Barking Launch Party With Lucy Sullivan

We're so happy to have Lucy Sullivan for the launch of Avery Hill's Barking here on Thursday 29th February 2024, from 7-9pm. It's especially meaningful since the pandemic meant we had to cancel a launch party with Lucy back in 2020. We're setting things right in 2024 now that Barking has found a new home with Avery Hill publishing.

Barking is Lucy's impassioned debut graphic novel of a grief-striken Alix battling her inner demons. Here are some words about it from publisher Avery Hill:

"A year after the death of her friend, Alix’s depression and grief still hound her in this personally-inspired graphic novel.
Loopy . . . cuckoo . . . stark raving. . . .

When the depression and grief Alix feels over the death of her friend overwhelm her, she’s institutionalized. But inside a psychiatric ward, things don’t get better for her – now she has nowhere to get away from her rapidly-spiraling thoughts. As Alix navigates disinterested attendants, group therapy, and isolation, she must build herself a new equilibrium and tame the black dog of her depression.

Inspired by her own struggles with mental health, Lucy Sullivan tells a powerful, emotional story about the problems that sometimes overwhelm us all – and the failures in the mental health system we depend on."

Barking will be launching here on Thursday 29th February 2024, from 7pm. You can pre-order a signed copy from our website for mail-order or collection by clicking the link here.

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