Michael Winkler
@micwink.bsky.social
Writer, reader, swimwear model. Last book Grimmish. Next book Griefdogg.
michaelwinkler.com.au
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Most daring novel I've read in months. Published 1969.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Most daring novel I've read in months. Published 1969.
Thank you, forced-on-us google AI overview.
140145kmh is very fast indeed.
140145kmh is very fast indeed.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Thank you, forced-on-us google AI overview.
140145kmh is very fast indeed.
140145kmh is very fast indeed.
There's scum, there's sludge, and then somewhere way down below that there's these rotten bastards.
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
There's scum, there's sludge, and then somewhere way down below that there's these rotten bastards.
Great moments in courtroom art
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Great moments in courtroom art
What's the best thing to do when you're still whirring from Jen Calleja's book on translation? Reread this mighty collection from poet-translator Chris Andrews. It deserves all the awards.
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
What's the best thing to do when you're still whirring from Jen Calleja's book on translation? Reread this mighty collection from poet-translator Chris Andrews. It deserves all the awards.
The inventive, antic, justice-fighting spirit of Jen Calleja is something to behold, bent here to an exploration of translation and the role of the literary translator. A ripper.
October 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The inventive, antic, justice-fighting spirit of Jen Calleja is something to behold, bent here to an exploration of translation and the role of the literary translator. A ripper.
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Save the date - 6th December - if you can get to Coburg RSL, a riotous evening dedicated to restoring the razzle dazzle to the great Robert Skinner. It's going to be fab, just like him. Will post booking link etc once available.
October 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Save the date - 6th December - if you can get to Coburg RSL, a riotous evening dedicated to restoring the razzle dazzle to the great Robert Skinner. It's going to be fab, just like him. Will post booking link etc once available.
Mad Monday, 1901 style.
(Brunswick Football Club outing to Whittlesea)
(Brunswick Football Club outing to Whittlesea)
October 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mad Monday, 1901 style.
(Brunswick Football Club outing to Whittlesea)
(Brunswick Football Club outing to Whittlesea)
The Australian Nabokov.
July 25, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The Australian Nabokov.
They love a reading on a cold night in the inner north.
June 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
They love a reading on a cold night in the inner north.
Rereading this one. I only grasp perhaps 10% of their argument, but it's mind-bending. World-expanding.
June 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Rereading this one. I only grasp perhaps 10% of their argument, but it's mind-bending. World-expanding.
Didn't think Breece D'J Pancake's stories would match hype. Wrong again. So bleak, so rural, so tough they make Harry Crews look like Wodehouse.
June 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Didn't think Breece D'J Pancake's stories would match hype. Wrong again. So bleak, so rural, so tough they make Harry Crews look like Wodehouse.
Tipped to this book via a chapter excerpted in latest @overlandjournal.bsky.social
Fascinating memoir by a jack-of-all-trades working class First Nations man who supported himself from the age of 10 and could handle almost anythign except the ongoing fear of being stolen.
Strongly recommend.
Fascinating memoir by a jack-of-all-trades working class First Nations man who supported himself from the age of 10 and could handle almost anythign except the ongoing fear of being stolen.
Strongly recommend.
June 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Tipped to this book via a chapter excerpted in latest @overlandjournal.bsky.social
Fascinating memoir by a jack-of-all-trades working class First Nations man who supported himself from the age of 10 and could handle almost anythign except the ongoing fear of being stolen.
Strongly recommend.
Fascinating memoir by a jack-of-all-trades working class First Nations man who supported himself from the age of 10 and could handle almost anythign except the ongoing fear of being stolen.
Strongly recommend.
World Aths in Guangzhou. Where's Brownie McGhee?
May 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
World Aths in Guangzhou. Where's Brownie McGhee?
Hard to cop that Khalil is going to hold on in Wills. Must have been the snazzy toupee.
May 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hard to cop that Khalil is going to hold on in Wills. Must have been the snazzy toupee.
I find it hard to make sense of this world and the SMH isn't helping.
April 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I find it hard to make sense of this world and the SMH isn't helping.
Swosty car. Thought it'd be a Tesla.
April 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Swosty car. Thought it'd be a Tesla.
Not yet Easter, but if I read a better book than Spent Light by @larapawson.bsky.social this year, then 2025 will have been a treat. A dazzling achievement.
March 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Not yet Easter, but if I read a better book than Spent Light by @larapawson.bsky.social this year, then 2025 will have been a treat. A dazzling achievement.
One last push. This is tomorrow night. Come along, support a great person, hear some wild stuff.
February 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
One last push. This is tomorrow night. Come along, support a great person, hear some wild stuff.
Want to support a cool young trans fella, hear good music, listen to great poets and watch me making a donkey of myself? See you here.
February 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Want to support a cool young trans fella, hear good music, listen to great poets and watch me making a donkey of myself? See you here.
Lucky enough to receive an ARC. It's a beauty. Extraordinary writing, interesting architecture, vivid insights. I reckon this is her best book to date - which, of course, is saying a bloody lot.
February 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Lucky enough to receive an ARC. It's a beauty. Extraordinary writing, interesting architecture, vivid insights. I reckon this is her best book to date - which, of course, is saying a bloody lot.
Peter Khalil must know he is losing to Sam Ratnam next election, and his Comms team might have given up as well. Would explain why he appears to be wearing a comic toupee in his latest propaganda offering. Can't even be buggered spending 5 mins on Photoshop. #auspol
February 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Peter Khalil must know he is losing to Sam Ratnam next election, and his Comms team might have given up as well. Would explain why he appears to be wearing a comic toupee in his latest propaganda offering. Can't even be buggered spending 5 mins on Photoshop. #auspol
Juan Ford, fiendishly clever, technically superb @ Benalla.
December 18, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Juan Ford, fiendishly clever, technically superb @ Benalla.
If you are buying books as presents, and of course you should be, here are some humble suggestions. (I was asked to submit list surprisingly early, so there are a few belters missing that I didn't encounter until the last couple of months, but you can't go wrong with these good things.)
December 15, 2024 at 11:19 PM
If you are buying books as presents, and of course you should be, here are some humble suggestions. (I was asked to submit list surprisingly early, so there are a few belters missing that I didn't encounter until the last couple of months, but you can't go wrong with these good things.)