Week of Events
The Local Word Poetry Prize 2024-25
The Geelong Regional Library Corporation (GRLC) and Deakin University (DU) are pleased to present 2024-25 Local Word Poetry Prize. This […]
Stella Prize entries open
Entries to the 2025 Stella Prize are now open. Entries are accepted from 9am (AEST) Monday 22 July until 5pm […]
53rd ANZAAB Book Fair
The Melbourne Rare Book Fair returns in July 2024 to Wilson Hall, The University of Melbourne. It is the major […]
Festival of Stories – Sunday
We will be celebrating story-telling in all its forms from 2nd - 4th August 2024 at Berninneit Cowes Cultural Centre […]
Festival of Stories – Saturday
We will be celebrating story-telling in all its forms from 2nd - 4th August 2024 at Berninneit Cowes Cultural Centre […]
The Studio Girls: Lisa Ireland Author Talk
The Studio Girls: Lisa Ireland Author Talk
Step into the captivating world of Hollywood's Golden Age with our author talk featuring Lisa Ireland and her novel, "The […]
Poetry Slam Workshop
Poetry Slam Workshop
Writers get inspired with a spoken wordshop led by a professional slam artist. This workshop includes a demonstration of slam […]
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
After another unsuccessful round of IVF, young couple Lou and Maud are broke. Things take an unexpected turn when they […]
Is Australian Media Broken?
Is Australian Media Broken?
Traditional news media has always played an important role in framing debate about key issues of the day for Australians. […]
Getting Words on the Page with Elise Esther Hearst
Getting Words on the Page with Elise Esther Hearst
Do you want to write but feel that you don’t know how, are stuck or out of practice? Join award-winning […]
Radio Talk: Poetry Open Mic
Radio Talk: Poetry Open Mic
A welcoming and community driven poetry open mic for everyone. Hosted by Vibe Union at Radio Bar, Fitzroy A fortnightly […]
The State
The State
Look at the state of this place! Four states are lorded over by foppish drag-king Daddies, all under the thumb […]
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
After another unsuccessful round of IVF, young couple Lou and Maud are broke. Things take an unexpected turn when they […]
Celebrate Library Week with Sam Elkin and the VLA Law Library
Celebrate Library Week with Sam Elkin and the VLA Law Library
Join VLA Library staff and Sam Elkin for an online in-conversation about his debut narrative non-fiction book Detachable Pen*s: A […]
Stonnington Mansion Bus Tour
Stonnington Mansion Bus Tour
🚐 Stonnington Mansion Bus Tour - An Seniors and History Month Event The 90-minute tour will allow you to peer […]
Poetry Slam Doncaster heat: We write revolutions!
Poetry Slam Doncaster heat: We write revolutions!
"Sink your talons in and have emotions soar. Poets, it’s time to spread your words. You’ve got two minutes on […]
Launch of Woo Woo by Ella Baxter
Launch of Woo Woo by Ella Baxter
Sabine is having a moment. Her new exhibition, Fuck You, Help Me, is opening soon. But it's not only this […]
Emerging Writers’ Festival 2024 Program Launch: Divinations
Emerging Writers’ Festival 2024 Program Launch: Divinations
For 21 years, EWF has remained a portal for storytellers embarking on their journey. It is where creative connections are […]
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
After another unsuccessful round of IVF, young couple Lou and Maud are broke. Things take an unexpected turn when they […]
The State
The State
Look at the state of this place! Four states are lorded over by foppish drag-king Daddies, all under the thumb […]
English reading circle at North Melbourne Library
English reading circle at North Melbourne Library
The program welcomes both native and EAL (English as an additional language) speakers. Friday 3 May 2024 - Friday 5 […]
Liminal Festival: Opening Night
Liminal Festival: Opening Night
For the past eight years, Liminal has carved out spaces for community to gather, converse and create. To open the […]
The State
The State
Look at the state of this place! Four states are lorded over by foppish drag-king Daddies, all under the thumb […]
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
After another unsuccessful round of IVF, young couple Lou and Maud are broke. Things take an unexpected turn when they […]
Language Under Occupation
Language Under Occupation
I have all the theory in the world to explain the logics of our erasure, the violence of our replacements […]
What to Expect When You’re Expecting… A Book
What to Expect When You’re Expecting… A Book
The publishing industry can often seem both opaque and arcane. But publishing is a business like any other and there […]
Visions & Revisions
Visions & Revisions
Each work that engages with history (and all do, to some degree or another) raises questions about how our visions […]
Poetry Slam Workshop
Poetry Slam Workshop
Writers get inspired with a spoken wordshop led by a professional slam artist. This workshop includes a demonstration of slam […]
The Novel
The Novel
The old novel … had defined boundaries within which information was traded for the reader’s loyalty to a common and […]
Critical Limit
Critical Limit
Literary criticism seems to be in an endless state of decline. In so-called Australia, a particular flavour of cultural cringe […]
Writing Utopia: Poetics, Futurity + Friendship
Writing Utopia: Poetics, Futurity + Friendship
How does poetry register the transformation of time and space. Where does the poet begin and end? In this session, […]
Writing Utopia: Poetics, Futurity & Friendship
Writing Utopia: Poetics, Futurity & Friendship
How does poetry register the transformation of time and space? Where does the poet begin and end? In this session, […]
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
After another unsuccessful round of IVF, young couple Lou and Maud are broke. Things take an unexpected turn when they […]
The State
The State
Look at the state of this place! Four states are lorded over by foppish drag-king Daddies, all under the thumb […]
Little Fates: Yanyi and Danny Soberano
Little Fates: Yanyi and Danny Soberano
How is a person known? Perhaps in the way their coffee cools; as Danny Soberano writes: ‘I knew even then […]
Yesterday’s Goo: Jenny Zhang and Panda Wong
Yesterday’s Goo: Jenny Zhang and Panda Wong
‘I kept dripping yesterday’s goo’, Jenny Zhang writes, in her collection My Baby First Birthday. Poems can be glorious repositories for […]
Linework: Jillian Tamaki and Lee Lai
Linework: Jillian Tamaki and Lee Lai
Whether you impatiently page through panels or fall headfirst into the gutter, comics are a literary form that invite the […]
Australian Poetry Slam Heat
Australian Poetry Slam Heat
Sunbury Library is hosting a heat for the Australian Poetry Slam facilitated by professional performing writers! Join us for a […]