William McInnes

William McInnes is established in his ability both as a columnist and author in writing pieces that celebrate life whilst encompassing the wide emotions and situations being human can bring. His bestselling titles are A MAN'S GOT TO HAVE A HOBBY, THAT'D BE RIGHT, CRICKET KINGS, and THE MAKING OF MODERN AUSTRALIA.

Sarah Watt also wrote about these themes in her films and writing. She studied fine art at the Phillip Institute, Melbourne, and was an AFI award-winning filmmaker who worked as a writer, director and producer for over twenty years. Her films have won major international awards, including at the Venice, and Toronto film festivals. Her work is represented in the permanent collection at MOMA, New York. She also wrote and illustrated the children s picture book, CLEM ALWAYS COULD. William and Sarah collaborated on the acclaimed film Look Both Ways.

Sarah Watt died on Friday morning, 4 November 2011, in her home surrounded by her family after living with secondary bone cancer for the last two years.

Previous Books:
William McInnes: A MAN'S GOT TO HAVE A HOBBY, THAT'D BE RIGHT, CRICKET KINGS, THE MAKING OF MODERN AUSTRALIA Sarah Watt: CLEM ALWAYS COULD

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Worse Things Happen at Sea

William McInnes and Sarah Watt

9780733628023   $35.00   Hardback   October 2011

WORSE THINGS HAPPEN AT SEA is about families, suburbs and homes, friends, love and day to day life written by bestselling author William McInnes and award winning filmmaker, photographer and animator Sarah Watt. (Full details)

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The Making of Modern Australia

William McInnes

9780733624940   $29.99   Paperback - C Format   July 2010

To complement the major ABC TV series of the same name, launching on ABC1 on 29 July 2010. Bestselling writer William McInnes weaves together stories from regular people to tell us about the making of modern Australia. (Full details)

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That'd Be Right

William McInnes

9780733624322   $24.99   Paperback - B Format   August 2009

B format edition of William McInnes' bestseller. The same mixture of humour and thoughtfulness that readers loved in A MAN'S GOT TO HAVE A HOBBY is here in abundance, as William McInnes looks back at Australia over the last 30 years. (Full details)

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Cricket Kings

William McInnes

9780733621932   $24.99   Paperback - B Format   August 2007

Every weekend a team of middle-aged blokes come together to play cricket. They are mates with families and jobs, and they all have a story to tell. William makes each one a king as he brings them and their loved ones vividly and hilariously to life. (Full details)

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A Man's Got to Have a Hobby

William McInnes

9780733620782   $24.99   Paperback - B Format   July 2006

This bestselling book by William McInnes, star of Sea Change, Blue Heelers and the movie Look Both Ways, takes us back to the long summer holidays of the 1960s and 70s, and the last of the baby-boomer childhoods. William writes with humour and affection a (Full details)