Bill hader reveals the origin of snls californians sketch duration. The author and artist, debi gliori, created night shift to show her personal experience with depression in hopes it can help the many others going through the same thing. About night shift scottish author and illustrator debi glioris small but mighty picture book, night shift, is an eyeopening look at depression. Debi gliori is the author of picture books and childrens books. Side by side by rachel bright and debbie gliori duration. Night shift is a gorgeous picture book about the author, deb glioris, struggle with depression. Scottish author and illustrator debi glioris small but mighty picture book, night shift, is an eyeopening look at depression. A groundbreaking picture book on depression with stunning illustrations. We cant thank debi enough for providing some clarity to an often stigmatised and misunderstood illness. A sophisticated picture book forged from fog, shaped from shadows and drawn out of darkness, it gives voice to that which often remains.
Publishers weekly debi gliori has given us all a powerful, and. From beloved author and illustrator debi gliori no matter what comes night shift, a groundbreaking lushly illustrated picture book based on glioris own personal history with depression. Throughout the book, glioris illustrations and story personify her struggles in order to explain the impact that depression can have on a person. Night shift is a picture book about a young woman gaining ground against the dragons that perniciously pursue her. At first sight it looked like an attractive but rather conventional illustrated childrens story from an established childrens author which is, of course, why the booksellers had located it where they did. Gliori, debi night shift hot key books, 2017, pp32, 9. In night shift debi gliori has used her own personal experience with depression to create moving pieces of art that really capture how depression can feel, the way it isolates its something i still find really hard to discuss even with family members and close friends who see me living through it day by day. In a smallformat picture book aimed at a teenage and adult audience, gliori side by side uses stark language and somber charcoallike artwork to reflect on the weight and intensity of depr. This book is the result of my having spent most of my adult life living through periods of depressive illnessend pages. Through black and white illustration and simple text, night shift examines how depression affects ones whole. She was a lonely only, long on imagination but short of friends. With stunning black and white illustration and deceptively simple text, author and illustrator debi gliori examines how depression affects ones whole outlook upon life, and shows that there can. Her pictures offer people an insight into depression.
Publishers weekly debi gliori has given us all a powerful, and beautiful, gift with night shift. In night shift debi gliori has used her own personal experience with depression to create moving pieces of art that really capture how depression can feel, the way it isolates if you have ever suffered with depression then youll already know exactly how hard it can be to put your feelings into words to try and explain to other people what youre going through. Night shift by debi gliori 9781471406232hardback lovereading. I found this book to be effective and i think it would be a great conversation piece to discuss depression as well as a good gift to someone who suffers from it. Bookpagea poignant, empathetic and ultimately hopeful book. So creatively diverse and clever books like night shift are a great way of communicating the effects of depression through metaphor. With stunning black and white illustration and deceptively simple text, author and illustrator debi gliori examines how depression affects ones whole outlook upon life, and shows that there can be an escape. The gift of being able to express what its like to experience such an internal condition is appreciated and i think night shift. Debi gliori explores dragons as a metaphor for depression in night shift, a picture book aimed at teens and adults. Night shift by debi gliori 9781471406232 boomerang books. A groundbreaking picture book on depression with stunning and powerful illustrations. Her pictures offer people an insight into depression that words often struggle to reach.
Night shift is a most powerfully and empathetically written book, on a topic that deserves way more air time. It is expressing the allbut inexpressible those moments. Night shift, an insight into depression that words often. School library journal by giving depression physical dimension, gliori diffuses some of its strange, persistent power.
Debi gliori with exquisite brevity, debi gliori articulates the struggle of living with depression, in stunning black and white illustrations, punctuated by a single burst of the dragon of depressions fire. She lived in between the pages of books, finding company in tales of talking toads, moles, snowy queens and elves and hobbits, reading and drawing and waiting till she was fullygrown. Bookpage a poignant, empathetic and ultimately hopeful book. This book is a novel weapon for banishing the darkness inis reading guide night shift by debi gliori is an impressive, well considered articulation of what it means and how it feels to be depressed. Reviewnight shift by debi gliori wandering bark books. With stunning black and white illustration and deceptively simple text, author and illustrator debi gliori examines how depression affects ones whole outlook upon life, and shows that there can be an escape it may not be easy to find, but it is there.
Night shift by debi gliori january, 2017 january 7, 2017 lunas little library with stunning black and white illustration and deceptively simple text, author and illustrator debi gliori examines how depression affects ones whole outlook upon life, and shows that there can be an escape it may not be easy to find, but it is there. Buy night shift by debi gliori from waterstones today. Glioris own experience with the illnessand the lack of open conversation surrounding itinspired her to try to put the experience of a particularly low period on paper. Fighting dragons is one way of fighting depression. See, in my family, there are certain things we dont talk about with others, certain things we dont admit.
Buy night shift by debi gliori 9781471406232 from boomerang books, australias online independent bookstore. This is a departure from debis other books, as she draws on her own experience of the illness, to write about, and illustrate, the way depression. Night shift by debi gliori hot key books picture books. In night shift debi gliori has used her own personal experience with depression to create moving pieces of art that really capture how depression can feel, the way it isolates you from the world and makes even simple everyday tasks seem impossible. Drawn from debi s own experiences and with a moving testimony at the end of the book explaining how depression has affected her and how she continues to cope, debi hopes that by sharing her own experience she can help others who suffer from depression, and to find that subtle shift. Night shift by debi gliori overdrive rakuten overdrive. With stunning black and white illustration and deceptively simple text. Through stunning black and white illustration and deceptively simple text, author and illustrator debi gliori provides a fascinating and absorbing portrait of depression and hope in night shift, a moving picture book about a young girl haunted by dragons.