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Kanaky Aotearoa Solidarity Says “Toitū Te Tiriti!”

Nov 18, 2024 | community.scoop.co.nz | David Small

Press Release – Kanaky Aotearoa SolidarityKanaky Aotearoa Solidarity supports te hikoi and says Toit te Tiriti! Mori never ceded sovereignty!By David Small for Kanaky Aotearoa Solidarity, 19 November 2024Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a crucial starting point for decolonization in Aotearoa/New Zealand. No equivalent exists in Kanaky/New Caledonia which France annexed by force in 1853.
Processing: How David Small Illustrated and Wrote The Werewolf at Dusk

Oct 31, 2024 | countercraft.substack.com | Lincoln Michel |David Small

On a semi-regular basis, I interview authors about their writing processes and the craft behind their books. You can find previous entries here. This week I’m excited to be talking with the award-winning writer and illustrator, whose recent and excellent illustrated book of dark stories, The Werewolf at Dusk, is a perfect Halloween read for any graphic novel fan. The Werewolf at Dusk is a collection of three eerie tales all illustrated by Small in his expressive and emotive style.
Déjà vu in New Caledonia: why decades of political failure will make this uprising hard to contain

May 23, 2024 | dailybulletin.com.au | David Small

With an air force plane on its way to rescue New Zealanders stranded by the violent uprising in New Caledonia, many familiar with the island’s history are experiencing an unwelcome sense of déjà vu. When I first visited the island territory in 1983, I interviewed Eloi Machoro, general secretary of the largest pro-independence party, L'Union Calédonienne. It was a position he had held since his predecessor, Pierre Declerq, was assassinated less than two years earlier.
Déjà vu in New Caledonia: Why decades of political failure will make this uprising hard to contain

May 21, 2024 | deccanherald.com | David Small

Staged by a new activist group, the Coordination Unit for Actions on the Ground (CCAT), it focused on the visit of French defence minister Sébastien Lecornu, who was hosting a meeting of South Pacific defence ministers. This followed the declaration by French president Emmanuel Macron, during a visit in July 2023, that the process set out in the 1998 Nouméa Accords had been concluded: independence was no longer an option because the people of New Caledonia had voted against it.
Air Cadets Take Off on Track and Field

Apr 29, 2024 | falkirkherald.co.uk | David Small

Local cadets represent Denny in athletics competitionWatch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276Visit Shots! nowOn Sunday 28th April, Air Cadets from 867 (Denny) Squadron Air Cadets took part in the annual athletics competition at Grangemouth Sports Stadium. Cadets Graham, Harris, Hill, Henderson, Houston, Marshall, Temporal and Sergeant Gardiner went up against cadets from squadrons across the Southeast of Scotland.
The Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories

Mar 8, 2024 | bookshop.org | David Small

Long celebrated as a modern master of graphic literature, David Small has elicited in his work comparisons to Stan Lee and even Alfred Hitchcock. His internationally acclaimed graphic memoir, Stitches, told the story of a childhood in disarray. Werewolf at Dusk, appearing nearly fifteen years later, turned its attention to the twilight of life and to aging, gracefully or otherwise.
Werewolf at Dusk

Jan 4, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | David Small |Yann Damezin |Manon Debaye |Ronald Wimberly

This evocative, sure-handed triptych of short stories from Small (Stitches) showcases his talent to conjure foreboding. The title piece, adapted from a story by Lincoln Michel, depicts an aging werewolf who’s now “lucky [to] overtake an injured squirrel.” As isolated as ever, he’s still fearful of the full moon, but for a different reason: —“It used to mean I’d hurt other people.
Volume XCII, No 1

Jan 1, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | David Small |Falon Ballard |Katherine E Arden |Maurice Carlos Ruffin

We spoke to Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome about Fighting With Love: The Legacy of John Lewis, their picture-book tribute to the late Civil Rights hero.
WEREWOLF AT DUSK

Dec 6, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | David Small |James McBride |Barbara Kingsolver

If it’s possible for America to have a poet laureate, why can’t James McBride be its storyteller-in-chief? McBride follows up his hit novel Deacon King Kong (2020) with another boisterous hymn to community, mercy, and karmic justice. It's June 1972, and the Pennsylvania State Police have some questions concerning a skeleton found at the bottom of an old well in the ramshackle Chicken Hill section of Pottstown that’s been marked for redevelopment.
Book Review: “Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life,” by Jerry Pinkney, and “A First Time for Everything,” by Dan Santat

Feb 24, 2023 | nytimes.com | David Small

Children’s BooksDan Santat and the late Jerry Pinkney draw from life (literally) in their memoirs for young readers. Send any friend a storyAs a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. From “Just Jerry.”Credit...Jerry PinkneyFeb.