Christopher Herold et al., OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

‘As fine a hai of ku as I have ever encountered’ – Les Murray

Off the Beaten Track presents twelve months of haiku by twelve writers, with original artwork by twelve artists. Some of the writers are haiku specialists, while others are new to the form, but each brings a distinctive voice to this unique collaborative project. Their locations range across four continents, and their haiku encompass graveyards and graupel, dandruff and dahlias, topiary elephants and wheezing cicadas.

The twelve artists bring a similarly diverse set of approaches. The result is a book like no other, celebrating equally the quotidian and the transcendent, as each writer takes the reader off the beaten track into new ways of seeing.

The writers

Christopher Herold • Fabian Ironside • Hamish Ironside • Éireann Lorsung • Bob Lucky • Momus • Matthew Paul • Sally Read • George Swede • Michael Dylan Welch • Matthew Welton • Hugo Williams •

The artists

Dan Bramall • Angharad Burnard • Eleanor Crow • Julian Hanshaw • Kevin Huizenga • Krystine Kryttre • Mungo McCosh • David Noon • Woodrow Phoenix • James Sturm • Nathan Tolzmann • Annabel Wright