• Illustrated magenta cover of The World as it Nearly is from the book PDF
  • A fox peers through grass in The Bushes, from The World as it Nearly is
  • Full F*cking About spread: two people go outside with their bags, pages 46–47
  • Full Marble Mountain spread with poem and turquoise peaks, pages 54–55
  • Full Echoes Into the Future spread with colourful paper-like stars and shapes, pages 86–87
  • Interior spread from The Bushes
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The World as it Nearly is

The World as it Nearly is

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Five illustrated poems move between the everyday and the imagined: Chained to the Cosmos, F*cking About, Marble Mountain, Echoes Into the Future and The Bushes. Words and images sit together across the pages, from quiet abstract drawings to bright landscapes.

The World As It Nearly Is is written and illustrated by Amelia Harris. Look through the gallery for a glimpse of the fox in The Bushes and full spreads from F*cking About, Marble Mountain, Echoes Into the Future and The Bushes.

  • Words and illustrations by Amelia Harris
  • Designed by Rosa Nevison
  • Printed at General Editions Studio, Ōtepoti, Aotearoa
  • Published May 2025; edition of 200
  • ISBN 978-1-0670758-1-1

The book notes that some illustrations incorporate AI generated elements alongside other image making techniques.

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