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September 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Lotta Dann: Mrs D Is Going Within

Mrs D Is Going Within Lotta Dann Allen & Unwin A couple of years ago, three years in fact, I read Lotta Dann’s first book, Mrs D Is Going Without. The cover screamed chick-lit, inside she told her ‘struggle’ with drinking a nice bottle of wine most nights. It felt white and false and privileged […]
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December 7, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Shaun Tan: The Singing Bones

The Singing Bones: Inspired by Grimms’ Fairy Tales Shaun Tan Allen & Unwin Australian artist and writer Shaun Tan creates worlds you fall into; places and spaces you must revisit. Whether working wordlessly (The Arrival) or telling a story through words and images (The Red Tree) his work is memorable, brilliantly evocative and he is […]
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