Description

Sarah Firth is a cartoonist, artist, writer, speaker, and graphic recorder who has been published extensively in Australia and overseas. Her work has appeared in the Eisner Award winning anthology, Drawing Power, and the Ledger Award winning anthology, Neither Here Nor Hair. She is also a founding member of Graphic Recorders Australia, a not-for-profit professional association that supports the Graphic Recording community in Australia.

Her debut graphic novel “Eventually Everything Connects” is available now.

James Baker sits down with Sarah Firth and they talk: 

• how she first got interested in comics
• her relationship with libraries
• what aphantasia is and how she works around it
• making a graphic novel for adults and her desire to have it published by a traditional publisher
• receiving a grant for the book and are funding bodies becoming more receptive to comics related projects
• her involvement in different anthologies and her thoughts on receiving recognition and awards
• what graphic recording is and her work doing graphic recordings
• of course, her journey to creating and publishing Eventually Everything Connects
• the October 18 book launch in Melbourne and
• Sarah’s reading recommendations: Top recommendations: Still Alive by Safdar Ahmed, Our Members Be Unlimited by Sam Wallman, The Grot by Pat Grant, Stone Fruit by Lee Lai. Boundless by Jillian Tamaki, Unflattening by Nick Sousanis and Glenn Gadges: The River at Night by Kevin Huizenga.

For more on Sarah Firth check out her website: http://www.sarahthefirth.com

To find out more about Graphic Recorders Australia check out their website: https://www.graphicrecorders.org.au 

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