VCE Literature Network: New texts for 2026

Join editor Briony Schroor and the VATE Literature Perspectives writers as they discuss the new texts for the 2026 VCE Literature text list. This free member only event is your opportunity to hear directly from teachers who have an intimate knowledge of the new texts, to hear their insights into the themes, ideas and issues presented in each text, as well as ask questions about the ways in which each text could be used to fulfil the requirements of the Study Design.

Wednesday 10 September

• Shooting an Elephant and other essays by George Orwell (Clare Ridgway-Faye, Princes Hill Secondary College)
• Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (Karen Lynch, Virtual School Victoria)
• Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Elspeth Maddocks, Methodist Ladies' College)
• Mrs Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw (Danielle Heyes, Wesley College)

Thursday 11 September

• Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Anna Purcell, MacRobertson Girls High School)
• A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (Philip Thiel, MacRobertson Girls High School)
• The City and The City by Mieville China (TBC)
• The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare (TBC)

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