Comfort Food

Author: Ellen van Neerven

AUD $ 24.95

I also saw those spirit dogs
and poetry travelled with me
like rivers
I didn’t ever eat alone
‘Goan Fish Curry’

Following on from the success of her award-winning fiction debut, Heat and Light, Ellen van Neerven announces herself as a talented poet with this assured collection.

Moving between places and cultures, Comfort Food explores identity, sovereignty and the restless quest for love. Using food as her inspiration, van Neerven offers a cross-cultural vision of the exotic and the familiar. This sensuous volume sets a new benchmark in contemporary Australian poetry.

OTHER TITLES BY VAN NEERVEN, ELLEN

Heat and Light
by Ellen van Neerven
Release Date: 27/08/2014

Price: AUD $ 22.95

In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real.

Throat
by Ellen van Neerven
Release Date: 28/04/2020

Price: AUD $ 24.99

Irreverent and courageous, Throat is a fierce cry that fights hard to be heard. This is van Neerven's most powerful work yet.

Available for purchase from 28/04/2020