Robbie Arnott’s acclaimed debut, Flames (2018), won a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist award and a Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prize, and was shortlisted for a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, a New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award, a Queensland Literary Award, the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction and the Not the Booker Prize. His follow-up, The Rain Heron (2020), won the Age Book of the Year award, and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the ALS Gold Medal, the Voss Literary Prize, an Adelaide Festival Award and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. He lives in Hobart.

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PRAISE

Praise for

FLAMES

‘A strange and joyous marvel.’

Richard Flanagan

‘A stunning new Australian voice.’

Rohan Wilson

‘Visionary…A brilliant and wholly original debut.’

Gail Jones

‘A vivid and bold new voice.’

Danielle Wood

‘Delightful…Enchanting.’

Guardian

‘Startlingly good…Stylistically adventurous, gorgeous.’

Australian

‘Unique and memorable.’

Kill Your Darlings

‘Exuberantly creative…Strange and occasionally brutal.’

Australian Book Review

‘Breathtaking…A poetically wild and wicked imagination.’

SA Weekend

‘Gloriously audacious…It bowled me sideways.’

New Zealand Herald

‘Assured, funny and highly imaginative.’

Stuff NZ

Praise for

THE RAIN HERON

‘Genuinely and completely magnificent.’

Robert Lukins

‘Sharp and original…A beautiful novel.’

Laura Elvery

‘Singlehandedly reinventing Australian literature.’

Bram Presser

‘Fantastic…Diamond-sharp prose.’

Kawai Strong Washburn

‘A timeless and poignant meditation.’

Guardian

‘Mesmerising and beautifully written.’

Scotsman

‘One of Australia’s leading young novelists.’

Canberra Times

‘Arnott’s sentences are truly a pleasure to read.’

Saturday Paper

‘Literary art…An original, compelling work.’

Australian

‘A gorgeous and spellbinding eco-fantasy.’

Buzzfeed

‘Dazzlingly visual…Beautifully rendered.’

Los Angeles Review of Books

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