Off the Beaten Track: A Year in Haiku

A collection of haiku, comprising one haiku per day for a calendar year, with twelve different writers each writing the haiku for a particular month. All haiku were written specifically for this collaborative project. Complementing the haiku are section-opening illustrations featuring original artwork by twelve different artists.

"As fine a hai of ku as I have ever encountered" -- Les Murray

Off the Beaten Track presents new work by twelve writers taking part in a unique collaborative project: each of them was invited to compose one haiku per day for a month, thus contributing towards the total of 365 haiku for a full calendar year. Half of the authors are widely published writers of haiku, while the other half are almost (or entirely) new to the form. This situates the collection within the tradition of English-language haiku, while also seeking to extend its boundaries through the inclusion of ‘outsiders’ with respect to that tradition. Complementing the haiku are original illustrations by twelve artists, making the volume as visually striking as it is thought-provoking and diverse.

• | Author: Bob Lucky, Sally Read, Nomus Nicholas Currie, Michael Dylan Welch, Matthew Welton, Matthew Paul, Hugo Williams, George Swede, Eireann Lorsung, Christopher Herold
• | Publisher: Boatwhistle Books
• | Publication Date: Jan 15, 2016
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781911052012
• | ISBN-10: 1911052012