Tjieng Tjang Tjerries
A book cover illustration
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Client & publisher: Modjaji Books
My involvement: illustration, hand-lettering
Medium: watercolour, ink and pencil
A book cover illustration for Jolyn Phillips’ debut collection of vivid short stories set in and around Gansbaai – a small coastal town in South Africa’s Western Cape.
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“An impressive debut that brings across voices never heard before in South African English – not only in rhythm and timbre, but plumbing the unspoken. With such a remarkable ear, Jolyn Phillips is a young writer to watch.” – Antjie Krog
~ HSS Awards Best Fiction Single Authored 2018 ~
~ Shortlisted for the UJ Debut Prize 2017 ~
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