y Worse Things Happen at Sea single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2011 2011

Abstract

'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.

'In William's first book A Man's Got to Have a Hobby he wrote about family life in the 1960s with humour, affection and honesty. Worse Things Happen at Sea does the same for family life in 2000s; written by William and Sarah in a way that many Australians can relate to and enjoy.

'This book celebrates the wonderful, messy, haphazard things in life -- bringing home babies from hospital, being a friend, a parent, son or daughter, and dog obedience classes. It's about living for twenty years in the family home, raising children there, chasing angry rabbits around the backyard, renovations that never end. It is also about understanding that sometimes you have to say goodbye; that is part of life too.

'Illustrated throughout with Sarah Watt's photographs of family life and beautiful, everyday objects.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Cover subtitle: Tales of life, love, family and the everyday beauty in between.

Publication Details of Earliest Known Version

Works about this Work

Literary Nod for McInnes Rob Kidd , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 January 2012;
Book Award a Smashing Tribute : McInnes Jason Steger , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 11 March 2012;
Indie Gongs for Funder Marc McEvoy , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 11 March 2012;
McInnes-Watt Memoir Wins Indie Book Award Jason Steger , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 11 March 2012;
Will's New Way of Life Andrew Fenton , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 April 2012;
'William McInnes is busy again, but he's doing it without his beloved partner.' (p. 3)
Taking the Bad Along with the Good Shelley McInnis , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 December 2011;

— Review of Worse Things Happen at Sea Sarah Watt William McInnes 2011 single work autobiography ;
Pick of the Week Bruce Elder , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 November 2011;

— Review of Worse Things Happen at Sea Sarah Watt William McInnes 2011 single work autobiography ;
Off the Shelf : Memoir Owen Richardson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 29 October 2011;

— Review of Worse Things Happen at Sea Sarah Watt William McInnes 2011 single work autobiography ;
Keeping Local Stories Alive Fran Metcalf , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28-29 July 2012;
Unbowed, Book Lovers Script Their Own Awards Fran Metcalf , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 July 2012;
Will's New Way of Life Andrew Fenton , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 April 2012;
'William McInnes is busy again, but he's doing it without his beloved partner.' (p. 3)
McInnes-Watt Memoir Wins Indie Book Award Jason Steger , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 11 March 2012;
Indie Gongs for Funder Marc McEvoy , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 11 March 2012;
Subjects:
  • Sarah Watt
  • William McInnes
  • Families
  • Creativity
  • Cancer
  • Dying
  • Melbourne - West
  • 2000