A Quiet Sorcery

(Hardback)

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A Quiet Sorceryweaves a calming tapestry of text and image. Gentle on the eye and mind alike, this book features original poetry by Jo Ward alongside a carefully curated selection of imagery by photographers and artists from around the world. The guiding idea is to create a visual form of poetry that feels approachable and restful,opening upa space to contemplate the natural world and the materiality of language itself.

This book forms part of a larger collection of visual poetry called Ovidian.

Author Bio

Jo Ward is an Australian writer living in Samford Valley, Queensland. In 2019, she created Ovidian: a collection of visual poetry that interweaves text and imagein order toexplore the nature of materiality and the physicality of language itself.While working on a PhD in Literature, Jo developed a chronic pain condition and turned to creative writing as a therapeutic practice. Much of her poetry grows out of her experience with chronic pain and is designed to evoke a feeling of weightlessness and ease.