The Next Big Thing: Hot Desk 2026 Edition #2
The Wheeler Centre
At this special edition of The Next Big Thing, writers awarded a 2026 Hot Desk Fellowship will share exclusive excerpts from their works-in-progress.
Grab a drink and settle in as host Pranati Narayan Visweswaran introduces Nicola Bryant, Michael Earp, Grace Hall, Nalini Jacob-Roussety, Shahrin Shamim and Annie Zhang for an evening of captivating readings – from memoir to dark academia and coming-of-age drama – and insights into their creative practice.
The Hot Desk Fellowships are supported by the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, the Readings Foundation and the Just Pretending theatre group.
The Next Big Thing series is generously supported by George and Rosa Morstyn.
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