The Wheeler Centre: Books, Writing, Ideas: Videos

On International Women's Day, Christine Gordon speaks about contemporary feminism and the power of women's stories.

Kim Barker explores her account of the conflict, danger and irreverence in a warzone. With Karen Middleton.

Film critic Thomas Caldwell joins host Ruby Murray to discuss Elia Kazan’s 1954 film *On the Waterfront*.

Do people who have been the subject of media coverage invariably feel betrayed? Michael Gawenda presents his case.

Jane-Frances Kelly, Trevor Dance, Rob Adams and Jill Garner explore density, distribution and demographics.

Alain de Botton brings his light touch and intellectual pirouettes to the topic of religion and its atheistic utility.

Hilary Charlesworth delivers her proposal for female rights and representation in post-revolutionary states.

Paul Mees, Meredith Sussex and Daniel Bowen explore the ideas and issues of getting around a growing Melbourne.

David Holmgren explores the adaptability of suburbs in times of converging economic, energy and climate crises.

In our 2012 Gala Night, eleven writers took to the stage to explore the concept of belief from an angle of their choosing.

Stuart Littlemore and PM Newton speak on bridging the gap between the real world and printed word, with Angela Savage.

Jacinda Woodhead, Myke Bartlett, Lili Wilkinson and Louise Swinn ask: will today's genre be tomorrow's literature?

Alisons Goodman and Croggon explore the challenges of new worlds, languages and realities in fantasy writing.

Opium dens, illegal brothels and men with names as colourful as their pasts: we uncover Melbourne's criminal record.

Chinese dissident writer Liao Yiwu speaks with Alex Landragin about freedom, exile and books that transport him home.