Today in brief: Andrew McDonald: at the Wheeler Centre tonight, the Wheeler Centre offically opens, A Gala Night of Storytelling in pictures and Storytelling at the Town Hall
Queue outside the Town Hall
Queue winding up Collins Street
Main stairs at the Town Hall
Twelve writers at the Town Hall
Sold out Town Hall crowd
David Malouf
Chloe Hooper backstage
Paul Kelly
Twleve writers: a final bow
Twelve writers on stage
After show drinks in the Town Hall Condell Room
Sue Beecher, Judith Lucy, Jennifer Byrne
Jason Steger, Alex Miller, Donata Carrazza
John Safran, Chloe Hooper
Gabrielle Coyne, Paul Kelly
Christos Tsiolkas, Sam Pang and friend
Felix Reibl, Tara June Winch and friend
Tony Wheeler, Chrissy Sharp and Maureen Wheeler
Wheeler Centre banners in Melbourne
The band
Michael Williams and Catherine Deveney
Jason Steger and Ben Ball
Jennifer Byrne
Welcome to country: Aunty Doreen Garvy-Wandin
John Brumby
Tony and Maureen Wheeler
Andrew McDonald is one of four first-time writers who will appear at our Debut Mondays event this evening, with his book The Greatest Blogger in the World, the first Wheeler Centre event in our own space.
Also under the spotlight are Bob Franklin’s collection of literary horror stories, Under Stones, Sofie Laguna’s Miles Franklin-longlisted One Foot Wrong, and Our Girls and Madeleine Hamilton’s exploration of 40s and 50s Australian pinup girls.
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