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 ...

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 ...

Mimi Kwa has been a TV journalist and media personality for 25 years. She is an author, and her memoir House of Kwa is being developed for screen. As the first person of Asian descent on channel 9 ...

Jamie Oliver started cooking at his parent’s pub, The Cricketers, in Clavering, Essex, at the age of eight and has since worked with some of the world’s top chefs. He is now running Fifteen - one of ...

Revisit this conversation between much touted authors Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner with host CS Pacat, in a lively discussion about the making of their latest book, Lady’s Knight. Gwen is tired of ...

Meet the 22 writers taking part in the Hot Desk Fellowships program in 2025, and read more about their projects. 2025 is the 13th year of The Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowships, which provide ...

One of Britain’s bestselling historians offers a meticulously researched and insightful account of the famously televised 1980 SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London – better known as Operation ...

Join the beloved author of popular modern classics Starter for Ten and One Day as he takes to The Wheeler Centre stage to discuss his latest novel, You Are Here. Marnie, feeling isolated in her London ...

New York Times-bestselling author duo join forces to discuss their latest tale – a YA medieval romp brimming with treachery, swordplay and excellent snacks. In their latest collaboration, much touted ...

This event is currently sold out. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email ticketing@wheelercentre.com. Join Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry, hosts of the Guardian’s political podcast ...