For all media enquiries please contact Tamara Zimet at the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas.
Email: tamara.zimet[at]wheelercentre.com
(03) 9094 7806
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05 Sep 2012
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Anita Heiss wins the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing
Anita Heiss’s memoir on identity, Am I Black Enough for You?,has been awarded the $20,000 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing.
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25 May 2012
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Emerging writers vie for $15,000 prize
As Melbourne welcomes the 2012 Emerging Writers' Festival to town, Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu announced the three emerging Victorian writers who are in the running for the $15,000 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript.
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20 Apr 2012
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Highlights from Programme Two
As the temperature takes a dive, things are heating up at the Wheeler Centre with the launch of a packed Programme Two. With up to ten events a week, there are plenty of reasons to come in from the cold and keep the conversation bubbling.
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24 Feb 2012
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The 2012 Children's Book Festival
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20 Feb 2012
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Jamie Oliver in conversation with Matt Preston
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03 Feb 2012
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Media Release - Programme One 2012
Media
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03 Feb 2012
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2012 Wheeler Centre Gala - Stories to Believe In
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27 Oct 2011
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Media release - Thomas Keneally at Lunchbox/Soapbox
Thomas Keneally to present the last Lunchbox/Soapbox for 2011
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25 Oct 2011
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Media release - IQ2 debate: The Catholic Church is a Force for Good in the World
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18 Oct 2011
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Media release - A History of Bad Behaviour
Melbourne’s seedy and colourful past uncovered as part of Law & Order Week at the Wheeler Centre
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04 Aug 2011
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The Wheeler Centre announces new Director
The Wheeler turns a new page with the announcement of the new Director.
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20 Jun 2011
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Media release - Thomas Friedman in Melbourne
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09 Jun 2011
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Media release - IQ2 debate Afghanistan
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26 May 2011
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Media release - Sharp announcement
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20 May 2011
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Media release - IQ2 debate Education
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21 Apr 2011
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Media release - Premier's announcement VPLA 2011
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14 Apr 2011
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Programme 2 2011 media kit
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14 Apr 2011
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Programme 2 2011 out now media release
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22 Feb 2011
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Media release - IQ2 Major parties failing Australia
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17 Feb 2011
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WikiLeaks event - media alert
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28 Jan 2011
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Media kit, First programme 2011, Feb to April
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28 Jan 2011
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Media release, First programme 2011 - Feb to April
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17 Jan 2011
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Gala 2011 - New storytellers announced
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17 Jan 2011
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Gala profits to go to damaged Queensland libraries
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26 Nov 2010
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A Gala Night of Storytelling 2011: Voices from Elsewhere
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26 Nov 2010
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Big Gay Week
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22 Sep 2010
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Victoria 175 Media Release
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08 Sep 2010
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Programme 3 Media Release
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08 Sep 2010
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Sep-Nov Programme Mediakit
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23 Aug 2010
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Intelligence Squared: Feminism Has Failed
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12 Aug 2010
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Critical Failure Media Release
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21 Jul 2010
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State of the Arts Lecture
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24 May 2010
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Second Programme Released
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24 May 2010
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Intelligence Squared, Can Australia Escape its Racist Past
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06 May 2010
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Wislawa Szymborska: The Poet’s Voice
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05 May 2010
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Kaiser Kuo on the Great Firewall of China
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23 Apr 2010
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Alfred Deakin’s Brave New World
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23 Apr 2010
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Alfred Deakin Lecture Series 2010: Media Kit
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09 Apr 2010
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The best of the fest comes to Melbourne in May!
The Wheeler Centre hosts Sydney Writers’ Festival guests Elizabeth Gilbert, Peter Carey and Colm Toibin
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31 Mar 2010
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Graphic novel weekend
A whole weekend dedicated to the graphic novel at the Wheeler Centre, 23-25 April
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21 Jan 2010
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Inaugural programme media kit
Our full February to May programme.
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21 Jan 2010
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Inaugural programme media release
February to May programme announced.
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27 Nov 2009
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New Centre to be named after Lonley Planet founders
Arts Victoria
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26 Nov 2009
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Wheeler Centre Press Kit
The Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas announces its new name, the Wheeler Centre.
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10 Aug 2009
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2009 Premier's Literary Award nominations announced
Arts Victoria
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18 Feb 2009
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Director announced for Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas
Arts Victoria
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27 Oct 2008
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Board announced for Australia's first Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas
Arts Victoria
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20 Aug 2008
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Read all about it: Melbourennamed a City of Literature
Arts Victoria
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03 Aug 2007
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Boost for City of Literature initiative
Arts Victoria
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