at the Tasmanian College of the Arts

seasonal affective disorder (SAD - do we all get it

Lopez also probes the long history of humanity's quests and explorations

refracted light on the many struggles - of class

The story serves as a foundational text

Ash Before Oak Climate Breakdown at the Tasmanian College ofAsh before Oak is a novel in the form of a fictional journal written by a solitary man on a secluded Somerset estate. Ostensibly a nature diary, chronicling the narrators interest in the local flora and fauna and the passing of the seasons, Ash before Oak is also the story of a breakdown told slantwise, and of the narrators subsequent recovery through his reengagement with the world around him. Written in prose that is as precise as it is beautiful,