (03) 9094 7800
