{"title":"Vanessa Berry","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the fascinating world of Vanessa Berry, a captivating author known for her unique blend of memoir and cultural commentary. Her works invite readers to explore the intricacies of urban landscapes and personal histories with a poetic lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalendar\u003c\/em\u003e, one of her prominent works, provides a poignant reflection on the passage of time and memory, inviting readers to contemplate the fleeting nature of daily life. In \u003cem\u003eGentle and Fierce\u003c\/em\u003e, Vanessa delves into the emotional connections between humans and animals, offering a heartfelt exploration of empathy and companionship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMirror Sydney\u003c\/em\u003e perfectly captures the hidden stories and overlooked corners of Sydney, bringing the city to life through rich, vivid descriptions. Finally, \u003cem\u003eNinety9\u003c\/em\u003e provides a glimpse into the cultural landscape of the 1990s, a time of significant social and technological change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDive into Vanessa Berry's engaging catalogues and embark on a literary journey that explores the intersection of personal experience and cultural identity. Her collections are a must-read for anyone interested in Arts \u0026amp; Culture, offering insights that are as enlightening as they are entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"calendar-by-vanessa-berry-9781763733114","title":"Calendar","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of essays in the form of a daybook, written in real-time over a year. \u003cem\u003eCalendar\u003c\/em\u003e is about tuning in to the unexpected, playful, and solemn lives of the objects around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalendar\u003c\/em\u003e is an essay collection in the form of a daybook, crafted in real-time throughout a year. The book is inspired by writers who employ experiments and constraints, such as Georges Perec\/Oulipo and Bernadette Mayer, alongside autobiographical writers who use inventive structures, like Christina Sharpe in \u003cem\u003eOrdinary Notes\u003c\/em\u003e and Sheila Heti in \u003cem\u003eAlphabetical Diaries\u003c\/em\u003e. Based on the French Republican calendar of the late 18th century, where every day was dedicated to an object, this book applies the same concept to objects from contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor an entire year, Vanessa Berry focused on her daily experiences with objects. Each evening, she wrote an essay inspired by one object and created an illustration of it. 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Having spent her life in city environments, Vanessa Berry's experiences with animals have largely been through encounters with urban creatures, representations of animals in art and the media, and as decorative ornaments or kitsch. The essays suggest that these mediated encounters, rather than being mundane or removed from nature, provide meaningful connections with the animal world, at a time in which it is threatened by climate change and environmental destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe subjects of Berry's singular bestiary include butterflies, a glass fish, a stuffed Kodiak bear, the rabbits on a Japanese island, the sinking horse from \u003cem\u003eThe NeverEnding Story\u003c\/em\u003e, snails and flies, a porcelain otter, Lassie, dream spiders and cats, and wallabies on the Isle of Man. Berry responds to each with the attentiveness and empathy that is the hallmark of her writing. 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Vanessa Berry, one of Australia's most acute observers of the urban landscape, casts an attentive eye upon overlooked, odd, and seemingly mundane places, tracing their connections and their significance to the city as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs development shadows every aspect of the city's life, \u003ci\u003eMirror Sydney\u003c\/i\u003e documents, in a very personal way, the fast-vanishing traces of the recent past, finding new meaning in minor landmarks and uncelebrated sites. From abandoned amusement parks to mysterious traffic islands; from the railway lost-property office to the elephant buried in Sydney Park; and from the eccentric murals of the Domain's underground walkway to the remnants of the ill-fated monorail, Berry's curious gaze discovers an alternative and eccentric, little-known city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBerry's writing balances the low-key iconoclasm of the punk and indie music scenes with the philosophical urban investigations of Walter Benjamin and Robert Walser. Her unique style of map illustration was developed through many years of making zines and artworks, collaging detailed line drawings with text from typewriters and Letraset.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRead the review by Kim Kirkman in the Westerly magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340919783660,"sku":"9781925336252","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13687853482873.jpg?v=1772177469"},{"product_id":"ninety9-by-vanessa-berry-9781922146328","title":"Ninety9","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1990s, when music was recorded on cassettes and movies on VHS, Vanessa Berry was reacting to the loneliness of life in the suburbs by constructing imaginary worlds and identities from video hits, late-night music programmes, band t-shirts, mixtapes, zines, and the 'dark energy' of the Goths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA memoir in essay form, \u003cem\u003eNinety9\u003c\/em\u003e is about the loneliness of adolescence, the importance of friendship, and the magical enclaves to be discovered in the city. Illustrated with the author's drawings and photos, it provides a guide to the end of the millennium for those who were too young to be there, and vivid memories for those who were.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClick this \u003ca href=\"#\"\u003elink\u003c\/a\u003e to see the interview Vanessa Berry did on FBI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd here are some reviews from people who loved the book: The Thousands, Birdee, Word Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNinety9\u003c\/em\u003e maps a lost world of Sydney's inner-west and inner-city, tracing a route of record stores, clubs, all-ages gigs and t-shirt shops, places that had just about disappeared 20 years later... 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