If you are reading this blog then you know all about Shaun Tan’s The Arrival. Well, it’s so yesterday. We’ve all marvelled at the genius of it, been stunned by its simplicity, and watched with pride as it won all of these awards.

But, that was then and this is now. What’s next? Well, funny you should ask. This June Allen & Unwin (1) is publishing Tales from Outer Suburbia, an illustrated collection of original short-short stories. There’s a wonderful sampler for the book here, which includes two shorts and ten pages of art work. Check it out, and send in your orders. There will be a US edition in October or so.

Tan has also done the internal illustrations for Kelly Link’s young adult collection, Pretty Monsters. It’s out later in the year, and is very cool.

(1) Corrected. The book is from Allen & Unwin, not Lothian as I originally posted.  Apologies to all for that.