Still Alive
By Safdar Ahmed
Illustrated by Safdar Ahmed
In early 2011, Safdar Ahmed visited Sydney’s Villawood Immigration Detention Centre for the first time. He brought pencils and sketchbooks into the centre and started drawing with the people detained there. Their stories are told in this book.
Interweaving journalism, history and autobiography, Still Alive is an intensely personal indictment of Australia’s refugee detention policies and procedures. It is also a searching reflection on the redemptive power of art. And death metal.
WINNER 2022 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards- BOOK OF THE YEAR
WINNER 2022 NSW Premier’s Literary Award- MULTICULTURAL NSW AWARD
WINNER GOLD LEDGER 2022 COMIC ARTS AWARDS OF AUSTRALIA
WINNER -2022 CBCA EVE POWNALL AWARD
By Safdar Ahmed
Illustrated by Safdar Ahmed
In early 2011, Safdar Ahmed visited Sydney’s Villawood Immigration Detention Centre for the first time. He brought pencils and sketchbooks into the centre and started drawing with the people detained there. Their stories are told in this book.
Interweaving journalism, history and autobiography, Still Alive is an intensely personal indictment of Australia’s refugee detention policies and procedures. It is also a searching reflection on the redemptive power of art. And death metal.
WINNER 2022 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards- BOOK OF THE YEAR
WINNER 2022 NSW Premier’s Literary Award- MULTICULTURAL NSW AWARD
WINNER GOLD LEDGER 2022 COMIC ARTS AWARDS OF AUSTRALIA
WINNER -2022 CBCA EVE POWNALL AWARD
By Safdar Ahmed
Illustrated by Safdar Ahmed
In early 2011, Safdar Ahmed visited Sydney’s Villawood Immigration Detention Centre for the first time. He brought pencils and sketchbooks into the centre and started drawing with the people detained there. Their stories are told in this book.
Interweaving journalism, history and autobiography, Still Alive is an intensely personal indictment of Australia’s refugee detention policies and procedures. It is also a searching reflection on the redemptive power of art. And death metal.
WINNER 2022 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards- BOOK OF THE YEAR
WINNER 2022 NSW Premier’s Literary Award- MULTICULTURAL NSW AWARD
WINNER GOLD LEDGER 2022 COMIC ARTS AWARDS OF AUSTRALIA
WINNER -2022 CBCA EVE POWNALL AWARD
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Format: Paperback
Dimensions:
Pages: 240
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ISBN: 9780980593730
Publisher: Twelve Panels Press
Release Date: 1 April 2021
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Author: Safed Ahmed
Illustrator: Safed Ahmed
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Older YA (16+ yrs)
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CONFLICT & CRISIS, DIVERSE CULTURAL VOICES
asylum seekers, stories, experiences, wrongful incarceration, innocence, detention, torture, abuse, trauma, documentation, journalism, history, refugee voices, graphic novel
