Chris Flynn (author)

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Chris Flynn

Chris Flynn is an Australian author, editor and critic.[1]

Bibliography[]

Flynn's first novel, A Tiger in Eden was released in Australia by Text Publishing in March 2012.[2] It was shortlisted for the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize.[3] His second novel, The Glass Kingdom [4] was released in May 2014 and his third, Mammoth, was published in March 2020.[5]

McSweeney's issue 41, released July 2012,[6] features a portfolio of fiction by Indigenous Australian writers, Terra Australis: Four Stories from Aboriginal Australian Writers, curated, edited and introduced by Flynn.

Flynn contributed to a regular column, Odd Jobs,[7] on The Paris Review Daily, the blog page of The Paris Review. He has written for the Griffith Review,[8] The Age,[9] The Australian,[10] The Books and Arts Daily Show[11] on ABC Radio National, Meanjin,[12] The Big Issue Australia[13] and many other publications.

Mammoth was shortlisted for the Fiction prize at the 2021 Indie Book Awards.[14]

Works[]

Novels[]

Book reviews[]

  • Flynn, Chris (June 2011). "[Untitled review]". Australian Book Review (332): 42.
    • Review of: Goldbloom, Goldie. You lose these + other stories. Fremantle Press. ISBN 9781921696879.

Personal life[]

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1972, Flynn has resided in Melbourne, Australia since 1999.

References[]

  1. ^ Books and Authors – Text Publishing
  2. ^ A Tiger in Eden – Text Publishing
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ Flynn, Chris (2020). Mammoth. St Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-7022-6274-6. OCLC 1141451294.
  6. ^ [3]
  7. ^ Odd Jobs | The Paris Review
  8. ^ Chris Flynn - Griffith REVIEW | Griffith REVIEW
  9. ^ Search Results
  10. ^ http://search.news.com.au/search?us=ndmtheaustralian&as=TAUS&filter-site=TheAustralian&q=chris+flynn
  11. ^ "Search - Books and Arts Daily - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ [4]
  14. ^ "Indie Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  15. ^ [5]
  16. ^ [6]
  17. ^ Mammoth. 31 March 2020. ISBN 978-0-7022-6274-6.

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