Mariana Enríquez (A Sunny Place for Shady People), Catherine Chidgey (The Starving Bride), Shaun Micallef (De’Ath Takes a Holiday), Kris Kneen (Rite of Spring).
Chair: Laura Jean McKay
2–3pm, Sunday 11 October, Fairfax Studio

In these transformative fictional tales, bodies are not what they seem. They become tapestries, weapons, symbols, fantasies, portals; they represent beginnings and endings, reckonings and renewals. Join these four incredible writers as they discuss the surreal, the virtual and the corporeal in their vivid and enthralling works.

Join Kris Kneen, Mirandi Riwoe, Sally Piper and Anita Heiss to discuss how Brisbane has been an influence on their writing and their careers.

Rite of Spring

Stage:Byron TheatreWriters:Kris Kneen,Nell Schofield

Join celebrated memoir and fiction writer Kris Kneen for a glorious exploration of identity and desire at the heart of their hotly anticpated new novel Rite Of Spring. With Nell Schofield.

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Supported by The Guardian

Planet Fungi

Stage:Byron TheatreWriters:Stephen Axford,Catherine Marciniak,Kris Kneen

Filmmakers Stephen Axford and Catherine Marciniak reveal the magical world of fungi and the story of their discovery of a new species.

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Supported by Tasmanian Walking Company

Radical Reading

Stage:Haven GalleryWriters:Ender Başkan,Micaela Sahhar,Michael Winkler,Kris Kneen

Celebrate the art of reading with some of the festival's finest writers – from reading's role to imagine brighter futures, to the importance of nurturing reading as a skill and vocation. With Kris Kneen.

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Supported by Copyright Agency Cultural Fund

Stage:Byron Theatre

Writers:Kris Kneen,Andrew Pippos,Thammika Songkaeo,Steve Toltz,Steph Harmon

Brilliant novelists Kris Kneen, Andrew Pippos, Thammika Songkaeo and Steve Toltz discuss love, families, conflict and connection at the heart of their stories. With Steph Harmon.

Join Avid Reader Bookshop and Carody Culver for a conversation with Kris Kneen for the Brisbane launch of their book Rite of Spring

Join Readings Carlton and Paul Barclay for a conversation with Kris Kneen for their book Rite of Spring for the Melbourne Launch of the book.

Join Gleebooks and Benjamin Law for a conversation with Kris Kneen about Rite of Spring for the Sydney Launch of the book

Join Fuller’s Bookshop and Rachel Edwards for a conversation with Kris Kneen abut Rite of Spring for the Hobart launch of the book.

Writer Kris Kneen has taken bodies, human and otherwise to wild and new forms. But how can you do the same in your own? Join the State Library and Archives of Tasmania for this All the Fires Come Alive event

13th June 4.00pm

State Library and Archives of Tasmania

91 Murray Street, Ground Floor, Hobart, Tasmania.

Fat child, self-denying adolescent, hungry young woman. A body burgeoning uncontrolled into middle age. Kris Kneen (Fat Girl Dancing) has borne the usual indignities: the clothes that won’t fasten, the mirror that affronts, the stranger whose gaze judges and dismisses. Join Kris in conversation about this frank, beautiful and triumphant ode to self-respect. With Amy Lovat.

In writing one’s life, where do you begin and what – if anything – is concealed? Join memoirists Kris Kneen, William McInnes and Nova Weetman for an intimate exploration of putting their life on the page with Alan Close.

Join us for the Sydney launch of Fat Girl Dancing with Benjamin Law at Better Read Than Dead

Free event but bookings required. BOOK HERE

Join us for the Canberra launch of Fat Girl Dancing with Beejay Silcox at MUSE bookshop.

Join us for the Tasmanian launch of Fat Girl Dancing at Fuller’s Bookshop in conversation with Robbie Arnott.

WEDNESDAY 17 MAY | INSTORE EVENT | Avid Reader Bookshop 193 Boundary Street West End Phone 38463422 or email events@avidreader.com.au

6.00pm for 6.30pm | 60mins

Join Kris Kneen in conversation with Carody Culver for the launch of Fat Girl Dancing

Free event but bookings required BOOK HERE

Kris Kneen in conversation

Wed 3 May 2023 at 6:30pm

Carlton, Woi Wurrung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053

Join us to hear Sarah Krasnostein and Kris Kneen in conversation.

Stella Prize-shortlisted author Kris Kneen examines their body through the lens of art and burlesque in Fat Girl Dancing.

This is the story of how Kris learned to look unblinkingly at their recalcitrant body, and ultimately found the courage to carry it to freedom. Fat Girl Dancing is a frank, beautiful and triumphant ode to self-respect from one of Australia’s most original and acclaimed writers.

Free, but bookings are essential. BOOK HERE

Krissy Kneen is the award-winning author of memoir—Affection—and fiction: An Uncertain Grace, Steeplechase, Triptych, The Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex Machine, Wintering, as well as the Thomas Shapcott Award-winning poetry collection Eating My Grandmother. She has written and directed broadcast documentaries for SBS and ABC Television.

In her 2010 memoir, Affection, Krissy Kneen introduced readers to her unique family and the towering matriarchal figure of her grandmother. Stern, domineering, fiercely loving, Lotty Kneen—born Dragica—was always tight-lipped about her early life and family history. She rebuffed Krissy’s curiosity and forbade her from taking the trip back to the old country that might have satisfied it. When her grandmother died recently, Krissy finally felt at liberty to explore the questions that had nagged at her for so long.

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Limited numbers are in place for physical distancing.

Please arrive 15 minutes before the session to allow enough time to read and sign the mandatory COVID-19 register.

NOTE: Stay at home if you are unwell or have a cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue or shortness of breath.

Contact tracing and social distance measures will be in place to adhere to State Government COVID-19 requirements.

Please cancel your booking if you are unable to attend.

In The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen, Krissy Kneen sets out with a box containing her grandmother's ashes, intending to trace the old woman's early life in Slovenia and Egypt, and perhaps locate some remnants of family.

Krissy will be in conversation with fellow author Toni Jordan.

Please RSVP to ellen@brunswickbound.com.au. A Zoom link will be sent to you on the day of the event.

In The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen Krissy sets out with a box containing her grandmother’s ashes, intending to trace the old woman’s early life in Slovenia and Egypt, and perhaps locate some remnants of family.

Along the way she uncovers the extraordinary story of the colony of Slovene women who became the nannies of choice for the wealthy Italians of pre-war Alexandria —and identifies as best she can the places where Lotty’s restless, demanding spirit will be at peace.

Krissy will be joined in conversation by Transportation Press publisher and features reporter with ABC Hobart, Rachel Edwards. Join them in the Stables Room at the RACV Hotel.

Book your tickets here.

Join Krissy Kneen, in conversation with Beejay Silcox, for the launch of The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen.

In her 2010 memoir, Affection, Krissy Kneen introduced readers to her unique family and the towering matriarchal figure of her grandmother. Stern, domineering, fiercely loving, Lotty Kneen—born Dragica—was always tight-lipped about her early life and family history. She rebuffed Krissy’s curiosity and forbade her from taking the trip back to the old country that might have satisfied it.

When her grandmother died recently, Krissy finally felt at liberty to explore the questions that had nagged at her for so long. In The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen Krissy sets out with a box containing her grandmother’s ashes, intending to trace the old woman’s early life in Slovenia and Egypt, and perhaps locate some remnants of family. Along the way she uncovers the extraordinary story of the colony of Slovene women who became the nannies of choice for the wealthy Italians of pre-war Alexandria — and identifies as best she can the places where Lotty’s restless, demanding spirit will be at peace.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Kristina Olsson is in conversation with Krissy Kneen

After her grandmother Lotty’s death, author Krissy Kneen set out to answer the questions Lottie refused to answer. Beginning with Lotty’s girlhood in Slovenia and Egypt, Krissy’s exploration revealed the extraordinary stories of more than one remarkable woman and an understanding of her grandmother’s restless spirit.

TO BOOK TICKETS CLICK HERE

Join Maeve Marsden for a special Sydney Writers’ Festival edition of Queerstories. Fast becoming a national institution, Queerstories was born from a desire to hear the stories LGBTQI+ people want to tell: tales of lives well lived, battles fought, pride, prejudice, love, humour and everything in-between. There’s more to being queer than coming out. Featuring guests Alistair Baldwin, Krissy Kneen, Rebecca Starford, Alison Whittaker and Kaya Wilson.

TO BOOK CLICK HERE

Australian literary sensations Krissy Kneen and Rick Morton take to the stage with Benjamin Law to reveal the personal quests that underpin their acclaimed new memoirs. A senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick discusses his much-anticipated second book, My Year Of Living Vulnerably, which chronicles his 12-month journey to rediscover love after being diagnosed with PTSD. Award-winning author Krissy sheds light on The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen: Travels with My Grandmother’s Ashes, her moving meditation on identity and exile that pieces together her late grandmother’s early life in Slovenia and Egypt.

BOOK TICKETS HERE

In a world that has felt chaotic, uncertain and busier than ever, what simple acts help us find joy among it all? ABC Radio Sydney’s Sarah Macdonald asks a line-up of beloved writers how they capture moments of joy in their day – whether it’s starting their morning by reading in bed, pursuing a hobby without care or simply stealing five minutes to savour a coffee in the sun. The panel includes host of ABC’s The Drum and author Julia Baird; author, comedian and broadcaster Sami Shah; and author Krissy Kneen (The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen).

BOOK TICKETS HERE

Faced with the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, award-winning author Krissy Kneen (Affection, An Uncertain Grace and The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen: Travels with My Grandmother’s Ashes) was forced to rethink her writing practice and took an unexpected deep dive into the world of mushrooms. In this Curiosity Lecture, she makes the case for why mycologists are the cheeriest scientists and delves into how mycelium might become the saviour of our planet and humankind.

BOOK TICKETS HERE

An immersive multimedia experience in the planetarium dome.

Particle/Wave sees poets, musicians, sound and video artists joining forces with renowned scientists to interpret the theories of gravitational waves, which Stephen Hawking has called “a completely new way of looking at the universe.”

The 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded for the breakthroughs that led to the decisive detection of the gravitational waves that surround us all of the time.

Directed by Alicia Sometimes, Particle/Wave combines art and science into a compelling show that explores these elusive forces we cannot see.

MORE INFORMATION HERE

Join Benjamin Law and Krissy Kneen for a hilarious night of bookish chat at the Sydney launch of Wintering at Better Read than Dead in Newtown.

Krissy Kneen is the award-winning author of memoir Affection, and fiction: the Stella prize shortlisted novel An Uncertain Grace, Steeplechase, Triptych, The Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex Machine, as well as the Thomas Shapcott Award-winning poetry collection Eating My Grandmother. She has written and directed broadcast documentaries for SBS and ABC Television.

Join Krissy Kneen, in-conversation with Benjamin Law, for a conversation about her latest novel Wintering!

About the Book

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?

Details and bookings Here

Come along to hear Krissy Kneen in conversation about her thrilling new novel. Wintering is set in the remote south of Tasmania and follows PhD student Jessica, whose abusive partner disappears into the wilderness. Bookings Here