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I Need Art, Reality is Not Enough

An illustrated memoir

Henn Kim

A memoir in images from the iconic South Korean Sally Rooney illustrator and author of Starry Night, Blurry Dreams

Slow Seasons

A Creative Guide to Reconnecting with Nature the Celtic Way

Rosie Steer

Seasonal crafts, recipes and celebrations inspired by the Celtic wheel of the year

In her late-twenties, feeling utterly overwhelmed by the pace of modern city life, Rosie Steer found solace in the traditions she had been brought up with, influenced by her Scottish roots, that celebrated nature and observed the small steady shifts in the seasons.

The Celtic Wheel of the year is an ancient seasonal cycle that aligns with solar events – the solstices and equinoxes – and their rough midpoints. For each miniseason, Rosie shares nature notes for what we can look out for as the days get warmer or cooler, the nights longer or shorter, alongside activities, things to make, flowers or fruit to forage, seasonal recipes to enjoy and a modern take on the traditional celebrations.

By slowing down and paying attention to the ebbs and flows of nature, we can find moments of calm whenever we need them.

Rosie Steer embraced slow-living and found solace in the ancient naturecentric traditions of the Celtic Wheel of the Year after suffering with her mental health. She set up her newsletter and platform on Instagram as a place to track small moments of joy through the seasons and fostered a loyal following in the process. She ives and works in Edinburgh.

28 September 2023

HARDBACK / 9781526657572 / £30.00

EBOOK / 9781526657558 / £21.00

TERRITORY: World All Languages

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ANZ Pub Date 01 January 2024

HARDBACK / AUS $59.99 / NZ $64.99

Depression and creativity, love and family, books and music: this personal and vulnerable memoir by the iconic South Korean illustrator explores her life from the ages of seventeen to thirty-three through image, text and poetry. From what nearly broke her to what saved her, everyone will find something to comfort them in Henn Kim’s world.

Henn Kim was born and raised in South Korea. After moving to Seoul at 19, she worked as a graphic designer creating cover art for indie bands. She then decided to follow her own path as an illustrator, and her work has been commissioned by the BBC, UNICEF, Bottega Veneta, Snapchat, and featured in GQand Vogue.

Unfinished Woman

Robyn Davidson

An unforgettable memoir from the author of the sensational international bestseller Tracks

In 1977, Robyn Davidson set off with a dog and four camels to cross 1,700 miles of Australian desert. What sets a young woman off on a path like this? What had she left behind her that meant that she could not look back?

In Unfinished Woman, Davidson embarks on another journey into uncharted territory: the past. In mesmerising prose, she conjures her post­war Australian childhood –where her father sheared sheep while his daughters stamped it out into the press, where Robyn’s sister rode her horse to school, where green carpet snakes winked down from the rafters while the house rippled with the sounds of her mother’s pianoplaying. And then the deadening suburbia of Moreton – where Robyn returned home from school one afternoon to find that music stopped forever.

12 October 2023

HARDBACK / 9781526662729 / £16.99

EBOOK / 9781526662736 / £11.89

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ANZ Pub Date 31 October 2023

HARDBACK / AUS $32.99 / NZ $36.99

Robyn Davidson was born on a cattle property in Queensland. She went to Sydney in the sixties, before going to Alice Springs where this book begins. She has travelled extensively, lived in London, New York and India and migrated with nomads in North West India. She lives in Melbourne, and spends several months a year in the Indian Himalayas.

12 October 2023

HARDBACK / 9781526636256 / £16.99

EBOOK / 9781526636249 / £11.89

TERRITORY: World All Languages

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ANZ Pub Date 17 October 2023

HARDBACK / AUS $29.99 / NZ $32.99

12 October 2023

HARDBACK / 9781408837153 / £18.99

EXPORT TPB / 9781408837160 / £14.99

EBOOK / 9781408837177 / £13.29

TERRITORY: World English/German TRANSLATION RIGHTS: ANZ Pub Date 03 October 2023

TRADE PAPERBACK / AUS $34.99 / NZ $38.99

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