Interviewer, Moderator, Presenter & Lover of Big Ideas.

Upcoming Events

  • Readers - Books and Conversation with David Dyer

    Thurs, May 1, 8pm

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  • Dymocks Literary Lunch: Dervla McTiernan

    Fri, May 2, 12pm

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  • In Conversation with Hilde Hinton

    Weds, May 14, 6pm

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  • Sydney Writers Festival: A Matter of Life and Death

    Thurs, 22 May, 11am

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  • Sydney Writers Festival: Readers: Books and Conversations with Hannah Kent

    Thurs, 22 May, 8pm

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  • Sydney Writers Festival: Inga Simpson: The Thinning

    Fri, May 23, 2pm

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  • Sydney Writers Festival: Robbie Arnott: Dusk

    Sat, May 24, 10am

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  • Sydney Writers Festival: Emily Maguire: Rapture

    Sun, May 21, 1pm

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  • Readers - Books and Conversation with Gina Chick

    Thurs, June 19, 8pm

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  • Storyfest: Fiction in Focus 2 - Markus Zusak

    Sun, June 22, 1pm

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  • Storyfest: The Aussie Crime Wave

    Sun, June 22, 9.30am

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Latest Work

Latest Work
ABC TV Weekend Breakfast: Book Recommendations: February
ABC TV Weekend Breakfast: Book Recommendations: February

Back on ABC TV Weekend Breakfast to chat with hosts Fauziah and Guy about four new books…

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Readers - Books and Conversation with Benjamin Stevenson
Readers - Books and Conversation with Benjamin Stevenson

Benjamin Stevenson is an award winning mystery writer and stand up comedian and we were thrilled to host him at Petersham Bowling Club for our first Readers: Books and Conversations event of the year.

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ABC TV Weekend Breakfast: Book Recommendations: December
ABC TV Weekend Breakfast: Book Recommendations: December

I visited ABC’s Weekend News Breakfast to share my top reading picks for December.

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Holly Ringland for Amazon Prime: Book Club Pop-Up Event
Holly Ringland for Amazon Prime: Book Club Pop-Up Event

Holly Ringland appeared at the Prime Video Book Club pop-up cafe in Sydney's Bondi Beach. I was so pleased to get the chance to interview her for this very special event. We talked about what it was like to see her book, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, adapted for the small screen and more.

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Chris Baker at Gleebooks - 'Swimming Sydney: A Tale of 52 Swims'
Chris Baker at Gleebooks - 'Swimming Sydney: A Tale of 52 Swims'

Chris Baker is a life long educator, writer and swimmer. It was a delight to get to speak with him at Gleebooks in early December about his Swimming Sydney.

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In conversation with Michelle Lesh & Raimond Gaita
In conversation with Michelle Lesh & Raimond Gaita

I was fortunate to meet with Mark Raphael Baker’s widow Michelle and with brilliant author, philosopher, friend of Mark's Rai and speak with them about A Season of Death for the Sydney launch of the book.

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  • “Interviewing me onstage is not a walk in the park, but Michaela was fully up to the job. Flexible, smart, light on her toes, funny - a good time was had by all, me and the audience included.”

    Margaret Atwood

  • "A conversation is a kind of collaborative artwork made by both / all participants, and in this spirit, Michaela is a gifted co-creator."

    David Mitchell

  • "You could not possibly find a wiser, deeper, funnier, more professional person to be interviewed by or have moderate an event."

    Trent Dalton, Author

  • "When you combine a questing mind and rigorous research with a big warm heart, you get one of the best interviewers in Australia. That’s Michaela Kalowski, every writer’s - and audience’s - dream interviewer."

    David Leser, Journalist & Author

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