Love & Desire

by Cate Kennedy (editor)

"The power of range of the novella form is exemplified in this stunning collection which showcases four exciting new voices. The first three stories, selected by Cate Kennedy, take us into the inner world of three memorable characters as they grapple with love and desire."

364 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Cate Kennedy is an Australian author based in Victoria. She graduated from University of Canberra and has also taught at several colleges, including The University of Melbourne. She is the author of the highly acclaimed novel The World Beneath, which won the People’s Choice Award in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards in 2010. It was also shortlisted for The Age fiction prize 2010 and the ASA Barbara Jefferis Award 2010, among others. She is an award-winning short-story writer whose work has twice won The Age Short Story Competition and has appeared in a range of publications, including The New Yorker. Her collection, Dark Roots, was shortlisted for the Steele Rudd Award in the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards and for the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Cate is also the author of the travel memoir Sing, and Don’t Cry, and the poetry collections Joyflight and Signs of Other Fires. Her latest book is The Taste of River Water: New and Selected Poems by Cate Kennedy, which was published in May 2011 and won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry.

Reviews

[James Tierney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Resonant of Alice Munro, Paddy O'Reilly's novella 'Deep Water' submerges* the reader into the hard scrabble world of a child. Life's big events can't make it past the sorry choke in your throat; small moments of fear and wonderment burn into your skin like a hot 50 cent piece.

88 pages of seawater-sweet observation & emotional weight. Dive right in.

* Yes, I had to.

NB: Rating is for 'Deep Water' only