Llewellyn appointed Wheeler Centre CEO
The Wheeler Centre has announced the appointment of Caro Llewellyn as CEO. Llewellyn, whose memoir Diving into Glass (Hamish Hamilton) was shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize, was announced as...
Black joins the Wheeler Centre
Former Crikey editor Sophie Black has joined the Wheeler Centre as head of programming while Emily Sexton is on maternity leave. (See news.)
Black joins the Wheeler Centre
Former Crikey editor Sophie Black has joined the Wheeler Centre as head of programming while Emily Sexton is on maternity leave. Black was most recently editor-in-chief at Private Media, which...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2015 shortlists announced
The 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary awards shortlists have been announced.The shortlisted titles are:Fiction Only the Animals (Ceridwen Dovey, Penguin) Golden Boys (Sonya Hartnett, Penguin) The Snow Kimono (Mark Henshaw, Text)...
Sexton appointed head of programming at the Wheeler Centre
The Wheeler Centre has appointment of Emily Sexton as its new head of programming. Sexton replaces Simon Abrahams, who will move to the newly created role of creative producer. (See...
Sexton appointed head of programming at the Wheeler Centre
The Wheeler Centre has announced the appointment of Emily Sexton as head of programming.Sexton has been creative producer and co-CEO of Melbourne’s contemporary art festival Next Wave for the past...
Ryding appointed director of Melbourne City of Literature office
Arts Victoria has announced the appointment of David Ryding as the inaugural director of the Melbourne City of Literature office based at the Wheeler Centre. Ryding is a former executive...
Wheeler Centre launches ‘#discuss’ campaign
The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne is running a campaign to encourage public conversation that is ‘part street art and part New Yorker-style caption contest’.Under the campaign, Twitter users are asked to...
Melbourne City of Literature Office to open
A UNESCO City of Literature Office will open in Melbourne in June.Victorian Arts Minister Heidi Victoria announced the news at the launch of the Emerging Writers’ Festival on 27 May....
Arts Victoria report finds awareness of Wheeler Centre, MWF ‘relatively low’
Awareness of the Wheeler Centre and Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) is ‘relatively low’, according to a new audience survey by Arts Victoria.The report, Audience Atlas Victoria, surveyed 3841 adult respondents and...
Latest Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships announced
The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne has announced the successful applicants for its latest round of Hot Desk Fellowships. The successful applicants are: André Dao, Aurelia Guo, Bernadette Hince,...
Williamson appointed fiction editor at ‘Island’
Geordie Williamson has been appointed fiction editor at Island magazine. Williamson, who is chief literary critic at the Australian, was announced as Island’s new fiction editor on 6 March. In a...
Wheeler Centre joins international climate change project
The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne is one of five international partners in a new literature and climate change project called Weather Stations. Organisations in Berlin...
Withycombe joins the Wheeler Centre
Helen Withycombe has joined the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne in the role of programming coordinator. Withycombe, who started in the role earlier this month, joins...
Withycombe joins the Wheeler Centre
Helen Withycombe has joined the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne in the role of programming coordinator. Withycombe, who started in the role earlier this month, joins the...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2014 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction Burial Rites (Hannah Kent, Picador) The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard...
Niven to join Creative Scotland
Jenny Niven, associate director of the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne, has been appointed as head of literature, languages and publishing at Creative Scotland, reports the Age. Niven, who joined the...
Wheeler Centre announces new ‘hot desk’ fellowships
The Wheeler Centre has announced its latest round of ‘hot desk’ fellowships, which includes several published authors. Zane Lovitt, author of The Midnight Promise (Text), is working on his second...
Literary organisations, awards among Australia’s ‘Top 50 Philanthropic Gifts’
A number of Australian literary organisations and awards, including the Miles Franklin Literary Award and Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas, have been named in a poll of...
The intern experience: Starting out in the book industry
Internships are a common way of breaking into the book industry, but they’re also an opportunity to try out different roles, reports Eloise Florence. For Natalia Cheng, an internship at...