Michelle Griffin has issued a passionate defence of 'dirty books' for teens as a way for them to develop fantasy lives free of the 'shackles of banal commercialised sexuality'. We look at her reasons., In yesterday's Guardian, Ewan Morrison warned of the coming fall-out for writers and publishers when the 'self-e-publishing bubble' inevitably bursts. Here in Australia, the bubble has barely floated into view. We look at Morrison's argument and how self-e-publishing is playing out in Australia - talking to Matthia Dempsey, Angela Meyer and Lisa Dempster. , It’s always nice to see Australian creators gain attention and accolades overseas – even more so when they hail from Melbourne. And when they’re written up in a lauded international publication for a book *about* Melbourne ... well, that’s impressive. and The issue of women's writing being overlooked has been hotly debated over the past year. But one 'mid-list' male writer has argued that it's men who have it tough when it comes to publishing fiction. Does he have a point?
Wheeler Weekly: Cartoon by Judy Horacek, Wheeler Weekly: Cartoon by Andrew Weldon, Wheeler Weekly: Cartoon by Oslo Davis and Wheeler Weekly: Cartoon by Judy Horacek
Judging a book by its cover, A kind of 'cloud atlas', abstraction from the Big Apple and Tim Minchin portrait wins Archibald prize
Tim Flannery, curator of the 2010 Deakin Lecture Series, at Copenhagen. and up close encounters with Seamus Heaney
Singing the praises of the VPLAs... es. and Listen to audio of 'Is Australian Democracy Broken?'
Huckleberry Finn as "America without its make-up on", Paris Review promo video that makes dessert of the literary journal, Dirk Gently Makes the Small Screen and Classic video of the crossword inker
The Wheeler Centre Gala 2012: Stories to Believe In
Transport and Movement
On the Waterfront
Arts and Culture
City and Urban Planning
David Holmgren on Retrofitting the Suburbs for Sustainability
