The Wheeler Centre: Books, Writing, Ideas: Videos

Illustrator/writer Nicki Greenberg discusses her comic take on a classic

Irish writer reads from his award-winning novel

One of Australia's most experienced female journalists, re-tells her experiences of reporting from boxing to Russian politics.

Alan Kohler, Stephen Mayne and Tom Elliott talk about good and bad corporate citizens

Crossword maker David Astle remixes language

LM Robinson on Little Lonsdale's Saucy History

Kate Holden: Miss Misogyny

Feminist and writer, Naomi Wolf talks about what's changed since *The Beauty Myth* and her essay "The Silent Treatment".

The creator of Jack Reacher, Lee Child talks to John Birmingham about how he writes, his new book *61 Hours* and wanting to be in The Beatles.

Fifty years after its first publication, Robin Boyd’s bestselling *The Australian Ugliness* remains the definitive statement on how we live and think in the environments we create for ourselves. The re-release of this Australian classic called for a re-examination of Boyd’s seminal work and its continuing relevance. Chaired by Michael Heyward, the speakers will be Karen Burns, Gideon Haigh and Brenda Niall.

Les Murray reads from his new volume of poems, Taller When Prone.

From Pacific Solution to Oceanic Viking: in a special Overland event, legendary journalist and raconteur Mungo MacCallum discusses what we might expect from Labor on refugees.

Influential and respected commentator and author Waleed Aly discusses the political Right in Australia and globally.

SBS-TV's Sam Pang chaired this backward-looking dig into Melbourne’s past with panel members Robyn Annear, Peter McPhee, Jane Rhodes and LM Robinson.

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Catherine Deveny on 'Why Becoming an Atheist Made me a Writer'