The Next Big Thing

Six of Australia’s best emerging literary voices share their work at a special Melbourne Writers Festival edition of The Next Big Thing.

Six compelling debut voices in Australian fiction join us for a genre-loving edition of the first The Next Big Thing in 2025.

Join us for the final edition of The Next Big Thing for 2024, as five emerging voices explore themes of search, loss and discovery.

Emerging writers run wild at this Spring Fling edition of our popular Next Big Thing series.

The Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowships are wrapping up for 2024, and in this instalment of our ever-popular Next Big Thing series, we’re showcasing writers from the third intake of fellows.

Discover and celebrate exciting new writers at the annual Emerging Writers' Festival edition of The Next Big Thing.

Be the first to hear from emerging writers as they share what they’ve been working on during a ten-week fellowship at The Wheeler Centre.

Five electrifying new writers explore formative experiences and the joys and heartache of self-discovery at the latest installment of The Next Big Thing.

Be the first to hear from emerging writers as they share what they’ve been working on during a ten-week fellowship at The Wheeler Centre.

Five of Australia’s most talented emerging voices usher in the May edition of our beloved Next Big Thing series.

Join four talented writers as they showcase their anticipated debut works at one of our most beloved series, The Next Big Thing.

Discover and celebrate exciting new writers at the annual Emerging Writers' Festival edition of Next Big Thing.

In this instalment of our popular Next Big Thing series, we’re showcasing writers from the first intake of the 2023 Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships.

In this instalment of our popular Next Big Thing series, we’re showcasing writers from the second intake of the 2023 Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships.

For this Spring Fling instalment of the Next Big Thing series, we’re spotlighting new and adventurous writers whose work goes above and beyond literary boundaries.

In this instalment of our popular Next Big Thing series, we’re showcasing writers from the third intake of the 2023 Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships.

The Next Big Thing: Known Unknowns Edition

Join us for an evening of readings from some of the brightest writers in this special edition, part of the Emerging Writers’ Festival.

In this instalment of our ever-popular Next Big Thing series, we’re showcasing writers from the first intake of the 2022 Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships.

In this special Hot Desk edition, we invite the writers from our second intake of 2022 Hot Desk Fellows to share excerpts from their projects.

In this special Hot Desk edition, we invite the writers from our third intake of 2022 Hot Desk Fellows to share excerpts from their projects.