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02Sep

Yesterday: Introducing the poet in residence, Online-only Australian wordy mag launches, An EWF Director wraps up Edinburgh and Australian says "Bugger the Bloggers"

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Lisa Gorton, Our First Poet in Residence

Superpoets land on MWF

A Moral Duty to Act by Kon Karapanagiotidis

MWF opens with Whedon

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01Sep

Schools getting into fest., Peter FitzSimons on life, family and bandanas and Conrad's classic gets a comic re-invention

31Aug

Video book review gets totally hip, Wikipedia spoils Agatha Christie classic and Kon Karapanagiotidis demands an end to the fearmongering.

30Aug

What events are you looking forward to at the Melbourne Writers Festival?, Megalogenis on why not forming government could result in electoral exile and NZ Labour Party wants your policy suggestions

27Aug

Alex Miller gives his Scottish father's version of the meaning of life., The Jackal back in Random House, Hard to recognise same sex marriages and Judy Horcek turns up the heat on critics

What is the
Wheeler Centre?

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.