Quarterly Essay at 100: What We Have Learned

Tue Nov 18 2025 at 08:30 am to 10:00 am UTC+11:00

176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3000 | Melbourne

The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas
Publisher/HostThe Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas
Quarterly Essay at 100: What We Have Learned
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Celebrate 100 editions of Quarterly Essay as special guests Sean Kelly, David Marr and Laura Tingle discuss the power, impact and legacy of the agenda-setting journal.

Three of Australia’s most remarkable writers come together to discuss their Quarterly Essay contributions and what they have learned about politics, writing and Australia’s evolving identity.

Hear from five-time Quarterly Essay contributor David Marr, four-time essayist Laura Tingle and award-winning columnist and author Sean Kelly, whose essay, Belief in Politics, is Quarterly Essay’s 100th edition.

Join them for a broad ranging discussion about the series that illuminates the most pressing political, intellectual and cultural issues of our time.

Presented in partnership with Quarterly Essay
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