I Go Quiet

PART OF THE Feeling Festive ISSUE

‘When I read, I know there is a world beneath my branches.’

Illustrations taken from I Go Quiet
By David Ouimet
Published by Canongate

I Go Quiet by David Ouimet is published by Canongate, priced £12.99

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