Rosemary Clunie - Böcker

Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri, in collaboration with artist Rosemary Clunie, offers journeys into the human spirit for our times. The True Artist Breaks Out of Jail is a provocative collaboration between Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri and renowned artist Rosemary Clunie. Pushing the possibilities of text and image to their limit, this book addresses questions of life in our times through the potent energies of poetry and painting. It journeys into the human spirit and its yearning for truth and authenticity as it examines key contemporary subjects ranging from war and climate change to the wounds and wonders of the human psyche. Exploring the modern world through a joint creative output, Okri and Clunie strive to inspire a richer relationship to art, and to democratize the art experience – marrying the mystery of image with the accessibility of language. Combining autobiographical elements with fragments of fiction, Okri and Clunie appeal to the two ancient aspects of brain and spirit in all of us. The result is a thoughtful and powerful interpretation of our world by two important voices in our current discourse.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WEEK JUNIOR BOOK AWARDS 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE KLAUS FLUGGE PRIZE 2025'A magical modern fairytale' The Week JuniorA beautiful gift book and an original, modern fairy tale. Serena's adventure is full of charm and timeless magic, written in Rosemary Clunie's sparkling prose and illustrated in striking colour and collage.'Once upon a time a little girl called Serena lived in a cottage in the woods. She was friends with all the birds and animals of the forest. But what she really wanted was a special friend of her own.' When Serena meets the little blue dog, she names him Haiku and they become best of friends. But one day Haiku grows too big for Serena and her cottage in the woods. Together they travel to the edge of the forest, past fields of sunflowers and bright lakes to visit the green mountain bird, the red snake and the yellow fish. But it is the blue lady in a castle far away to the east who, by the magic of three stones, can help Serena find the answer.