{"product_id":"9781780377490","title":"New Arcana","description":"Author: Jessica Traynor\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781780377490\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloodaxe\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a cover by renowned comic book artist Lisa Sterle, the poems inJessica Traynor's \u003ci\u003eNew Arcana\u003c\/i\u003e explore grief, bad boyfriends and the power of female friendship through readings of the Tarot and Tim Burton movies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from teenage friendship and destructive relationships towards a tangling with the realities of family life, domesticity, and desire, this highly inventive collection builds into a heartbroken letter to a dear friend (personified in the poems as 'lydia deetz') who died by suicide. Interwoven with numbered poems from a newly imagined Major Arcana, \u003ci\u003eNew Arcana \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates both the holding on, and the letting go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong other awards, Jessica Traynor has received Hennessy New Writer of the Year and the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry 2023.\u003ci\u003eNew Arcana\u003c\/i\u003e is her fourth collection, following \u003ci\u003eLiffey Swim\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eThe Quick\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) from Dedalus and \u003ci\u003ePit Lullabies\u003c\/i\u003e (2022) from Bloodaxe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924840169630,"sku":"ING-9781780377490","price":23.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781780377490.jpg?v=1782953683","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781780377490","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}