Chris Flynn (author) explained

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, The Books and Arts Daily Show[10] on ABC Radio National, Meanjin,[11] The Big Issue Australia[12] and many other publications.

Mammoth was shortlisted for the Fiction prize at the 2021 Indie Book Awards.[13] Here Be Leviathans was shortlisted for the Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection at the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards.[14]

Works

Novels

Short Story Collections

Book reviews

Personal life

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Flynn has resided in Melbourne, Australia since 1999.[18] [19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Books and Authors – Text Publishing.
  2. Web site: A Tiger in Eden – Text Publishing.
  3. Web site: Commonwealth Book Prize 2013 Shortlist | Commonwealth Writers . www.commonwealthwriters.org . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130514142012/http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/cbp-shortlist-2013/ . 14 May 2013 . dead.
  4. Web site: The Glass Kingdom – Text Publishing . textpublishing.com.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222144038/http://textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/book/the-glass-kingdom/ . 2014-02-22.
  5. Book: Flynn, Chris. Mammoth. University of Queensland Press. 2020. 978-0-7022-6274-6. St Lucia, QLD. 1141451294.
  6. Web site: McSweeney's Issue 41.
  7. Web site: Odd Jobs Archives - The Paris Review. The Paris Review.
  8. http://griffithreview.com/contributors/chris-flynn Chris Flynn – Griffith REVIEW | Griffith REVIEW
  9. Web site: Search. The Age.
  10. Web site: Search – Books and Arts Daily – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140224155741/http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandartsdaily/search/?query=chris+flynn. 24 February 2014. 23 August 2012.
  11. Web site: Frozen: On Translating Jules Verne's the Ice Sphinx · Meanjin · Literacy in Australia · Melbourne University Publishing · Classic English Literature Books · Australian Literary Journals & Magazines. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222044007/http://meanjin.com.au/articles/post/frozen-on-translating-jules-verne-s-the-ice-sphinx/. 22 February 2014. 2014-02-13. dmy.
  12. Web site: Blog - The Big Issue . www.thebigissue.org.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217035822/http://www.thebigissue.org.au/blog/chris-flynn/ . 2013-12-17.
  13. Web site: 2021-01-20. Indie Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210120005004/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/01/20/161529/indie-book-awards-2021-shortlists-announced/ . 20 January 2021 . 2021-01-20. Books+Publishing. en-AU.
  14. Web site: 2023-08-02 . Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists . 2023-08-02 . Books+Publishing.
  15. Web site: A Tiger in Eden – Text Publishing . textpublishing.com.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111115200903/http://textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/book/a-tiger-in-eden . 2011-11-15.
  16. Web site: Pants man's past catches him unawares. Gerard. Windsor. 30 March 2012. The Age.
  17. Book: Mammoth. 2020-03-31. 978-0-7022-6274-6. Flynn. Chris. University of Queensland Press (UQP) .
  18. Web site: Bogan Billy from Belfast still quick to use his fists. https://web.archive.org/web/20150301161058/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/books/bogan-billy-from-belfast-still-quick-to-use-his-fists/story-e6frg8nf-1226285395491. 2015-03-01. The Australian . 3 March 2012.
  19. Web site: Nothing but trouble. 24 March 2012. The Sydney Morning Herald.

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