Michaela McGuire

Michaela McGuire is an Australian journalist, author, and literary host based in Melbourne, Australia.

Early life and education

McGuire grew up in Brisbane before moving to Melbourne in 2008.[1]

McGuire studied creative writing and journalism at the Queensland University of Technology.[2]

Career

She is the author of the nonfiction books Apply Within: Stories of career sabotage[3] and Last Bets: A true story of gambling, morality and the law.[4]

She has also worked as a journalist, including writing a column for The Monthly on current affairs, and features and book reviews for Fairfax Media.[1]

Along with Marieke Hardy, she co-curated and hosted the popular international monthly literary event 'Women of Letters.'[5] At the events, female writers and performers read letters they have written on set monthly themes.[6] Started in Melbourne in 2010, the event now includes "shows across the United States and Britain, along with new Men of Letters shows and People of Letters shows – plus shows in Sydney, Tasmania and Perth."[7] Featured readers have included Martha Wainwright, Edie Falco and Moby.[5]

In December 2016, McGuire moved to Sydney to take up her appointment as Artistic Director of the Sydney Writers' Festival.[8][2][9] In July 2020, the Melbourne Writers Festival announced McGuire's appointment as their new Artistic Director, to begin after the completion of their digital program in August 2020.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b "A cheeky young curator from Melbourne takes over Sydney Writers' Festival".
  2. ^ a b "Michaela McGuire puts her stamp on Sydney Writers' Festival".
  3. ^ Tripp, Amber. "Michaela Mcguire, Jennifer Mills, Leslie Cannold and Catherine Deveny", ABC Melbourne, Melbourne, 23 February 2011. Retrieved on 18 September 2015.
  4. ^ Fidler, Richard. "Michaela McGuire goes inside the gambling world", ABC Melbourne, Melbourne, 16 June 2014. Retrieved on 18 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b Puvanenthiran, Bhakthi. "Michaela McGuire, Marieke Hardy take Women of Letters to the world", Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 26 April 2014. Retrieved on 18 September 2015.
  6. ^ Smith, Lindsay. "Women of Letters Brings a Lost Art to Joe’s Pub", New York Magazine's Bedford and Bowery, New York, 11 May 2015. Retrieved on 18 September 2015.
  7. ^ Marshall, Konrad. "Women of Letters founders Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire had no idea how big their project would become", Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 5 September 2015. Retrieved on 18 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Staff". Sydney Writers Festival. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  9. ^ "This year's Sydney Writers' Festival is all about the lies we tell".
  10. ^ "Melbourne Writers Festival announces new artistic director for 2021". Melbourne Writers Festival. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Artistic director Michaela McGuire swaps Sydney Writers' Festival for Melbourne".