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Krissy Kneen

Krissy Kneen

Krissy Kneen is a writer of novels, poetry, and memoir, including An Uncertain GraceSteeplechaseTriptychThe Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex MachineWinteringEating My Grandmother, and Affection. Her latest book is The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen (2021). She was the 2020 Copyright Agency Limited Non-fiction Fellow. ‘Dugongesque’ was shortlisted in the 2021 Calibre Essay Prize. She has written and directed broadcast documentaries for SBS and ABC Television.

'Dugongesque' by Krissy Kneen

December 2021, no. 438 24 November 2021
Some people are diving with a whale shark off Stradbroke Island. I saw it on a news story on the internet. The whale shark is the largest known fish. It is extremely rare. It has never before been seen off the coast of Stradbroke Island. Something to do with La Niña, climate change, over-fishing, the tides. There is a rare fish off the coastline of my favourite island and a group of divers are sw ... (read more)