Internationally bestselling author Charlotte McConaghy will discuss her stunning new climate fiction novel, Wild Dark Shore, with Michaela Kalowski. Set on a remote research island between Australia and Antarctica, this gripping psychological thriller explores the impossible choices we make to protect those we love amid environmental collapse. McConaghy will reveal the inspiration behind her haunting narratives, including her daring research trip to Macquarie Island with her infant son. The conversation will also explore McConaghy’s previous bestsellers, Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, her screenwriting background, and the journey of adapting her works for the screen.

Charlotte McConaghy is the author of the New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller WILD DARK SHORE, which was named Amazon’s Best Book of the Year So Far for 2025; as well as the New York Times Bestseller ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, winner of the Indie Book Award for Fiction 2022 and the Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime Novel 2022; and the international bestseller MIGRATIONS, a TIME Magazine Best Book of the Year and the Amazon Best Fiction Book of the Year for 2020. Her books have been translated into more than 25 languages, and are being adapted for film and television. 

Michaela Kalowski is an interviewer, moderator & curator for writers and ideas festivals. Highlight interviews include Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Robbie Arnott & Stan Grant. From 2020 to 2024 she curated Big Weekend of Books, ABC RN’s annual on-air writers’ festival. She produces & hosts a monthly books conversation event for Petersham Bowling Club. Michaela has conducted radio interviews and presented programs across ABC radio & TV. She's co-presenter & co-writer of a two-part podcast for ABC RN, tracing part of her family’s history, called Laya’s Way Home.