Michelle de Kretser: Theory & Practice

One of our most daring and original novelists Michelle de Kretser discusses her new book Theory & Practice.  

It’s 1986 in Melbourne, and ‘beautiful, radical ideas’ are in the air. Theory & Practice’s protagonist should be researching the novels of Virginia Woolf, but instead finds herself veering into the radical bohemian scene and the arms of her polyamorous lover, Kit. 

Michelle de Kretser’s seventh novel expertly dismantles our preconceptions of what a novel should be, bending memoir, essay and fiction into exhilarating new shapes to uncover what happens when life smashes through the boundaries of art. 

At this Melbourne exclusive event, de Kretser is joined by host Sophie Cunningham to discuss Theory & Practice and the creative and intellectual influence of the Woolfmother.