Wheeler Centre announces new ‘hot desk’ fellowships
The Wheeler Centre has announced its third round of ‘hot desk’ fellowships, including a number of applicants with publishing contracts. Musician and writer Justin Heazlewood, also known as The Bedroom...
Abrahams, Booton to join the Wheeler Centre
At the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne, Simon Abrahams has been appointed to the role of head of programming, replacing associate director Jenny Niven while she is...
Abrahams, Booton to join the Wheeler Centre
The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne has announced the appointment of Simon Abrahams to the role of head of programming and Jaclyn Booton to the newly...
Wheeler Centres launches new program, annual gala
The Wheeler Centre has released its first program for 2013, kicking off the year with its Gala Night of Storytelling based around Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. The...
Wheeler Centre ‘hot desk’ fellowships announced
The Wheeler Centre has announced its next round of ‘hot desk’ fellowships, sponsored by Readings. The successful applications for intake one, which will run from 11 February to 19 April,...
Tim Coronel: What next for the Australian publishing industry?
Former Bookseller+Publisher publisher Tim Coronel gave a speech at the Wheeler Centre today as part of the SPUNC Independent Publishers Conference. Here’s some of what he had to say: I’m...
Next round of Wheeler Centre fellowships announced
The Wheeler Centre has announced its next round of ‘hot desk’ fellowships, sponsored by Readings. The successful applicants in this round are Oliver Mol, who will work on his debut...
Booksellers share Christmas picks
Booksellers from Embiggen Books, Readings, The Sun Bookshop, Avid Reader and Avenue Bookstore have shared their most-anticipated Christmas titles on the Wheeler Centre’s website. Nominated titles include Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight...
Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships announced
The Wheeler Centre has announced the first intake of writers for this year’s Hot Desk Fellowships, supported by the Readings Foundation. Among the first intake are Luke Ryan, Mel Campbell,...
Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships—applications open
Applications are now open for the Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowships initiative, funded by the Readings Foundation. As previously reported by Bookseller+Publisher, the fellowships grant 20 writers access to a...
‘The Rosie Project’ wins 2012 Victorian Premier’s unpublished manuscript award
A novel about a man with undiagnosed Asperger’s Syndrome who is looking for the perfect partner has won this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript, announced during...
SPUNC to hold independent publishers conference in November; new prize for small publishers announced
The Small Press Network (SPUNC) has announced that it will hold a new conference for independent publishers in Melbourne in November. The Independent Publishers’ Conference, which has received some financial...
In Brief
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2011 finalists announcedThe finalists in the 2011 Australian Romance Readers Awards were announced on 16 January. Members of the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA) have until...
Niven joins Wheeler Centre
The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne has announced that Jenny Niven has been appointed to the newly created position of associate director.Niven has most recently worked...
Readings to donate 10% of profits to Readings Foundation
Readings Books, Music and Film has announced that it will increase its annual contribution to The Readings Foundation, with the bookseller to donate 10% of its profits to the foundation...
20 new Wheeler Centre writers’ fellowships announced
The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne has announced that it will offer 20 new writers' fellowships in 2012. In her last public duty as director of...
2011 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards winners announced; ‘That Deadman Dance’ wins Victorian Prize for Literature
The winners of this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were announced in Melbourne on 6 September, with That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Picador) winning the inaugural Victorian Prize for...
Fifth annual Indigenous Literacy Day today
Booksellers, publishers, libraries, schools and other organisations across the country will celebrate the fifth Indigenous Literacy Day today, 7 September 2011. At the Brisbane Writers Festival Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) founder...
Williams to replace Sharp as director of Wheeler Centre
The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas has announced the appointment of Michael Williams as director, replacing Chrissy Sharp. Sharp, who was appointed the director following the centre's establishment...
Sharp to leave Wheeler Centre
The Wheeler Centre announced on 26 May that director Chrissy Sharp will finish in her position later this year. Sharp has informed the centre's board that she will be leaving her...