Michael Williams

Editor of @TheMonthly. Host of #readthis ( Former artistic director @SydWritersFest. Former director of Melbourne's @wheelercentre.

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

@RottenInDenmark for your reading pleasure.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

Reminder that Thomas Friedman, the author of this column, won three Pulitzers.

Awards are fake and journalists should stop catering to awards committees

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

@MrDTJames Thoughts and prayers.

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

“Of course, we have impulse towards kindness…But it does also appear that we have a spin cycle of brutality and barbarism and disregard for our own future and for our own fellow human being. That is our superpower.” @maxjohnporter joins #ReadThis.

https://t.co/LzebAhkL4P

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

@Lmccw @akverney @rgcooke @Sarah_Kras 100%. Hard to imagine anything better in the months ahead.

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

So proud of @akverney and @rgcooke for their second Walkley win for their major work on the strange case of John Hughes. So well deserved.

[Walkley Foundation @walkleys]

The winners for Feature Writing Long (over 4000 words), supported by @withMEAA, are: Anna Verney (@akverney) and Richard Cooke (@rgcooke), @THEMONTHLY. #walkleys

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

@likaluca Got to do this back in July. She was in excellent form;

https://t.co/481HwmL7vP

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

@likaluca Isn’t she divine? One of my favourite people to spend time with.

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

Very proud of my colleagues at @7ampodcast this week, after the brilliant week of episodes on tomorrow’s referendum. Particular shout outs to @MrDTJames and @s_mitchell for their impressive and tireless work. If you don’t know, just listen.

https://t.co/5PJqfWV6ZY

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

Me every time I open peoples’ stories on Instagram at the moment.

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

@stanleywaite1 @PeterGHolloway @LadyCaroline1 Hi Stanley: we disagree on this one pretty drastically, but if you’re open to a chat, would be more than happy to respectfully argue the toss. For me the big question from your tweet is whether you accept that indigenous disadvantage is a reality that needs addressing.

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

George Saunders.

Hear this.

#ReadThis.

https://t.co/Az0B4DYbb2

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

Apparently, according to a random notification on my phone, it’s International Podcast Day. Have you considered #ReadThis? Books, writers, chat: it’s a sensation!

New eps each Thurs, with ep13 (George Saunders) out tomorrow. Do listen: we’re proud of it.

https://t.co/JDlc29gBwZ

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

Lots of excellent reading here.

[The Monthly @THEMONTHLY]

From now until referendum day, we have removed the paywall on all Voice coverage.

Read and share articles for free.
https://t.co/8nKMWczIef

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

The latest issue of @THEMONTHLY out now, with @joellegergis in blistering form. Thanks @RebeccaSolnit for the shoutout.

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

These films really did a number on me. Seven-year-old Nick was the one who didn’t want to answer the question about if he had a girlfriend.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Nicholas Hitchon aged in seven-year increments for more than a half-century in the acclaimed British documentary series “Up.” He has died at 65. https://t.co/ZatTn410KM

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

@Sarah_Kras (I am determined to make Krasno-stans happen).

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

Krasno-stans unite! Listen to the incomparable @Sarah_Kras talk Peter Carey on the latest #ReadThis wherever you get your podcasts.

[Sarah Krasnostein @Sarah_Kras]

No one knows books and writers like ⁦@mmccwill.⁩ What a joy to chat with him about my new essay for @BlackIncBooks’ Writers on Writers series, On Peter Carey. https://t.co/lkLoCTrh6Y

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

I’ve been slowly easing myself off this app, but in the meantime #ReadThis has continued to be excellent fun. Recent episodes have included Christos Tsiolkas, Leigh Sales and Daniel Lavery. Subscribe and listen!

https://t.co/WX6gn2xAzM

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

@rupertdance @salsibee Best place in the world though.

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

@v_cav @colsonwhitehead Thanks Vanessa. Very kind!

[Michael Williams @mmccwill]

If you’re not already subscribed and listening to #ReadThis every week, it’s time to start. There have been five episodes so far, and the fifth is with @colsonwhitehead. He’s very good!

https://t.co/aOYfwXRsDA