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Six of Australia’s best emerging literary voices share their work at a special Melbourne Writers Festival edition of The Next Big Thing.
Discover new works and celebrate cutting-edge writing talent at a special MWF edition of The Next Big Thing, a much-loved readings series from The Wheeler Centre.
Over a drink at The Moat, hear from six of Australia’s most exciting emerging literary voices, including novelist Dominic Amerena (I Want Everything), graphic novelist Rachel Ang (I Ate the Whole World to Find You), memoirist Candice Chung (Chinese Parents Don't Say I Love You), poet Jacinta Le Plastrier (these memories require), romcom author Cynthia Timoti (Salty, Spiced, and a Little Bit Nice) and Voiceworks contributor and poet Isabella Eichler-Onus.
Presented in partnership with Melbourne Writers Festival
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Saturday 10 May
3.00 - 4.00pm
Tickets
$19.50
Full
$15.50
Concession
$0.00
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Accessibility
Accessible toilets available
Registered Assistance Animals welcome
Wheelchair accessible
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Additional Notes
Featuring
Dominic Amerena
Dominic Amerena's work has been widely published and he's won numerous prizes, grants and fellowships. I Want Everything is his first novel, appearing with Summit Books Australia and Scribner UK.
Rachel Ang
Rachel Ang is an artist and writer who makes comics. Their work has previously been published in international journals such as The New Yorker and kuš!, and Australian periodicals like The Age and Meanjin. Their ...
Candice Chung
Candice Chung is a writer, editor and a former restaurant reviewer for The Sun Herald. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, Good Food, The Australian Gourmet Traveller, SBS Food ...
Isabella Eichler-Onus
Isabella Eichler-Onus is a proud Gunditjmara writer living in Naarm. She is studying a Bachelor of Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne and has published poetry with Red Room Poetry and Voiceworks. Her work ...
Jacinta Le Plastrier
Jacinta Le Plastrier is a Melbourne/Naarm-based writer, poet, essayist, editor and publisher. Her writing, journalism, criticism and poetry have appeared in anthologies by Oxford University Press, Penguin Books, Pan ...
Cynthia Timoti
Cynthia Timoti writes fun multicultural romcoms with plenty of heart and snark, where happy endings are always guaranteed. She was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, and moved to Australia when she was seventeen ...
Diem Nguyen
Diem is the Wheeler Centre’s Program Producer. 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) ...