Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Monday 10 July
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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.
The Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowships have kicked off for another year, and in this instalment of our popular Next Big Thing series, we’re showcasing writers from the first intake of fellows. Grab a drink from the Moat bar and be the first to hear excerpts from these exciting projects-in-progress. Hosted by Diem Nguyen, this edition of The Next Big Thing features 2023 Hot Desk Fellows Mark Hewitt, Victoria Kenworthy, Lauren Mullings, Shoshanna Rockman, Melanie Schuijers and Jamie Tram, whose works – ranging from fiction to poetry, screenplay and personal essays – have all been refined over the writers’ ten-week fellowships. Unfortunately Sienna Barton is no longer able to appear at this event.
The Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships are supported by the Readings Foundation and Just Pretending theatre group.
The Next Big Thing
The Next Big Thing takes place every month at the Moat and is a cherished Melbourne institution. It’s the place to be if you want to hear great emerging writers read from new and adventurous work.
Featuring
Mark Hewitt
Mark Hewitt is a writer from Melbourne. His debut fiction, the short story Doorknocker, was published in Empty Mind Plaza in 2022. Westie is his first novel.
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Victoria Kenworthy
Victoria Kenworthy is a writer and researcher from Geelong, currently based in Melbourne. She recently completed a PhD at RMIT University’s School of Media & Communication, analysing how we can imagine fictional concepts ...
Lauren Mullings
Lauren Mullings is a writer and multi-disciplinary artist of Afro-Caribbean descent. She migrated to Melbourne from the UK with her British-Australian mother and Jamaican father, Winston, whom she has written about in a short ...
Shoshanna Rockman
Shoshanna Rockman was awarded 1st place for Batimore Science Fiction Society Prize 2022, 2nd place for Melbourne Poets Union 2022, 2nd place for Oprelle Publications Prize 2022 and 3rd place for My Brother Jack 2021 ...
Melanie Schuijers
Melanie Schuijers is a writer, lyricist, and psychologist working on Boonwurrung country. She has penned a song that charted in the top twenty, won an independent music award, written music for film and television, published ...
Jamie Tram
Jamie Tram is a regular contributor to ABC Everyday and the Small Screens Editor at The Big Issue. Their work can also be found in Spectrum - The Saturday Age, Senses of Cinema and FilmInk, amongst other publications ...
Diem Nguyen
Diem is the Wheeler Centre’s Program Coordinator. She has worked at the Emerging Writers’ Festival, Writers Victoria, and the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) ...