Michelle de Kretser
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Michelle de Kretser

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Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka. She lives in Warrane/Sydney on unceded Gadigal land. An honorary associate of the English Department at the University of Sydney, she has won several awards for her fiction. Theory & Practice is Michelle's most recent novel.

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26 July
2026

Thirroul, NSW

South Coast Readers & Writers Festival: Writing as Craft

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Books by Michelle de Kretser
Theory & Practice
Michelle de Kretser

WINNER, STELLA PRIZE, 2025
WINNER, PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD, FICTION, 2025
SHORTLISTED, THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025
SHORTLISTED, VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD, FICTION, 2025
SHORTLISTED, BOOKPEOPLE BOOKDATA ADULT FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2025


‘One of the living masters of the art of fiction.’ Max Porter

‘Michelle de Kretser is to my mind one of the finest writers alive and Theory and Practice a lightning strike of a book.’ Ali Smith

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The Hamilton Case: Text Classics
Michelle de Kretser

One of Australia’s most awarded and acclaimed novelists published in the Text Classics for the first time.

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Portraits
W. H. Chong, Michelle de Kretser, John Wolseley, Sophie Cunningham

From award-winning book designer and artist W. H. Chong, Portraits is a collection of 300 drawings of artists, writers and musicians he has sketched over the last decade.

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