Cate Kennedy: 7 books

Book cover of Like a House on Fire
by Cate Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012

WINNER OF THE 2013 STEELE RUDD AWARD, QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 STELLA PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 KIBBLE AWARD From prize-winning short-story writer Cate Kennedy comes a new collection to rival her highly acclaimed Dark Roots. In Like a House on Fire,...
Book cover of The Taste of River Water

The Taste of River Water

new and selected poems

by Cate Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011

WINNER OF THE VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS C.J. DENNIS PRIZE FOR POETRY SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2011 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PREMIER'S BOOK AWARDS Disarming, warm, and always accessible, Cate Kennedy’s poems make ordinary experiences glow. Everything that suffuses her well-loved prose...
Book cover of Dark Roots
by Cate Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008

“Heartbreakingly detailed . . . vibrant—and vital” prize-winning stories by an Australian contributor to The New Yorker (Entertainment Weekly).   In this “coolly exact . . . sharp, evocative and often poetic” collection of award-winning short fiction, Cate Kennedy daringly travels...
Book cover of Sing and Don't Cry
by Cate Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013

Sing, and Don’t Cry is Cate Kennedy’ s sensual and touching evocation of her time spent working as a volunteer in small town Mexico. The people in Tequisquiapan she comes to love, and their gusto for celebration, pilgrimage and family, force her to cast a penetrating light on her own Western...
Book cover of The World Beneath
by Cate Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011

This prize-winning debut novel from the author of Like a House on Fire is “reminiscent of Hornby . . . Well-observed and thoughtfully funny” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).   Fifteen years after their breakup, Rich and Sandy have both settled into the unfulfilling compromises of middle age: he’s...
Book cover of Ploughshares Summer 2016 Guest-Edited by Claire Messud & James Wood
by Claire Messud, James Wood, Viet Thanh Nguyen
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016

The Summer 2016 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited. This 45th...
Book cover of Australian Love Stories
by Kennedy, Cate
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015

There are imaginary lovers, unattainable lovers, star-crossed lovers and predestined lovers. There is straight love, same sex love and some very curious love. And Love’s attendants—cupid, lust, obsession, and betrayal—dance through this volume that contributes to the growing tradition of Australian...
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