The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen

The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen

Author: Kris Kneen

Publisher: Text Publishing

Published: 2021-05-04

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1925923606

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From Stella Prize-shortlisted author Krissy Kneen comes an intergenerational study of family—a journey into memory, trauma and the lifelong secrets of a towering matriarch.


The Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex Machine

The Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex Machine

Author: Kris Kneen

Publisher: Text Publishing

Published: 2015-04-22

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1922079383

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Holly wears a ring that says True Love Waits and worries because her boyfriend isn’t trying to persuade her otherwise. Then a boy in her English tute invites her to join his book club. Shocked to find herself at ‘sex club’, plunged into in the classics of erotic literature, Holly soon becomes fascinated: by the strange new world of Eros, by the increasing power she senses in her own body—and by a weird blue glow emanating from the most private part of her self. But Salter and Nabokov are one thing. When Holly encounters The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr Hoffman—quickly followed by the infamous orgone generator of Wilhelm Reich—things are set to explode An amazing literary sci-fi superhero sex romp from Australia’s genre-bending queen of erotica.


An Uncertain Grace

An Uncertain Grace

Author: Kris Kneen

Publisher: Text Publishing

Published: 2017-02-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781925355987

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Some time in the near future, university lecturer Caspar receives a gift from a former student called Liv: a memory stick containing a virtual narrative. Hooked up to a virtual reality bodysuit, he becomes immersed in the experience of their past sexual relationship. But this time it is her experience. What was for him an erotic interlude, resonant with the thrill of seduction, was very different for her—and when he has lived it, he will understand how. Later... A convicted paedophile recruited to Liv’s experiment in collective consciousness discovers a way to escape from his own desolation. A synthetic boy, designed by Liv’s team to ‘love’ men who desire adolescents, begins to question the terms of his existence. L, in transition to a state beyond gender, befriends Liv, in transition to a state beyond age. Liv herself has finally transcended the corporeal—but there is still the problem of love. An Uncertain Grace is a novel in five parts by one of Australia’s most inventive and provocative writers. Moving, thoughtful, sometimes playful, it is about who we are—our best and worst selves, our innermost selves—and who we might become.


Wintering

Wintering

Author: Kris Kneen

Publisher: Text Publishing

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1925603881

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‘Who is this please?’ ‘Jessica. Jessica Weir.’ ‘I’m sorry, miss, but this was the last number—’ ‘Matthew’s on his way home. From work. He’s late. He should be home soon.’ And only the ocean breathing into the silence as if her own chest were rising and falling without fail. As if his heart were still beating. As if nothing in the world had changed. ‘We’ve found a car, miss, but there’s no sign of a driver.’ When Jessica’s partner disappears into the dark Tasmanian forest, there is of course the mystery of what happened to him—the deserted car, the enigmatic final image recorded on his phone. There is the strange circle of local women, widows of disappeared men, with their edgy fellowship and unhinged theories. And the forest itself: looming hugely over this tiny settlement on the remote tip of the island. But for Jessica there is also the tight community in which she is still a stranger and Matthew was not. What secrets do they know about her own life, that she doesn’t. And why do they believe things that should not—cannot—be true. For her own sanity, Jessica needs to know two things. Who was Matthew? And who—or what—has he become?


Orphan Rock

Orphan Rock

Author: Dominique Wilson

Publisher: Transit Lounge

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 1925760952

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Orphan Rock is a complex and richly detailed story of secrets and heartbreak that will take you from the back streets of Sydney’s slums to the wide avenues of the City of Lights. The late 1800s was a time when women were meant to know their place. But when Bessie starts to work for Louisa Lawson at The Dawn, she comes to realise there’s more to a woman’s place than servitude to a husband. Years later her daughter Kathleen flees to Paris to escape a secret she cannot accept. But World War One intervenes, exposing her to both the best and the worst of humanity. Masterful and epic, this book is both a splendid evocation of early Sydney, and a truly powerful story about how women and minorities fought against being silenced. ‘Her writing is finely crafted, her prose poetic and subtle, and a joy to read.’ — Monique Mulligan


Eating My Grandmother

Eating My Grandmother

Author: Krissy Kneen

Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780702253744

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Bereft after her grandmother's death, Krissy Kneen began writing these poems in an attempt to make sense of her loss. This powerful work offers a kaleidoscope of fitful dreams, tender memories and heart-struck musings that shine new light on our own mortality.


Triptych

Triptych

Author: Krissy Kneen

Publisher: Text Publishing

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1921758708

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Uncompromising, startling, and deeply sensual, this collection of erotica has been acclaimed for its fearless honesty. In a suite of linked tales, Kneen addresses taboos of all kinds with a subtle wit and insistence on sexual pleasure that will delight readers.


The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife

The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife

Author: Kris Kneen

Publisher: Text Publishing

Published: 2011-10-03

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1921921218

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Second in the Triptych collection: a trio of erotic novellas from the acclaimed author of Affection. Leda’s first love brings tenderness, heartbreak and a powerful sexual awakening at the behest of Paul and Rachel, two very different best friends.


From Where I Fell

From Where I Fell

Author: Susan Johnson

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2021-03-02

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1761061216

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Two women from opposite ends of the earth begin corresponding by chance and start sharing the intimacies of their lives. 'Two deep, bright, razor-sharp women at opposite ends of the earth tearing the band-aids off their souls, exposing truths and lies buried beneath marriage, motherhood and the sacrificial siege of mid-to-late-life maintenance. This is Susan Johnson at her most original, daring, bone-deep and deliciously raw. I fell, too, with aching heart and tickled rib, under the spell of this extraordinary book.' TRENT DALTON 'In a strikingly original reimagining of an epistolary novel, Susan Johnson creates two voices that echo and reverberate long after the final, heart-wrenching pages. Her best yet.' GERALDINE BROOKS '...a masterstroke of emotional intuition and intelligence.' The Australian An anguished email from Pamela Robinson in Australia to her ex-husband in Paris accidentally ends up in the inbox of New York State teacher Chrisanthi Woods. Chrisanthi is sympathetic to Pamela's struggles and the women begin to tell each other the stories and secrets of their lives. Pamela, responsible for raising her three sons, must re-invent the meaning of home following her divorce, and Chrisanthi, her dreams long dampened, must find home by leaving it. Temperamental opposites, their emails turn into an exhilarating and provocative exchange of love, loss and fresh beginnings, by turns amusing, frank and confronting. 'Witty, warm, heartbreaking and honest - an audacious masterpiece from one of Australia's best writers.' NIKKI GEMMELL 'Few novelists working today can match Susan Johnson's uncanny ability to map both the joys and horrors of the human heart and to wrestle the ebb and flow of life to the page. From Where I Fell teems with regret, eruptions of joy, the complexities of motherhood, the power of memory, the pain of divorce and dashed and gained dreams.' MATTHEW CONDON