Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Monday 31 March
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
There has been an explosion of vibrant new writing talent in Australia of late, and since we opened our doors, the Wheeler Centre has been right at the heart of the 21st century literary zeitgeist. Our first ever event was a Debut Monday, showcasing exciting new authors.
The Next Big Thing is the evolution of that event. We’ve broadened our horizons to present to you not only first time authors, but also those dedicated scribes with several books to their name. These are the names we believe should be on everyone’s lips, the authors we love, but who may have slipped under your radar. Join us to discover them before everyone else does!
If you plan on making a night out of it, the MOAT offers a pre-event package from 5 – 6pm: $20 for a meal and a glass of wine. Bookings essential; call (03) 9094 7820 or email info@themoat.com.au.
Featuring
Jane Jervis-Read
Jane Jervis-Read is a fiction writer from Melbourne. Her debut novella, Midnight Blue and Endlessly Tall, won the inaugural Viva La Novella competition and was published by Seizure in 2013.
The novella tells the story of Jessica, a mental health carer whose life becomes inextricably entwined with her new patient, Eloise.
Jane’s award-winning short fiction has been published in Australia’s foremost literary journals including Meanjin, Overland, Eureka Street, Going Down Swinging, Cordite Poetry Review and twice shortlisted for the Age Short Story Competition.
Joey Black
Joey started writing stories around the same time she stopped playing with her beanie kids. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and History from the University of Melbourne, and is about to begin a Master of Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing.
Briohny Doyle
Briohny Doyle is a Melbourne based writer and academic. She has published work in Meanjin, Overland and the Age. Her debut novel The Island Will Sink (The Lifted Brow) was released to critical acclaim in 2016. Adult Fantasy, her first book of nonfiction, is forthcoming through Scribe this year.
She teaches at Deakin and RMIT universities, and is a 2017 Endeavour Award recipient – undertaking research fellowships at Yale and the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Anna Cowan
Anna Cowan has been writing since she was eight years old. She lives in Melbourne with her Scottish husband and their daughter. She is the author of Untamed. Her love affair with romance shows no signs of ending.
Anna completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne and a Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. In 2010 she won a year’s mentorship with Valerie Parv through the Valerie Parv Award, and used it to develop her romance manuscript.
In 2012 she sold Untamed to Penguin Australia and it was published in 2013. Whether readers are passionately for or against Untamed, one thing is certain – readers are passionate about it. It appeared on iTunes Australia’s Best of 2013 list and has been nominated for the Australian Romance Readers Association’s favourite historical romance of 2013.