Michael Winkler
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Michael Winkler

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Michael Winkler is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction, living in Melbourne on unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. He is the winner of the Calibre Prize. His novel Grimmish was shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award, the first self-published novel to make the long- or shortlist. Griefdogg is his second novel.

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Newtown, NSW

Michael Winkler In Conversation with Giacomo Bianchino

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Michael Winkler at Fresh Takes: Winter ’26

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Books by Michael Winkler
Griefdogg
Michael Winkler

The anticipated new novel by the Miles Franklin shortlisted author of Grimmish.

‘I think it’s spectacular…I’m rationing it page by page because the prose is so incredible.’ Beejay Silcox, The Bookshelf
'Winkler is hugely talented.’ The Australian

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