The Wheeler Centre

Books, Writing, Ideas. Melbourne.

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https://soundcloud.com/wheelercentre/1-the-invasion-of-death

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https://soundcloud.com/wheelercentre/2-how-dare-you-want-to-end-your-life-lizs-story

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Beautiful jellyfish art by Ernst Haeckel, a famous German biologist and naturalist from the 19th century.

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Concept art for Shanghai Disneyland Park

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A while back, I did some illustrations for an article about gender stereotypes. I just stumbled across this unused idea while cleaning out my folders ✌️👫 (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

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Enjoy The Silence

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Handwritten outlines for great works of literature

Joseph Heller’s chart outline for Catch-22.

Part of Jennifer Egan’s plan for her short story Black Box.

Sylvia Plath’s outline for The Bell Jar.

J.K. Rowling’s plan for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

James Salter’s outline for Light Years.

Henry Miller’s manuscript plan for Tropic of Capricorn.

Norman Mailer’s character timeline for Harlot’s Ghost.

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A couple more from our storytelling night at Melbourne Town Hall.

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Last night at our storytelling Gala, On Five. Part one.

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"When I was a child, girls would never wear trousers. But then women’s lib came along and they started to wear them all the time. So I figured, if women are allowed to wear trousers, men should be allowed to wear skirts. That’s liberation too, right? So I started with a kilt and realised I quite liked it. After that I tried other skirts. I now I wear them regularly. Not all the time mind you - just whenever I feel like it.

People sometimes tease me and ask why I am wearing a woman’s skirt. But look at me. I am quite clearly a man. So this is not a woman’s skirt. It’s MY skirt. It’s a man’s skirt.”

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I will never not reblog posts about this subject.

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Melbourne mash #russellstreet #melbourne #melarch #120collins #westpachq (at 120 Collins Street)

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The habit of writing thus for my own eye only is good practice. It loosens the ligaments.

Virginia Woolf (b. January 25, 1882) on the creative benefits of keeping a diary. Pair with other celebrated writers on the subject.  (via explore-blog)

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Happy birthday, James Joyce (born February 2, 1882)

"Life is too short to read a bad book." - James Joyce

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We just announced a dozen great events – from our yearly Children's Book Festival to conversations with Simran Sethi, Roxane Gay, Michel Faber, Kelli Jean Drinkwater, Richard Flanagan, Elizabeth Gilbert and more. Plus we'll tackle travel writing, body politics, fashion criticism, the privatisation of space (with excellent science heads including Dianne McGrath, Melbourne's own Mars One contender!) and writing on mothers.

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Come and meet roxanegay next month. For free. In conversation with Maxine Beneba Clarke. You have about five minutes before tickets book out.

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Jobs! We have two of them up for grabs. If you're a clever, experienced and dedicated producer, maybe one could be yours?

All of the details.

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Bookshop in Santorini, Greece.

via reddit

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