SWALLOWS - A new graphic novel by Joshua Santospirito - Book & exhibition launch by Bernard Caleo at Museo Italiano on 22 October
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE LAUNCH OF
SWALLOWS
A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL BY JOSHUA SANTOSPIRITO
ABOUT MIGRATION AND MELBOURNE
INCLUDING AN EXHIBITION OF JOSH’S ART
TO BE SHOWN AT THE MUSEO ITALIANO UNTIL 14 NOVEMBER
TO BE LAUNCHED BY BERNARD CALEO
AUDIO-VISUAL COMIC READING BY JOSH
THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER AT 6PM
MUSEO ITALIANO
CO.AS.IT, 199 FARADAY STREET, CARLTON, VIC 3053
FREE EVENT: RSVP [email protected]
Swallows
A poetic new graphic novella by Joshua Santospirito about the experience of migration; what it means to pull up your roots from one place on the other side of the world ... and start weaving them into the new world. Joshua follows the story of his grandfather, Antonio, as he slowly builds his life from a working child in the streets of Melbourne to the King of Flowers on Flinders Street.
Other graphic novels by Joshua Santospirito include the popular and award winning The Long Weekend in Alice Springs, 2013.
Swallows is available from Readings Carlton and other good bookstores.
Swallows – Part One, by Joshua Santospirito, Published by San Kessto Publications, 2015 (Moonah Tasmania), ISBN 978-0-9875008-1-6 , 64 Pages perfect bound
Joshua Santospirito
Joshua Santospirito is a visual artist, an illustrator, a musician and a writer who lives in Hobart Tasmania. He enjoys sitting on his couch and avoiding making art, music or writing.
Josh’s comics have been published in Meanjin and Island magazines. His first graphic novel, The Long Weekend in Alice Springs was published in 2013. It was awarded the Chief Minister’s Northern Territory Read Non Fiction Book Award, the ComicOz Award for 2013 and was shortlisted at the 2014 Ledger Awards. In 2015 Swallows part one was released, a graphic novel investigating his family history since migrating to Australia from Italy. Both Swallows and The Long Weekend can be purchased from San Kessto Publications. He is also the curator of Down There, a series of comics by Tasmanian artists, a side project of San Kessto.
