Phil Day Phil Day i(A152672 works by)
Born: Established: 1973 Goulburn, Goulburn area, Southern Highlands - Southern Tablelands, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Hear Here Judith Bishop , Sydney : Life Before Man , 2022 27508435 2022 single work poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon Alcatraz Cassandra Atherton (editor), Paul Hetherington (editor), Summer Hill : Gazebo Books , 2022 25828046 2022 anthology poetry prose 'Alcatraz is a one-of-a-kind illustrated anthology of short prose and prose poetry. It showcases works from many of the most exciting practitioners writing in English across the globe. This includes work by luminaries such as: Will Alexander, Indran Amirthanayagam, Nin Andrews, Maxine Chernoff, Denise Duhamel, Holly Iglesias, Peter Johnson, Luke Kennard, Naveen Kishore, Janice Lee, Jane Monson, Mariko Nagai, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Alvin Pang, Lauren Russell, Fiona Sampson, Ian Seed, Sudeep Sen, John Skoyles, Donna Stonecipher, Sam Wagan Watson, Cyril Wong, Nicholas Wong, Jenny Xie and Gary Young. The volume is edited by the award-winning Australian prose poets Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington who recently published the definitive book about the form, Prose Poetry: An Introduction (Princeton University Press, 2020), and the authoritative Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry (Melbourne University Press, 2020). The book is illustrated by renowned artist and publisher, Phil Day, whose work recently appeared in the New Yorker. The anthology is titled Alcatraz largely because of the playfulness inherent in the word, which contains the first and last letters of the English alphabet in first and last positions. Contributing writers were asked to respond to the idea of ‘Alcatraz’ in any way they chose – whether directly or more tangentially. This resulted in a wonderful series of responses, taking on and expanding a wide array of the associations connected to this historically loaded word. The book is highly inventive in its layout, with contributions appearing according to their length. This means that the book moves from the shortest to the longest pieces and the illustrations complement the shape of the written pieces. They are line drawings, playing on the idea of taking a line from the work and representing it obliquely without ever overwhelming it. Alcatraz is a highly creative, unusual and distinctive volume celebrating international collaboration and the special magic that happens in the meeting of short prose works and visual art..' 

(Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Lost Words Xavier Hennekinne , Sydney : Gazebo Books , 2019 16673647 2019 selected work short story

'In the micro stories of Lost Words, Xavier Hennekinne’s narrator takes us on a reflective journey from his entranced yet perplexed youth in France to sleepless nights as a contemporary parent. This compelling voyage through time and mood is accompanied by images by Phil Day. Just as the prose entwines us in its subtle recurring rhythms, the prints and drawings are never literal, taking ordinary objects but revealing their sinuous shapes out of dark and suggestive structures.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Call Me Julian Davies , Braidwood : Finlay Lloyd , 2018 15509232 2018 single work novel

'Call Me is Julian Davies’ seventh novel. Tangentially related to his previous social satire, Crow Mellow, this is a contemporary Australian story of thwarted young love, and an ambitious attempt to take us deep within the lives and experience of two perceptive yet conflicted teenagers in their last year of school. If love beset by complication is a familiar pattern in fiction, then, in this story, complication dances beguilingly between reality and absurdity.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 1 y separately published work icon Who Said What, Exactly Hartmann Wallis , Braidwood : Finlay Lloyd , 2016 9652162 2016 selected work poetry

'Hartmann Wallis, who has a wild and somewhat incestuous relationship with the well-known author and artist Robin Wallace-Crabbe, has a punchy new collection of poetry released by Finlay Lloyd on 13 August. Hartmann is something of an enigma, but Wallace-Crabbe has had many books published both here and overseas, including literary works, crime fiction novels (as Robert Wallace) and non-fiction essays. The book is richly illustrated by Phil Day, including two colour watercolours.' (Publication summary)
1 2 y separately published work icon Trace Cassandra Atherton , Braidwood : Finlay Lloyd , 2015 9124858 2015 selected work poetry

'This collection of prose poetry from Cassandra Atherton creates a naturally intimate world while, at the same time, fluidly examining complex connections between popular and high culture.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 2 y separately published work icon Crow Mellow Julian Davies , Braidwood : Finlay Lloyd , 2014 7947957 2014 single work novel

'Julian Davies’ sixth and most unusual novel, is a contemporary social satire closely based on Aldous Huxley’s first novel (from 1921), Crome Yellow. This playful response to another book is startlingly furthered by the text being surrounded by almost 400 drawings by Phil Day, whose hand-made books are collected by many state and university libraries, including The National Library of Australia. In this lively collaboration between words and pictures, the illustrations form a closely related parallel visual text that weave around and interact with the unfolding story. Set in multi-millionaire Mitchell Rimbush’s bush retreat, where artists and writers on the make gather with their wealthy admirers, conversation is the one constant prerequisite.' (Publication abstract)
1 1 Inner Necessity Julian Davies , Phil Day , 2013 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 348 2013; (p. 4-5)
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