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A novel about love, about twitchers, and about learning to trust from bestselling, award-winning author, William McInnes - includes bonus material from HOLIDAYS, his new book.
William McInnes is one of Australia's most popular writers, delighting readers with his memoirs A Man's Got to Have a Hobby and That'd Be Right, his novel Cricket Kings, and his insight into Australian life since the 1940s, The Making of Modern Australia. In 2011, with his wife Sarah Watt he co-wrote Worse Things Happen At Sea, their celebration of family life in words and pictures. In 2006, A Man's Got to Have a Hobby was selected as one of the Books Alive 50 Great Reads and William was named Australian Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). In 2007, Cricket Kings was shortlisted in the Australian General Fiction Book of the Year category at the ABIAs. Worse Things Happen at Sea was named best non-fiction title in the ABIAs and the Indie Awards 2012. As an actor, William received critical and public acclaim for his leading role in the film 'Look Both Ways', written and directed by Sarah Watt. William McInnes is the Ambassador of the Year of Reading 2012, and Chair of the Museum of Democracy, Canberra. William McInnes grew up in Queensland and now lives in Melbourne with his two children.
skilfully constructed...insightful, understated and very funny - Sydney Morning Herald on THE LAUGHING CLOWNS The Making of Modern Australia is a ripper - The Canberra Times William McInnes compels with the sheer delightfulness of his memoir, and with his fine ability to spin a damn funny yarn - Sunday Telegraph on A MAN S GOT TO HAVE A HOBBY funny and clever - Daily Telegraph on THAT D BE RIGHT A big-hearted novel with character - Sunday Telegraph on CRICKET KINGS
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