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Griefdogg by Michael Winkler review – a cryptic, beguiling tale about a man who turns into a dog

Winkler’s latest novel is ambitious, compelling and bleakly comic; it scratches a metaphysical itch you didn’t realise you had

The Guardian - AU

Michael Winkler’s debut made Miles Franklin history. Griefdogg is just as perplexing and philosophical

What does a more authentic life look like? This is the question that suddenly confronts Jeffrey Watson-Johnson, the protagonist of Micheal Winker’s second novel, Griefdogg. It follows his acclaimed debut, the experimental historical novel Grimmish – the first self-published novel to be shortlisted for the Miles Franklin.

The Conversation

A feud ‘straight out of Succession’, a rental thriller and an ‘absolute ripper’: the best Australian books out in April

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

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Four dogs die locked in hot car while owner got ‘plastered’ in Vegas

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The Independent UK

Four dogs die in Las Vegas heat after ‘plastered’ owner fell asleep and forgot to let them out of car: cops

Michael Winkler, 65, was taken into custody on June 12 and booked on four felony counts of willful or malicious torture, maiming, or killing of an animal

The Independent UK

A touch of hope after the doom? Your guide to the Miles Franklin 2022 shortlist

This year’s Miles Franklin shortlist is lyrical in voice, complex in form, and perhaps a little more hopeful than usual. The threads of shared concern across the volumes leave me wondering whether there is something in the zeitgeist.

The Conversation

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2022 shortlist reading guide

The shortlist for Australia’s top literary award includes an epic novel about a life shaped by trauma, and a pregnant teen’s letter to the baby she may never get to raise.

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Miles Franklin 2022: shortlist revealed for Australia’s prestigious literary prize

A self-published novel by Michael Winkler joins Alice Pung, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Michelle de Kretser and Jennifer Down to compete for $60,000

The Guardian - AU

Self published author on prize shortlist

A self published novel been shortlisted for the prestigious Miles Franklin award for the first time.

AAP

Morning mail: ‘damning’ environment report, China’s missile interception test, the story behind cult hit Grimmish

Tuesday: The Victorian Greens will introduce a bill to parliament to impose a ban on all new gas connections to homes within three years. Plus: why Australia is running out of teachers

The Guardian - AU

‘One publisher called my book repellent’: the first self-published author up for the Miles Franklin

Michael Winkler’s Grimmish has been embraced by judges of the $60,000 prize – and by readers, whose support has been ‘truly astonishing’

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