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Christopher Kremmer Christopher Kremmer i(A20627 works by)
Born: Established: 1958 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 From the Heart: Why Writers Are Putting Themselves in Nonfiction Christopher Kremmer , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 20 April 2017;

'History is a story about the past told by people who didn’t live there. Historical fiction and scholarly histories and biographies dominate the field, but a fresh approach, the literary nonfiction narrative of reflection, is making its presence felt.' (Introduction)

1 Whose Line Is It Anyway? The Murderer, His Mother, and the Ghost Writers Christopher Kremmer , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 27 April 2016;
'This is a story about stories. Who writes them. Who owns them and what happens when the two things get muddled. It’s a story about true stories, life stories, stories written by amateurs and professionals. It sounds a warning to the growing number of readers who aspire to publish their own memoirs, and those who write the lives of others.' (Introduction)
1 To Those Who Have Fled On the Human Factor Christopher Kremmer , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 November - 1 December 2013; (p. 30-31) The Canberra Times , 30 November 2013; (p. 21) The Age , 30 November 2013; (p. 22)

— Review of A Country Too Far : Writings on Asylum Seekers 2013 anthology autobiography biography poetry short story essay
1 [Essay] : Nine Parts of Desire 2 Christopher Kremmer , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: Reading Australia 2013-;

'Like the biblical story of Christ’s birth, Geraldine Brooks’ Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women begins with a woman refused a room at an inn. In Brooks’ tale, the ‘inn’ is a modern hotel in the Saudi Arabian city of Dhahran in the early 1990s, where the Australian journalist is on assignment for the Wall Street Journal. She is refused a room not because she is pregnant – she isn’t – nor because the hotel is fully booked; rather, it is contrary to the laws of the desert kingdom for a woman to travel without her husband. Only a prostitute would do so, as the male receptionist implies. When the affronted traveller tries to bed down on a sofa behind a plant in the lobby, the police are called.' (Introduction)

1 The Books that Changed Me : Christopher Kremmer Christopher Kremmer , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 4 December 2011; (p. 19) The Sun-Herald , 4 December 2011; (p. 6-7)
Christopher Kremmer nominates five books that changed him. His list includes Frank Moorhouse's Grand Days.
1 9 y separately published work icon The Chase Christopher Kremmer , Sydney : Picador , 2011 Z1798892 2011 single work novel crime mystery '"They're all doing it... It's not so much a contest between horses, as a race to find the best recipe."

'When young scientist Jean Campbell is invited help root out drugs in sport, she enters a murky world where power, privilege, money and illicit practices mix easily. It is Australia in the 1940s, the war is over, and Jean and her charismatic boss Howard Carter risk everything to expose the cruel underbelly of the "sport of kings".

'But old-school racehorse trainer Martin Foley refuses to go quietly, and his influence and 'connections' go straight to the highest echelons of polite society. Success or failure turns on a surly young stable hand from a broken home named Frank Littell, and the fateful decision he is forced to make...' (From the publisher's website.)
1 The City of Darkness and Light Christopher Kremmer , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: The Perfume River : An Anthology of Writing from Vietnam 2010; (p. 220-231)
1 1 y separately published work icon Courage, Survival, Greed Anna Funder , Melissa Lucashenko , Christopher Kremmer , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009 Z1584222 2009 selected work essay

'Anna Funder examines the nature of courage in a powerful and moving essay, commemorating the life and work of the "bravest of the brave", murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and other remarkable women who have stood up to totalitarian regimes at unthinkable cost to themselves.

'Australian history is full of images of ingenious settlers battling against the harsh, unforgiving land in order to survive. But is the European notion of 'survival' different from the indigenous one? Aboriginal writer Melissa Lucashenko argues eloquently and passionately that it is.

'Did the notion that "Greed is Good" die out with the 1980s? Perhaps at no other moment in living memory has greed played such a defining - and damning - role. At once clear-eyed and coruscating, Christopher Kremmer contemplates greed from all angles: social, historical, economic and cultural.

'Three brilliant essays written by leading and acclaimed Australian writers, commissioned by Sydney PEN, unflinchingly show us our world as never before.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 American Empire: Politics and Culture in the 21st Century Christopher Kremmer , 2006 single work essay
— Appears in: Making Waves : 10 Years of the Byron Bay Writers' Festival 2006; (p. 163-173)
1 8 y separately published work icon Inhaling the Mahatma Christopher Kremmer , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2006 Z1272987 2006 single work autobiography
1 History in the Blood Christopher Kremmer , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 October 2005; (p. 9)
3 y separately published work icon The Carpet Wars Christopher Kremmer , London : HarperCollins Australia , 2002 Z1066354 2002 single work prose travel 'A travel memoir, The Carpet Wars offers a personal, vivid, and revealing look at Islam's human face, wracked by turmoil but sustained by friendship, industry, and humor. It is also a historical snapshot of countries at the center of global confrontation that exploded onto the homefront on September 11, 2001.' [book cover]
1 The 1988 Pill Christopher Kremmer , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Brave New Word , December no. 10 1988; (p. 51-56)
1 The Fall Christopher Kremmer , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Redoubt , September no. 3 1988; (p. 15-20)
1 Lucky Day Christopher Kremmer , 1986 single work short story
— Appears in: Brave New Word , no. 8 1986; (p. 5-11)
1 Footnotes to the Affair Christopher Kremmer , 1986 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , no. 16 1986; (p. 74-79)
1 Two Hundred Years from Home Christopher Kremmer , 1984 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , vol. 2 no. 7 1984; (p. 55-59)
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