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Discover exciting new writers at a special Emerging Writers’ Festival edition of The Next Big Thing.
Join us for a vibrant evening of readings and celebration as The Wheeler Centre and Emerging Writers’ Festival join forces to spotlight five of Australia's up-and-coming literary stars.
Crybaby is a collection of micro memoirs by Mabel Gibson. Sara Haddad’s The Sunbird is a timely and modern parable about Palestine. In Spite of You is Patrick Lenton’s wickedly funny queer romcom. Andrea Thompson’s Geraldine chronicles one woman’s journey to change a world that wants to change her. Poet Aylin Mulayim reads their work from Voiceworks #134 Vice.
Explore the Emerging Writers' Festival (11 - 18 September) full program now.
emerging writers' festival program
The Next Big Thing series is generously supported by George and Rosa Morstyn.
Presented in partnership with Emerging Writers’ Festival
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Monday 15 September
6.30 - 7.30pm
Tickets
$19.50
Full
$15.50
Concession
$15.50
Under 30
$0.00
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Location
Accessibility
Accessible toilets available
Registered Assistance Animals welcome
Wheelchair accessible
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Additional Notes
Featuring
Mabel Gibson
Mabel Gibson is a yamatji woman living and writing in boorloo. Her work has been published with Magabala books, Night Parrot Press and Centre for Stories and she has spoken at writers festivals across Australia. Her debut ...
Sara Haddad
Sara Haddad is a writer and editor who lives and works on Gadigal land. A Lebanese Australian, she has worked in publishing for over 35 years. She is the author of The Sunbird.
Patrick Lenton
Patrick Lenton is an author and culture journalist currently living in Melbourne Australia, who has regular bylines at The Guardian, SMH and The Age, the ABC and more. He is the author of the book of short stories A Man ...
Aylin Mulayim
Aylin Mulayim is a poet and writer interested in writing back to language. Her recent work has been published in Cordite Poetry Review and Voiceworks. She lives in Naarm/Melbourne, where she currently studies Literature ...
Andrea Thompson
Andrea Thompson is a writer, music journalist, artist manager and promoter. Born in the north of England in the Swinging Sixties, Andrea has worked through a range of jobs including trades assistant in the north-west of ...
Diem Nguyen
Diem is the Wheeler Centre’s Program Producer. She has worked at the Emerging Writers’ Festival, Writers Victoria, and the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) ...