birdlife

birdlife with poetry and writing by Nyanda Smith, Nandi Chinna, Michael Farrell, Graeme Miles and photographs and drawings by Perdita Phillips

‘Both a playful lament for our lack of feathers, and an elegant celebration of common airs’ – Gregory Day, author of The Grand Hotel.

birdlife is a collaborative art and text book that explores the avian world…

Contemporary artist Perdita Phillips’ (Fremantle) photographs, doodles and sketches range from covert photography from within museums around the world, to tracking bowerbirds in the Kimberley.  Poets Michael Farrell (Melbourne), Graeme Miles (Hobart), Nandi Chinna (Fremantle) and writer Nyanda Smith (Perth)  cover subjects ranging from watching birdwatchers, politics, fatherhood, to having a haircut.

Purchase birdlife within Australia for $25.00 plus postage/handling via Paypal or if you prefer, you can order birdlife through your local bookshop.

View the birdlife flyer 2011, extract or birdlife media release.

birdlife with poetry and writing by Nyanda Smith, Nandi Chinna, Michael Farrell, Graeme Miles and photographs and drawings by Perdita Phillips (page 6-7)

Read the press coverage.

birdlife with poetry and writing by Nyanda Smith, Nandi Chinna, Michael Farrell, Graeme Miles and photographs and drawings by Perdita Phillips (page 8-9)
birdlife with poetry and writing by Nyanda Smith, Nandi Chinna, Michael Farrell, Graeme Miles and photographs and drawings by Perdita Phillips (page 10-11)
birdlife with poetry and writing by Nyanda Smith, Nandi Chinna, Michael Farrell, Graeme Miles and photographs and drawings by Perdita Phillips (page 12-13)
birdlife with poetry and writing by Nyanda Smith, Nandi Chinna, Michael Farrell, Graeme Miles and photographs and drawings by Perdita Phillips (page 16-17)

First published 2011
72 pages plus cover. Contains colour and black and white images. Includes biographical statements by contributors.
ISBN 978-0-9758334-4-5
Numbered limited edition 360

All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior written permission. Edited by Nyanda Smith and Perdita Phillips with consultative editor Christine Nagel. Catalogue designed by Perdita Phillips. Artwork and Texts © individual contributors.

Department of Culture and the Arts

Lethologica Press gratefully acknowledges support for this project by the 
State Government of Western Australia, through the Department of Culture and the Art.


Purchase birdlife within Australia for $25.00 plus $4.90 postage via Paypal
For additional copies and international postage rates please contact teapot@lethologicapress.org


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