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Be the first to hear from emerging writers as they share what they’ve been working on during a ten-week fellowship at The Wheeler Centre.
At this special edition of The Next Big Thing, writers awarded a 2025 Hot Desk Fellowship will share exclusive excerpts from their works-in-progress.
Whether you’re drawn to queer YA, historical drama, literary fiction or inquisitive non-fiction, grab a drink and settle in as host Diem Nguyen welcomes Teneille Clerke, Thirangie Jayatilake, Jo Langdon, N. J. Madden, Delsa Tuitea and Freddy (Emily) Weir to the Moat for an evening of captivating storytelling 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.
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Monday 7 July
6.30 - 7.30pm
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$19.50
Full
$15.50
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Featuring
Teneille Clerke
Teneille Clerke is a multidisciplinary artist and creative producer. Her practice spans performance, visual art, and creative nonfiction writing. In 2025, her essay on domestic abuse was shortlisted for the Lord Mayor’s Creative ...
Thirangie Jayatilake
Thirangie is a Sri Lankan origin writer and editor based in Naarm. She writes poetry, fiction and feature articles. Her fiction typically includes young female protagonists grappling with the themes of gender, race, ethnicity ...
Jo Langdon
Jo Langdon is a writer and educator living on unceded Wadawurrung land in Geelong/Djilang. She is the author of two poetry collections: a chapbook, Snowline (Whitmore Press, 2012), and Glass Life (Five Islands Press ...
N. J. Madden
N. J. Madden is a Naarm-based writer. Madden’s debut novel, Laughing River, was shortlisted for the Unpublished Manuscript Award at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2024. Madden was a featured artist at ...
Delsa Tuitea
Delsa Tuitea is an Australian-born Samoan playwright and producer. A graduate of La Trobe University where she completed her Bachelor of Arts Delsa is also an of Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) completing her Master ...
Freddy Weir
Freddy (Emily) Weir is a writer, comedian, and Furby collector. They’ve been working as a copywriter for nearly a decade now, and their work has appeared on TV screens and billboards around Australia. Their fiction ...
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) ...