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Miller's paintings and fabric pieces reach deep into the colours and many concurrent symbols and story lines that make up the human dream state. Her art offers a child-like resonance in its treatment of universal human themes, reinforced by the use of vivid colours. Both her fabric work and her art illustrate how deeply creative processes draw on the dream state, and how the different and complicated fragments of individual identity somehow manage to live together, side by side, day after day. She has published short stories and numerous magazine articles, and was a finalist in the HSBC/SA PEN award in 2005 and 2006. In 2005 her first novel, All is Fish, was short-listed for the Jacana/EU Literary Award, and was published in 2007. Her non-fiction book, Children on the Bridge: A story of Autism in South Africa was published by Jacana in 2006. In 2008 Miller participated in the Time of Writer festival , alongside names such as Emmanuel Dongala, Breyten Breytenbach and Angelina Sithebe, amongst others. She also held her second art exhibition in 2008, this time a group show with Robyn Field and Patrick Mabena, at Johannesburg's Unity Gallery. Kirsty's illustrated childrens book, A Time for Fairies was published in October 2008. Visit her at kirstenmiller.co.za |
Kirsten Miller is a writer and artist from Durban, South Africa. 
Mario d'Offizi is a Cape Town based poet and writer. His first book, the autobiography Bless Me Father, was released by Ge'ko Publishing in 2008. His first formal anthology of poems, Banana Crates and Wire Mesh will be released in 2009 by Ge'ko. Mario's work has been critically acclaimed thanks to his unique style of writing and his ability address highly complicated subjects with incredible sensitivity. 