20 March 2008
Below Tree Level - Hobart Mountain Festival
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Moss, mulch, ferns, fungus, lush, green -- what do you imagine when you think of the rainforest? Do you idealise nature or are you disturbed by the decay and rotting logs?
Going for a walk in the forest can be a welcome relief from our busy lives, but there's also a murky side to nature.
Below Tree Level is an illustrated story that plays on the uneasiness that we can feel when we go bush.
While the story has been published as a book, at the moment you can also read it on the wilderness interpretation signs on a Mount Wellington walking track in Hobart. It's part of Hobart's Mountain Festival.
The Book Show's Sarah L'Estrange spoke to the author Benny Walter and the illustrator, Leigh Rigozzi, about the moody story they created.
Guests
Benny Walter
Tasmanian based poet and writer.
Leigh Rigozzi
Illustrator and comic artist
Further Information
Hobart's 2008 Mountain Festival
The fictional story of Below Tree Level can be read on the wilderness interpretation signs on the Mt Wellington Circle Track, Hobart, until 24 March 2008.
Publications
Title: Below Tree Level
Author: Written by Benny Walter, illustrated by Leigh Rigozzi
Publisher: Inscrutable Press
ISBN: 978 098 047 4503
Presenter
Sarah L'Estrange
Producer
Sarah L'Estrange
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