The Wheeler Centre: Books, Writing, Ideas: Videos

In The Quarter Acre Block, we look at Aussie cities and suburbs - and the people and myths that populate them.

John Armstrong, lead essayist of 2011's first Griffith Review, impels universities to reform their humanities programmes.

Fran Kelly leads Malcolm Fraser, Malcolm Turnbull, Lindsay Tanner and Margaret Simons through a critique of Australian democracy.

Led by Michael Cathcart, Anne Summers and Craigs Sherborne and Reucassel discuss today's Australian masculine stereotypes.

Jenny Niven and Peter Mews explore the layered fiction of Yann Martel's Man Booker-winning novel, Life of Pi.

Penny Wong, John Hewson, Carmen Lawrence, Greg Barns, Shaun Carney and Helen Kroger debate the failure of Australia's major political parties.

Barry Otto and Tony Wilson explore Louis Nowra's play Cosi, part of our Texts in the City series.

In the first Meanland event for 2011, a panel of retailers, industry insiders and editors discuss how book selling is changing.

Weekend Australian columnist Tim Soutphommasane dips into his collection of abusive letters... and spousal apologies.

Angus Trumble discusses his art career and his book, The Finger: A Handbook, with fellow curator David Hansen.

David Malouf and Raimond Gaita explore the connection between happiness and virtue.

Glenn Moore and Jenny Niven discuss race, class and identity in Barack Obama's 1995 book, Dreams from My Father.

She Must Be Seeing Things examines the work of women filmmakers turning their gaze to the cultures around them.

In Drama Queens, our panel discuss solutions to unequal representation in contemporary Australian theatre.

Ben Pobjie explains the importance of crude and shocking humour, and why we don't have the right to "not be offended".