Michaela Kalowski

Michaela Kalowski is an interviewer, moderator and curator for writers and ideas festivals. Highlight interviews include Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith, Tim Winton, Rebecca Kuang, Charlotte Wood and Stan Grant. She was curator of Big Weekend of Books, ABC Radio National’s annual on-air writers’ festival for five years. She produces and hosts a monthly books conversation event for Petersham Bowling Club. Michaela has conducted radio interviews and presented programs across ABC radio and TV. She's co-presenter and co-writer of a two-part podcast for ABC Radio National, tracing part of her family’s history, called Laya’s Way Home. She is a judge of the Stella Prize for 2027.