Phillip Island author Chris Flynn is launching his new book “Here be Leviathans” at a special event at Turn the Page bookshop in Cowes on Sunday, September 11 at 3pm.

As well as talking about his new book, and how all the stories grew out of real-life events, Chris will discuss how his last novel (Mammoth) lead to him working with Melbourne Museum, creating books for the Horridus Triceratops exhibition.

The stories in "Here be Leviathans" are all told from the point of view of non-human things, including a grizzly bear, a hotel room, a genetically altered platypus and an airline seat.

Telling stories from the point of view of unusual narrators gives him a “different viewpoint of the world”, Chris said, with inanimate objects able to say things that humans can’t.

“There’s a brutal assessment from these objects,” he said. “Us humans, we need someone outside of us to say – hey, you’re stuffing this up.”