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Jan 19

Join us for M/OTHER, a weekend of fearless conversation about the experience and portrayal of 'motherhood' by those who mother, have been mothered, wish to be mothers, do not identify as mothers, cannot or do not want to mother, and by society at-large. bit.ly/3WkBhGK

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fatima bhutto

@fbhutto

Feb 3

Really happy to be returning to the

in March alongside these incredible women wheelercentre.com/events/iwd-pow. See you soon Melbourne.

International Women’s Day: Power and Politics

On International Women’s Day, join three powerhouse women for a galvanising conversation exploring politics and power through a global feminist lens.

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Australia's richest literary award won by short book that was twice rejected by publishers

Feb 3

Victorian Prize for Literature winner Jessica Au speaks to

@hannahmstory

for

@ABCArts

about her book 'Cold Enough for Snow', this life-changing moment and buying 'time to write'.

@abcnews

#vpla2023

abc.net.au

A novel exploring the fraught but loving relationship between mothers and daughters just won the top prize at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.

Catherine Andrews and The Wheeler Centre

I joined

at Fed Square to celebrate 28 incredible shortlisted works at the 2023 Vic Premier's Lit Awards last night. Congrats to all the nominees - you are the reason why we are a UNESCO City of Literature, and we will continue to recognise and celebrate your work.

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Fed Square

@FedSquare

Feb 2

The moment, when The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award was announced. Congratulations to Jessica Au! #vpla2023

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JUST ANNOUNCED: The winner of the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature 2023 is Jessica Au! The judges commended Au on her masterful ability to slip between memory and the present, noting the work opens up new horizons for Australian literature. #VPLA2023

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Feb 2

Thank you to everyone who joined us in person or online tonight, and congratulations to all the #VPLA2023 winners and nominees! You can read more about the winning and shortlisted works on our website now.

The 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards

Celebrating literary achievement by Australian writers, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award is the single most valuable literary award in the country. View the 2023 shortlist.

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The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript goes to Mick Cummins for 'One Divine Night'. The work explores homelessness, independence and the ties that bind on the streets of Melbourne. #VPLA2023 bit.ly/3wQ5q6s

The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing is awarded to Lystra Rose for 'The Upwelling' (

@HachetteAus

). #VPLA2023 bit.ly/3DAf9ln

The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Writing for Young Adults goes to

@katemurray

for 'We Who Hunt the Hollow' (

@HardieGrantCP

). #VPLA2023 bit.ly/3HQm4t6

The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry is awarded to

@gavin_ygao

for 'At the Altar of Touch' (

@UQPbooks

). #VPLA2023 bit.ly/3WTjBSV

The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Drama goes to John Harvey for his play 'The Return' (

@MalthouseMelb

). #VPLA2023 bit.ly/3XYi6Eg

The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction goes to

@eda__gunaydin

for 'Root & Branch: Essays on inheritance' (

@newsouthpub

). #VPLA2023 bit.ly/40k1t7M

The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction goes to Jessica Au for 'Cold Enough for Snow' (

@GiramondoBooks

). #VPLA2023 bit.ly/40eiYGq

The #VPLA2023 People's Choice Award goes to

@karlie_moon_

and

@KrystalDeNapoli

for 'Astronomy: Sky Country' (

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Who will take home a Victorian Premier's Literary Award tonight? From 6pm AEDT, tune in to the live stream on our website or follow our feed for updates as this year's winners are revealed. #vpla2023

2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards [Live Stream]

Tune in to the 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards ceremony and celebrate this year's outstanding winners and nominees.

Catch up on the latest Hot Desk extract with Amarachi Okorom's piece 'Hope to Die', a stage play that explores sisterhood and what it means to protect your space.

Hot Desk Extract: Hope to Die

As part of the Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowship programme, Amarachi Okorom worked on Hope to Die, a stage play that explores sistahood and what it means to protect your space.

Feb 1

Wrap up the weekend by inspecting the nuances of on-screen depictions, and the real-life implications, of motherhood in Australia’s film and television industry with

@Alison_M_Bell

, Kate Box, Leticia Cáceres and Jemmason Power.

Screen Queens: Motherhood and Film

Explore the nuances of on-screen depictions, and the real-life implications, of motherhood in Australia’s film and television industry with a panel of actors, writers and directors.

Join body image and disability advocates

@shesthebodzilla

and Lefa Singleton Norton with host

@eleanorjjackson

for a fearless conversation about the ideas, expectations and pressures around pregnancy, birth and mothering bodies.

Skin in the Game: Mothering and Bodies

Join a panel of body image and disability advocates for a fearless conversation about the ideas, expectations and pressures around pregnancy, birth and mothering bodies.

For the final session of our M/OTHER Soapbox Series,

@Jacinta_Parsons

confronts expectations around mothers’ ageing, the changes to the motherhood experience that occur as children grow up, and what it means to be a ‘mother of a certain age’.

Soapbox Series: Jacinta Parsons

Radio host and writer Jacinta Parsons discusses female ageing and ageism for the final instalment of M/OTHER's free Soapbox Series.

Join @antoinette_news0, Laura McPhee Brown,

@NicoleHighet

and host

@eleanorjjackson

to explore maternal rage, depression & psychosis, cultural depictions of motherhood, and the importance of sharing lived mental health experiences.

Baby Blues: Exploring Perinatal Mental Health

Question depictions, taboos and expectations of perinatal mental health in an honest discussion with leading writers, creators and specialists.

Fill your Saturday evening with a glittering line-up of writers, performers and musicians coming together to celebrate the maternal figures that have shaped their lives for a M/OTHER gala spectacular, hosted by the one and only

@Jan__Fran

A glittering line-up of writers, performers and musicians come together to celebrate the maternal figures that have shaped their lives in a M/OTHER gala spectacular, hosted by the one and only Jan...

Mum's the Word Gala

For M/OTHER, performance artist

@caseyishere

, writer Alexandra Collier, editor Bridget Caldwell-Bright and host

@HilaryKHarper

discuss what it means to create contemporary families that consider the shifting needs of both children and parents.

Modern Family: Reimagining the Domestic Ideal

Rethink traditional structures of raising children with a conversation about breaking the mould and redefining what it means to be a family and a parent.

Pop into

between events as

discusses queer parenting, the highs and lows of co-parenting, and examines the benefits to children & parents who find ways to parent that consider the needs of all parties.

Soapbox Series: Frankie Valentine

Writer, performance artist, sex worker and parent Frankie Valentine explores queering the parenting narrative as part of M/OTHER's free Soapbox Series.

Explore the delicate juggling act experienced by maternal creatives balancing the dual roles of ‘the mother’ and ‘the artist’ in a panel with

, Esther Freud,

Role Mothers: Art, Creativity and Motherhood

Explore the delicate juggling act experienced by maternal creatives balancing the dual roles of ‘the mother’ and ‘the artist’.

Debut American literary star

@RachelYoder

discusses losing yourself, then finding yourself, within the strangeness of motherhood in conversation with Australian writer

@katemildenhall

, exclusively for M/OTHER.

Debut American literary star Rachel Yoder discusses losing yourself, then finding yourself, in motherhood in a conversation with Australian writer Kate Mildenhall, exclusively for M/OTHER.

Rachel Yoder: Nightbitch

Appearing in Melbourne exclusively for M/OTHER, British-Indian behavioural scientist

@drpragyaagarwal

explores the historical, social and scientific factors that shape our perception of motherhood and who is seen to qualify as a mother.

Pragya Agarwal: The (M)Otherhood Myth

British-Indian behavioural scientist Pragya Agarwal explores the historical, social and scientific factors that shape our perception of motherhood and who is seen to qualify as a mother.

Join perinatal health writers and experts Natalie Kon-yu,

@DeSouzaRN

@karindakarinda

& Karen Pickering as they unpick the ways Australia’s healthcare system could better serve pregnant and birthing people.

Labour of Love: Examining Birthing and Health Care

Unpick the ways Australia’s healthcare system could better serve pregnant and birthing people with a panel of parental health writers and experts.

Between M/OTHER panels, meet us as

@TheMoatMelb

as writer and podcaster

@madrgriffiths

takes to the soapbox to tackle abortion, agency, choice, and the power of women sharing their stories to shine a light in the darkness. bit.ly/3YcTqrB

Is it environmentally sustainable to have a child? What does it mean to be a single parent in 2023? Navigate some of the many complexities around choosing to start, or not to start, a family with

& Karen Pickering.

The Mother of All Questions

Navigate some of the many complexities around choosing to start, or not to start, a family with a panel of writers and community advocates.

Celebrate the beauty of the post-birth body through art at this exclusive life drawing event hosted by writer, performance artist, sex worker and parent

@frankievankan

Life Drawing with Frankie Valentine

Explore your creative side and celebrate the beauty of the post-birth body at this exclusive life drawing event hosted by writer, performance artist, sex worker and parent Frankie Valentine.

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#LoveOzYA

@LoveOzYA

Jan 30

The Wheeler Centre's (

) Hot Desk Fellowships are back and applications are open! These amazing fellowships have been created to provide emerging writers with the space to write and create, along with many other opportunities!

The Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowships are back for 2023!

Hot Desk Fellowships