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Michael Williams exits the Wheeler Centre

Williams is stepping down as Director of the Wheeler Centre after a decade of conversation, podcasts and ideas.

4 Feb 2020 12:00

Richard Watts

Writing and Publishing

Michael Williams. Photo credit: Melissa Lau.

Michael Williams, the debonair Director of the Wheeler Centre – Melbourne’s centre for ideas, writing and civic conversation – is leaving the organisation after 10 years.

Melbourne was designated a UNESCO City of Literature in 2008, after which the Wheeler Centre of Books, Writing and Ideas was established; a hub for a diverse range of literary and ideas-based organisations and activities.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts