The Wheeler Centre is Melbourne’s home for smart, passionate and entertaining public talks. We support writers, readers and thinkers. Through live and digital conversations, debates, readings, ...

Jemmason Power is a 28-year-old First Nations model (As We Are Agency, based in Brisbane), mother and full-time facilitator. Throughout her childhood and young adult life, Jemmason's identity was ...

Coral Reeve, the humankind, is a proud Gunditjmara woman, currently living on Wathawurrung Country. She often indulges in too many coffees and the click clack of the keyboard writing short stories and ...

Soju Gang is a name that has grown to acclamation over the years as a multidisciplinary artist and personality, centring community and connection via the medium of music. Found notoriety in Naarm’s ...

Freddy (Emily) Weir is a writer, comedian, and Furby collector. They’ve been working as a copywriter for nearly a decade now, and their work has appeared on TV screens and billboards around Australia.

Delsa Tuitea is an Australian-born Samoan playwright and producer. A graduate of La Trobe University where she completed her Bachelor of Arts Delsa is also an of Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) ...

Ella Rowe is a textured hair specialist and dry cutting artist with a passion for empowering clients through natural hair care. With years of hands-on experience and a deep understanding of curls, ...

Bayley Turner is a proud queer transfem writer and performer. Bayley’s poetry work has been performed as an immersive performance art experience ‘Eve St John’ in Melbourne Fringe (2018), and poetry ...

Dr Amy Thunig-McGregor (B.Arts; M.Teach; PhD) is a Gomeroi/Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay academic who parents and partners on beautiful Awabakal Country. A full-time Research ...

John Vaillant is a bestselling author and freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and the Guardian, among others. His latest book, Fire Weather, won Britain's Baillie ...

As we enter the second half of this pivotal decade, what is the evolving role of citizens in shaping major political, social and cultural shifts in Australia? Democracy is more than democratic ...

Award-winning photographer Julian Kingma and broadcaster and voluntary assisted dying advocate Andrew Denton come together for a powerful discussion about dignity, compassion and the revolution of end ...