Susan Hornbeck
Writing companions Krissy Kneen and Chris Somerville launch their books together at Fullers Bookshop, Hobart
Steeplechase and We Are Not the Same Anymore
Wednesday 20th March
5.30pm for a 6.00pm start
Krissy Kneen and Chris Somerville have been writing companions for five years. Kneen’s third book Steeplechase and Somerville’s debut collection of short stories We Are Not the Same Anymore are being launched at Fullers Bookshop at a combined celebration that brings these two friends and authors together to talk about writing, reading and friendship. (Invitation attached.)
The two friends and writing companions have supported each other’s writing practice since they first met at the Newcastle National Young Writer’s festival six years ago. Kneen (44) and Somerville (28) have remained firm friends and challenging sparring partners throughout the years. Krissy Kneen is thanked first in the acknowledgements of Chris Somerville’s debut book. Krissy Kneen’s Steeplechase is dedicated to Chris Somerville.
Find out about this very special friendship that has supported the work of two of Australia’s most exciting new voices. This combined launch celebration brings these friends together to talk about their work and the care and support that goes into not only a book but a writing career.
Krissy Kneen is a bookseller and writer in Brisbane. Her memoir, Affection, was published in 2009 and shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award and the ABIA Award in 2010. Krissy is also the author of the erotic adventure, Triptych, which was published in 2011. Steeplechase is her first non-erotic novel (Text).
Chris Somerville was born in Launceston, Tasmania in 1984 and now lives in Queensland. In 2003 he won the State Library of Queensland Young Writers Awards and in 2009 he was shortlisted for the Queensland Premiers Literary Awards, Emerging Author category. His short fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Voiceworks, The Lifted Brow, Paper Radio, Islet and Stilts.
He has taught in the creative writing programs at both Griffith University and the University of Queensland. We Are Not the Same Anymore (UQP) is his first book.
Praise for We Are Not the Same Anymore
‘These are such damn fine stories: surprising, deft and always revealing.’ – BENJAMIN LAW
‘Chris Somerville has a unique voice, intelligent, quiet and yet very funny. These stories of emotional disconnection, familial ties and the melancholy bonds of marriage have, above all, a fundamental sense of truth.’ – KRISSY KNEEN
‘A very talented writer [whose] work is emotionally true, real and full of depth. He writes with a unique rhythm and voice that captures the essence of the story so well.’ – FAVEL PARRETT
‘The stories are at once funny and achingly sad in their exploration of the minutiae of daily life.’ – KRISTINA OLSSON
Download:
somerville_hobart_launch.pdf
Somerville_UQP_MR.pdf
