Inlet Bridge
‘A missing man, small-town secrets, and a woman with nothing left to lose;
Inlet Bridge delivers with an emotional punch.’ Emma Viskic
Inlet Bridge delivers with an emotional punch.’ Emma Viskic
Wintering
New edition of Kneens’s multi-award-listed literary Tasmanian thriller.
‘Like Atwood, seamless and seductive.’ The Saturday Paper
‘Like Atwood, seamless and seductive.’ The Saturday Paper
The Science of Fire: A Novel
‘An environmental tour-de-force.’
Jeanine Leane, author of Gawimarra Gathering
Mine
‘Extraordinary, best described as an experience – a singular take on Tasmania’s past of environmental violence, as well as a call to heed the earth’s magic.’ Maria Takolander
The Hurt
‘Beguiling. The human condition, in all its messy, captivating, vulnerable, bold and exhilarating honesty.’ Cass Moriarty
The Phantom Surrealist
‘A prose wrought with the smoothness and clarity of a lyric poet. A witty analysis of ambition, desire, invention and rediscovery.’ Brian Castro
A Midsummer Party
‘Snapshots of vanished Australia and enchanted Italy … Comic, compassionate, and brilliantly composed.’ Paul Carter
High Land
‘Identity, legacy and revenge, this thriller takes you on a wild ride with mind-blowing twists. I defy anyone to untangle its webs of deceit to figure out whodunnit before the end.’ Joan Sauers
The Cross Thieves
'Razor sharp and startingly original, The Cross Thieves crackles with street spirit. A big-hearted, unholy riot!’ Bram Presser
Department of the Vanishing
'Rare and resplendent. A full-bodied roar at the crimes of extinction and a psalm for the wonder of the living world .’
Jennifer Mills
Jennifer Mills
The Season for Flying Saucers
'The kind of book I want to be reading: joyous, weird, sad and loving, and with a sustained undercurrent of real kindness and real humanity.’ Kate Kruimink
Rite of Spring
‘Thank the literary gods for Kris Kneen! For the way they make desire dangerous again, the body luminous, and shame impossible. For giving us a sea full of monsters - and the terrifying grace of finding one inside ourselves.’ Beejay Silcox
All You Took From Me
Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Debut Fiction 2025
‘a masterfully plotted psychological thriller.’ J.P. Pomare
Confessions of A Minor Poet
‘What a life. What a book. When it’s not making your ribs rattle with laughter, it’s making your heart ache with all the pathos and poetry. A memory box of jewels from a true Brisbane treasure.’ TRENT DALTON
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