The Wheeler Centre: Books, Writing, Ideas: Videos

Victorian Premier's Literary Award nominee Maria Tumarkin reads from Otherland

Hugo Award winner China Miéville talks about genre vs literature, British comics and Kraken.

Peter Fitzsimons speaks candidly about lost love, the death of his mother, and his attempts to resist 'This Is Your Life'.

Tim Flannery, Douglas Hilton and Rachel Webster join Ramona Koval for a discussion on Cicero, Darwin and Wallace; amateur entymology and (un)believable science fiction.

George Megalogenis deciphers the election results from Labor losses to Greens rise and the Coalition's fightback to power.

To coincide with the release of two major new histories of Christianity in Australia, our panel pick apart how secular Australia writes about and talks about God.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali talks about Liberal societies and the debate over Islam.

Sue-Ann Post outlines her argument against the dishonest expectations - and unconvincing science - of monogamy.

Griffith Review 29 contributors Peter Mares, Michele Grossman and Rachel Buchanan deconstruct the social and racial dialogue surrounding the population debate - particularly around the question of immigration.

American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis talks about his new novel, Imperial Bedrooms, Delta Goodrem and his scam with Judd Nelson.

Hanifa Deen is fed up with writing about Muslims, reading about Muslims, defending Muslims and obsessing about Muslims in general but is having trouble getting off the ‘Muslim merry-go-round’. Here, she offers some creative solutions.

Jonathan Mills delivers his impassioned argument for the arts in our daily lives.

Tim Southhommasane on how Australia would be better with National Service

Filmmakers Sue Maslin, Adam Elliott and Camille Chen talk about the books that inform and inspire their work on screen - and about the relationship between the two.

Tony Wilson talks about his new book with Tony Martin in a night of too-many Tones