Scary Monsters
Michelle de Kretser + Michaela Kalowski
slq Auditorium 1, level 2, State Library
Main Festival
#Performances
#About the event
Two-time Miles Franklin Award winner, Michelle de Kretser, has been praised as a master storyteller by the likes of A.S Byatt and a formidable writer by none other than Hilary Mantel. Michelle de Kretser will discuss her latest novel Scary Monsters and its themes of the disorienting experience of migration, disconnection to past and family, and our possible dystopic future. Scary Monsters has been described as suspenseful, funny and profound. Join Michelle de Kretser and Michaela Kalowski conversation.
Michelle de Kretser in conversation with Michaela Kalowski
#Artists
Michelle de Kretser
Michelle de Kretser was born in Colombo and lives in Sydney. Her fiction has attracted wide acclaim and is published across the world. Her most recent novel is SCARY MONSTERS.
Michaela Kalowski
Michaela Kalowski is an interviewer, moderator and curator for writers and ideas festivals. In 2023 she's the curator and interviewer of Brisbane Writers Festival's online series The Second Book, and curator of ABC RN's on-air writers festival, Big Weekend of Books. She's conducted radio interviews for ABC RN's The Music Show, Big Ideas and The Bookshelf, ABC Classic and has presented programs across ABC radio. Recent interviews include Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Trent Dalton and Robert Jones Jr.
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