Anna Krien

This is powerful, important writing, and Krien shows her workings throughout

Haunting ... arresting... devastating. A challenging, necessary assault on misogynistic "jock culture". Its arrival in Britain could hardly be more appositely timed in light of the Ched Evans case

Jaw-dropping ... illuminating. Krien shines a light inside the locker room and beyond.

It is a challenging, sometimes jarring but necessary assault on misogynistic “jock culture”

Extraordinary and necessary… Though it’s an Australian story, it’s relevant to all countries with testosterone-fuelled professional team sports that apparently encourage a sense of sexual entitlement

Krien finds no neat answers in Night Games, only grey areas, but it is the wisdom and balance of her writing that capitvates

For every superstar, club CEO, boundary rider, bar-propper and park footballer, it should be mandatory reading.

[Krien] writes honestly and brilliantly. Night Games is a book that was begging to be written. Readers should exult that Krien got there first.

One of the most incredible works of investigative non-fiction that I have ever read. Krien is nuanced and fiercely intelligent and every paragraph is addictive.

Heady mix of courtroom drama and narrative journalism… Not for the fainthearted, but highly compelling

Plenty of…jaw-dropping details make it an uncomfortable journey, but it’s an illuminating one as Krien shines a light inside the locker room and beyond

The deserving winner of this year's William Hill Sports Book of the Year award

This is a breakthrough book by one of the leading young lights of Australian writing

Despite it being an almost impossible subject to write about, Krien has produced a brilliant, disarming, thought-provoking book

A thought-provoking book that every aspiring male footballer should be made to read…as part of their apprenticeship

an intelligent and unsettling exploration of how sport’s macho culture and exclusion of women enable abuse

A Journey to the Dark Side of Sport

*Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2014* 
 
What does a sportsman do to cut loose? At night, some play what they think of as pranks, or games. Night games with women. In the closely-knit world of top-level sport, what happens when the bonds that join teammates on the pitch twist into something darker after the final whistle? 
 
Night Games follows the rape trial of a young footballer. It is both a real-life courtroom drama and an exemplary piece of investigative journalism. Fearlessly and without prejudice, Anna Krien shines a light into the darkest recesses of sports culture.

Anna Krien

Praise for Night Games

This is powerful, important writing, and Krien shows her workings throughout

Haunting ... arresting... devastating. A challenging, necessary assault on misogynistic "jock culture". Its arrival in Britain could hardly be more appositely timed in light of the Ched Evans case

Jaw-dropping ... illuminating. Krien shines a light inside the locker room and beyond.

This is powerful, important writing, and Krien shows her workings throughout

Haunting ... arresting... devastating. A challenging, necessary assault on misogynistic "jock culture". Its arrival in Britain could hardly be more appositely timed in light of the Ched Evans case

Jaw-dropping ... illuminating. Krien shines a light inside the locker room and beyond.

This is powerful, important writing, and Krien shows her workings throughout

Haunting ... arresting... devastating. A challenging, necessary assault on misogynistic "jock culture". Its arrival in Britain could hardly be more appositely timed in light of the Ched Evans case

Jaw-dropping ... illuminating. Krien shines a light inside the locker room and beyond.

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